Demographics & population — Bahrain
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Bahrain: 1,505,003
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Population overview
- Population
1,505,003
- Population - note
Note: immigrants make up approximately 50% of the total population, according to UN data
- Population Growth Rate
2.57%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
MANAMA (capital) 262,000
Age & family
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
14.13
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Bahraini 63%, Asian 19%, other Arab 10%, Iranian 8%
- Nationality Noun
Bahraini(s)
Education
- Literacy - total population
86.5%
- Literacy - male
91.9%
- Literacy - female
85%
- Literacy Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
2.6%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
20
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
1.49
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
1.8
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
3.8%
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
32.9%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved