Bahrain

Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in the Persian Gulf. The sovereign state comprises a small archipelago centered around Bahrain Island, situated between the Qatar peninsula and the north eastern coast of Saudi Arabia, to which it is connected by the 25-kilometre King Fahd Causeway. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Bahrain	855.1 km²
Population	1.4 million
Male Population	846,888 (62.4%)
Female Population	509,329 (37.6%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+415.5%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+106.7%
Median Age	29.9 years
Male Median Age	31.2 years
Female Median Age	27.8 years
Timezone	Arabian Standard Time

Map of Bahrain

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	263,110	487,866	656,090	1,356,218
Population Density	307.7 / km²	570.6 / km²	767.3 / km²	1,586 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Population By Age and Gender

Bahrain Population Tree

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	49,856	47,838	97,694
5-9	46,910	44,097	91,008
10-14	42,862	40,173	83,035
15-19	41,133	38,668	79,802
20-24	73,149	50,297	123,446
25-29	139,781	60,535	200,317
30-34	122,743	54,718	177,462
35-39	99,849	44,944	144,793
40-44	78,667	38,043	116,711
45-49	57,645	31,870	89,515
50-54	43,634	22,927	66,561
55-59	25,397	13,226	38,623
60-64	11,041	7,431	18,472
65-69	5,444	5,120	10,564
70-74	4,062	4,406	8,469
75-79	2,354	2,512	4,867
80-84	1,409	1,534	2,943
85 Plus	952	991	1,944

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1720 to 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 Year Growth %	Avg 10 Year Growth
1800	39,698	n/a	n/a
1900	66,041	5.2%	2,634
1910	69,580	5.4%	3,539
1920	77,384	11.2%	7,804
1930	86,066	11.2%	8,682
1940	95,725	11.2%	9,659
1950	106,470	11.2%	10,745
1960	143,915	35.2%	37,445
1970	195,530	35.9%	51,615
1990	487,866	58%	146,168
2000	656,090	34.5%	168,224
2020	1,624,395	57.3%	484,152
2030	2,027,733	24.8%	403,338
2040	2,414,274	19.1%	386,541
2050	2,770,168	14.7%	355,894
2060	3,049,441	10.1%	279,273
2070	3,240,397	6.3%	190,956
2080	3,346,135	3.3%	105,738
2090	3,369,638	0.7%	23,503
2100	3,324,846	-1.3%	-44,792

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top Region in Bahrain

Region in Bahrain

Name	Area	Population	Population Density
Al Manama, Bahrain	95.3 km²	468,600	12,741 / mi²
Al-Janubiyah, Bahrain	510.2 km²	332,393	1,687 / mi²
Muharraq Governorate	92.1 km²	208,171	5,851 / mi²
Northern Governorate	157.5 km²	359,093	5,906 / mi²

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