# Population in Bahrain

Population in Bahrain was 1.6 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `bh`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/bahrain
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/bahrain.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=bh

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1,600,366 |
| 2024 | 1,588,670 |
| 2023 | 1,577,059 |
| 2022 | 1,524,693 |
| 2021 | 1,504,365 |
| 2020 | 1,472,204 |
| 2019 | 1,483,756 |
| 2018 | 1,503,091 |
| 2017 | 1,501,116 |
| 2016 | 1,423,726 |
| 2015 | 1,370,322 |
| 2014 | 1,314,562 |
| 2013 | 1,253,191 |
| 2012 | 1,208,964 |
| 2011 | 1,195,020 |
| 2010 | 1,228,543 |
| 2009 | 1,178,415 |
| 2008 | 1,103,496 |
| 2007 | 1,039,295 |
| 2006 | 960,424 |
| 2005 | 888,822 |
| 2004 | 823,741 |
| 2003 | 764,517 |
| 2002 | 710,553 |
| 2001 | 661,316 |
| 2000 | 637,582 |
| 1999 | 620,989 |
| 1998 | 604,842 |
| 1997 | 589,115 |
| 1996 | 573,792 |
| 1995 | 558,879 |
| 1994 | 544,366 |
| 1993 | 530,225 |
| 1992 | 516,458 |
| 1991 | 503,052 |
| 1990 | 514,797 |
| 1989 | 497,327 |
| 1988 | 479,929 |
| 1987 | 462,854 |
| 1986 | 446,286 |
| 1985 | 430,358 |
| 1984 | 415,154 |
| 1983 | 400,707 |
| 1982 | 386,983 |
| 1981 | 373,524 |
| 1980 | 358,978 |
| 1979 | 343,457 |
| 1978 | 328,046 |
| 1977 | 312,823 |
| 1976 | 297,863 |
| 1975 | 283,243 |
| 1974 | 269,038 |
| 1973 | 255,320 |
| 1972 | 242,113 |
| 1971 | 230,733 |
| 1970 | 224,809 |
| 1969 | 222,469 |
| 1968 | 219,337 |
| 1967 | 214,189 |
| 1966 | 207,543 |
| 1965 | 200,866 |
| 1964 | 193,816 |
| 1963 | 186,501 |
| 1962 | 179,349 |
| 1961 | 172,346 |
| 1960 | 165,477 |