| Population | 1,526,929 (July 2021 est.) note: immigrants make up approximately 45% of the total population, according to UN data (2019) |
| Nationality | noun: Bahraini(s) adjective: Bahraini |
| Ethnic groups | Bahraini 46%, Asian 45.5%, other Arab 4.7%, African 1.6%, European 1%, other 1.2% (includes Gulf Co-operative country nationals, North and South Americans, and Oceanians) (2010 est.) |
| Languages | Arabic (official), English, Farsi, Urdu major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Muslim 73.7%, Christian 9.3%, Jewish 0.1%, other 16.9% (2017 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 18.45% (male 141,039/female 136,687) 15-24 years: 15.16% (male 129,310/female 98,817) 25-54 years: 56.14% (male 550,135/female 294,778) 55-64 years: 6.89% (male 64,761/female 38,870) 65 years and over: 3.36% (male 25,799/female 24,807) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 26.5 youth dependency ratio: 23.1 elderly dependency ratio: 3.4 potential support ratio: 29.8 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 32.9 years male: 34.4 years female: 30.3 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.9% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 12.5 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 2.81 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -0.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | smallest population of the Gulf States, but urbanization rate exceeds 90%; largest settlement concentration is found on the far northern end of the island in and around Manamah and Al Muharraq |
| Urbanization | urban population: 89.6% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 664,000 MANAMA (capital) (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.31 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.87 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.67 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.04 male(s)/female total population: 1.53 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 14 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 10.54 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.31 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 79.67 years male: 77.39 years female: 82.02 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.68 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: total: 100% of population unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 4.1% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 0.93 physicians/1,000 population (2015) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.7 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: total: 100% of population unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1% (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | <500 (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2017 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 29.8% (2016) |
| Education expenditures | 2.3% of GDP (2017) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.5% male: 99.9% female: 94.9% (2018) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2019) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
