Demographics of Bahrain
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Demographics of Bahrain | |
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Population | 1,472,380 (2022 est.) |
Growth rate | 0.88% (2022 est.) |
Birth rate | 12.4 births/1,000 population |
Death rate | 2.82 deaths/1,000 population |
Life expectancy | 79.9 years |
• male | 77.63 years |
• female | 82.24 years |
Fertility rate | 1.67 |
Infant mortality rate | 10.19 deaths/1,000 live births |
Net migration rate | -0.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population |
Age structure | |
0–14 years | 20.13% |
15–64 years | 76.71% |
65 and over | 3.16% |
Nationality | |
Nationality | Bahraini |
Major ethnic | Bahraini - 46% |
Language | |
Official | Arabic |
Spoken | Arabic |
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The demographics of the population of Bahrain includes population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Most of the population of Bahrain is concentrated in the two principal cities, Manama and Al Muharraq.
Ethnic groups
[edit]Regarding the ethnicity of Bahrainis, a Financial Times article published on 31 May 1983 found that "Bahrain is a polyglot state, both religiously and racially. Discounting temporary immigrants of the past ten years, there are at least eight or nine communities on the island". These may be classified as:
Community | Description |
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Afro-Arabs | Descendants of Africans, primarily from East Africa and of mostly Sunni faith |
Ajam of Bahrain | Persians of Shia faith, a minority are from the Baháʼí Faith. |
Baharna | The indigenous inhabitants of Bahrain. The overwhelming majority are Shia. |
Banyan (Bania) | Indians who traded with Bahrain and settled before the age of oil (formerly known as the Hunood or Banyan, Arabic: البونيان), of mostly Hindu faith |
Bahraini Jews | Jews have inhabited Bahrain for centuries. Most native Bahraini Jews are of Mesopotamian and Persian descent. |
Hola | Sunni Arabs from Persia |
Bahraini Sunni Arabs | Urbanized Sunni Bahrainis of Bedouin ancestry, such as the Utoob, Dawasir etc. |
Non-nationals make up more than half of the population of Bahrain, with immigrants making up about 52.6% of the overall population.[2] Of those, the vast majority come from South and Southeast Asia: according to various media reports and government statistics dated between 2005 and 2012 roughly 350,000 Indians,[3] 150,000 Bangladeshis,[4] 110,000 Pakistanis,[5] 40,000 Filipinos,[6] and 8,000 Indonesians.[7] In 2023, about 4,000 people from the United Kingdom live in Bahrain,[8] although some estimates are double this number.[9]
[10] | Population | Percentage |
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Bahraini | 712,362 | |
Other Arabs | 86,823 | |
African | 21,502 | |
North American | 16,415 | |
Asian | 650,996 | |
European | 11,750 | |
Others | 1,787 | |
total | 1,501,635 |
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1950 | 116,000 | — |
1960 | 162,000 | +39.7% |
1970 | 212,000 | +30.9% |
1980 | 358,000 | +68.9% |
1990 | 493,000 | +37.7% |
2000 | 638,000 | +29.4% |
2010 | 1,262,000 | +97.8% |
2020 | 1,501,635 | +19.0% |
Source:[11] |
Population census
[edit]census year | Bahraini | non-Bahraini | total population | ||
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# | % | # | % | ||
1941 | 74,040 | 15,930 | 89,970 | ||
1950 | 91,179 | 18,471 | 109,650 | ||
1959 | 118,734 | 24,401 | 143,135 | ||
1965 | 143,814 | 38,389 | 182,203 | ||
1971 | 178,193 | 37,885 | 216,078 | ||
1981 | 238,420 | 112,378 | 350,798 | ||
1991 | 323,305 | 184,732 | 508,037 | ||
2001 | 405,667 | 244,937 | 650,604 | ||
2010 | 568,399 | 666,172 | 1,234,571 | ||
2020 | 712,362 | 789,273 | 1,501,635 |
Population estimates on July 1
[edit][13] | Bahraini | Non-Bahraini | Total | % Non-Bahraini |
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2001 | 409,619 | 251,698 | 661,317 | |
2002 | 427,246 | 283,307 | 710,554 | |
2003 | 445,634 | 318,888 | 764,519 | |
2004 | 464,808 | 358,936 | 823,744 | |
2005 | 484,810 | 404,013 | 888,824 | |
2006 | 505,673 | 454,752 | 960,425 | |
2007 | 527,433 | 511,864 | 1,039,297 | |
2008 | 541,587 | 561,909 | 1,103,496 | |
2009 | 558,011 | 620,404 | 1,178,415 | |
2010 | 570,687 | 657,856 | 1,228,543 | |
2011 | 584,688 | 610,332 | 1,195,020 | |
2012 | 599,629 | 609,335 | 1,208,964 | |
2013 | 614,830 | 638,361 | 1,253,191 | |
2014 | 630,744 | 683,818 | 1,314,562 | |
2015 | 647,835 | 722,487 | 1,370,322 | |
2016 | 664,707 | 759,019 | 1,423,726 | |
2017 | 677,506 | 823,610 | 1,501,116 | |
2018 | 689,417 | 813,377 | 1,502,794 | |
2019 | 701,827 | 781,929 | 1,483,756 | |
2020 | 713,263 | 758,941 | 1,472,204 | |
2021 | 719,333 | 785,032 | 1,504,365 |
Vital statistics
[edit]UN estimates
[edit]Period[15] | Live births per year | Deaths per year | Natural change per year | CBR* | CDR* | NC* | TFR* | IMR* |
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1950–1955 | 6,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 45.0 | 21.6 | 23.4 | 6.97 | 183 |
1955–1960 | 7,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 45.7 | 17.7 | 27.9 | 6.97 | 156 |
1960–1965 | 8,000 | 2,000 | 6,000 | 45.7 | 12.6 | 33.2 | 7.18 | 112 |
1965–1970 | 8,000 | 2,000 | 7,000 | 41.6 | 8.7 | 32.9 | 6.97 | 74 |
1970–1975 | 8,000 | 2,000 | 7,000 | 35.2 | 6.5 | 28.6 | 5.95 | 49 |
1975–1980 | 10,000 | 2,000 | 9,000 | 33.0 | 4.8 | 28.1 | 5.23 | 33 |
1980–1985 | 13,000 | 2,000 | 11,000 | 32.9 | 4.1 | 28.8 | 4.63 | 22 |
1985–1990 | 14,000 | 2,000 | 13,000 | 31.3 | 3.6 | 27.7 | 4.08 | 16 |
1990–1995 | 14,000 | 2,000 | 12,000 | 26.3 | 3.3 | 23.1 | 3.35 | 14 |
1995–2000 | 14,000 | 2,000 | 12,000 | 23.1 | 3.2 | 19.9 | 2.89 | 11 |
2000–2005 | 14,000 | 2,000 | 12,000 | 21.1 | 3.0 | 18.1 | 2.62 | 9 |
2005–2010 | 21,000 | 3,000 | 18,000 | 20.7 | 2.8 | 18.0 | 2.63 | 7 |
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman) |
Registered data
[edit]Birth registration of Bahrain is available from 1976, death registration started in 1990. Between 1976 and 2011 the number of baby births roughly doubled but the birth rate of babies decreased from 32 to 13 per 1,000. The death rate of Bahrain (1.9 per 1,000 human beings in 2011) is among the lowest in the world.
[16][17][18] | Average population | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Natural change (per 1000) | Total Fertility Rate per woman |
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1965 | 5,150 | |||||||
1966 | 4,860 | |||||||
1967 | 5,179 | |||||||
1968 | 5,274 | |||||||
1971 | 6,404 | |||||||
1972 | 7,274 | |||||||
1973 | 7,679 | |||||||
1974 | 7,612 | |||||||
1975 | 7,767 | |||||||
1976 | 282,000 | 8,984 | 31.8 | |||||
1977 | 302,000 | 9,058 | 872 | 8,186 | 30.0 | 2.9 | 27.1 | |
1978 | 322,000 | 9,398 | 1,002 | 8,396 | 29.2 | 3.1 | 26.1 | |
1979 | 341,000 | 9,664 | 1,037 | 8,627 | 28.3 | 3.0 | 25.3 | |
1980 | 358,000 | 10,140 | 1,085 | 9,055 | 28.3 | 3.0 | 25.3 | |
1981 | 372,000 | 10,300 | 1,065 | 9,235 | 27.7 | 2.9 | 24.8 | |
1982 | 384,000 | 11,037 | 1,119 | 9,918 | 28.8 | 2.9 | 25.9 | |
1983 | 394,000 | 11,431 | 1,064 | 10,367 | 29.0 | 2.7 | 26.3 | |
1984 | 405,000 | 11,519 | 1,303 | 10,216 | 28.5 | 3.2 | 25.3 | |
1985 | 417,000 | 12,314 | 1,212 | 11,102 | 29.5 | 2.9 | 26.6 | |
1986 | 431,000 | 12,893 | 1,423 | 11,470 | 29.9 | 3.3 | 26.6 | |
1987 | 446,000 | 12,699 | 1,584 | 11,115 | 28.5 | 3.6 | 24.9 | |
1988 | 462,000 | 12,555 | 1,523 | 11,032 | 27.2 | 3.3 | 23.9 | |
1989 | 478,000 | 13,611 | 1,551 | 12,060 | 28.5 | 3.2 | 25.3 | |
1990 | 493,000 | 13,370 | 1,552 | 11,818 | 27.1 | 3.1 | 24.0 | |
1991 | 503,052 | 13,229 | 1,744 | 11,485 | 26.1 | 3.4 | 22.7 | |
1992 | 516,458 | 13,874 | 1,760 | 12,114 | 26.7 | 3.4 | 23.3 | |
1993 | 530,225 | 14,191 | 1,714 | 12,477 | 26.7 | 3.2 | 23.5 | |
1994 | 544,366 | 13,766 | 1,695 | 12,071 | 25.2 | 3.1 | 22.1 | |
1995 | 558,879 | 13,481 | 1,910 | 11,571 | 24.1 | 3.4 | 20.7 | |
1996 | 573,792 | 13,123 | 1,780 | 11,343 | 22.8 | 3.1 | 19.7 | |
1997 | 589,115 | 13,382 | 1,822 | 11,560 | 22.6 | 3.1 | 19.5 | |
1998 | 604,842 | 13,381 | 1,997 | 11,384 | 21.9 | 3.3 | 18.6 | |
1999 | 620,989 | 14,280 | 1,920 | 12,360 | 22.8 | 3.1 | 19.7 | 2.900 |
2000 | 637,582 | 13,947 | 2,045 | 11,902 | 21.9 | 3.2 | 18.7 | 2.800 |
2001 | 661,317 | 13,468 | 1,979 | 11,489 | 21.0 | 3.1 | 17.9 | 2.600 |
2002 | 710,554 | 13,576 | 2,035 | 11,541 | 21.1 | 3.2 | 17.9 | 2.400 |
2003 | 764,519 | 14,560 | 2,114 | 12,446 | 22.5 | 3.3 | 19.2 | 2.400 |
2004 | 823,744 | 14,968 | 2,215 | 12,753 | 22.3 | 3.3 | 19.0 | 2.300 |
2005 | 888,824 | 15,198 | 2,222 | 12,976 | 21.0 | 3.1 | 17.9 | 2.100 |
2006 | 960,425 | 15,053 | 2,317 | 12,736 | 18.6 | 2.9 | 15.7 | 2.000 |
2007 | 1,039,297 | 16,062 | 2,270 | 13,792 | 17.4 | 2.5 | 14.9 | 1.964 |
2008 | 1,103,496 | 17,022 | 2,390 | 14,632 | 16.2 | 2.3 | 13.9 | 1.968 |
2009 | 1,178,415 | 17,841 | 2,387 | 15,454 | 15.1 | 2.0 | 13.1 | 1.951 |
2010 | 1,228,543 | 18,150 | 2,401 | 15,749 | 14.8 | 2.0 | 12.8 | 1.877 |
2011 | 1,195,020 | 17,573 | 2,528 | 15,045 | 14.7 | 2.1 | 12.6 | 1.967 |
2012 | 1,208,964 | 19,119 | 2,613 | 16,506 | 15.8 | 2.2 | 13.6 | 2.134 |
2013 | 1,253,191 | 19,995 | 2,588 | 17,407 | 16.0 | 2.1 | 13.9 | 2.157 |
2014 | 1,314,562 | 20,931 | 2,805 | 18,126 | 15.9 | 2.1 | 13.8 | 2.108 |
2015 | 1,370,322 | 20,983 | 2,787 | 18,196 | 15.3 | 2.1 | 13.2 | 2.093 |
2016 | 1,423,726 | 20,714 | 2,858 | 17,856 | 14.5 | 2.0 | 12.5 | 1.984 |
2017 | 1,501,116 | 20,581 | 2,902 | 17,679 | 13.7 | 1.9 | 11.8 | 1.945 |
2018 | 1,503,091 | 19,740 | 3,052 | 16,668 | 13.1 | 2.0 | 11.1 | 1.838 |
2019 | 1,483,756 | 18,611 | 3,010 | 15,601 | 12.5 | 2.0 | 10.5 | 1.744 |
2020 | 1,472,204 | 18,042 | 3,488 | 14,554 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 9.9 | 1.846 |
2021 | 1,504,365 | |||||||
2022 | 1,524,693 | |||||||
2023 | 1,577,059 |
Structure of the population
[edit]Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 17.III.2020):[10][19]
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | |||
Total | 942,895 | 558,740 | 1,501,635 | |
0-4 | 52,591 | 51,012 | 103,603 | |
5-9 | 53,578 | 51,416 | 104,994 | |
10-14 | 47,812 | 45,864 | 93,676 | |
15-19 | 41,062 | 38,276 | 79,338 | |
20-24 | 60,706 | 40,725 | 101,431 | |
25-29 | 101,401 | 54,679 | 156,080 | |
30-34 | 154,215 | 57,757 | 211,972 | |
35-39 | 134,083 | 51,794 | 185,877 | |
40-44 | 95,104 | 44,385 | 139,489 | |
45-49 | 70,467 | 33,509 | 103,976 | |
50-54 | 49,621 | 27,786 | 77,407 | |
55-59 | 34,498 | 23,095 | 57,593 | |
60-64 | 22,418 | 16,353 | 38,771 | |
65-69 | 12,499 | 9,200 | 16,877 | |
70-74 | 6,184 | 5,177 | 11,361 | |
75-79 | 3,216 | 3,363 | 6,579 | |
80-84 | 2,002 | 2,452 | 4,454 | |
85+ | 1,438 | 1,897 | 3,335 | |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | |
0-14 | 153,981 | 148,292 | 302,273 | |
15-64 | 763,575 | 388,359 | 1,151,934 | |
65+ | 25,339 | 22,089 | 47,428 |
Life expectancy
[edit]Period | Life expectancy in Years |
Period | Life expectancy in Years |
---|---|---|---|
1950–1955 | 43.0 | 1985–1990 | 71.8 |
1955–1960 | 48.5 | 1990–1995 | 72.9 |
1960–1965 | 55.3 | 1995–2000 | 73.9 |
1965–1970 | 61.1 | 2000–2005 | 74.9 |
1970–1975 | 65.4 | 2005–2010 | 75.7 |
1975–1980 | 68.3 | 2010–2015 | 76.4 |
1980–1985 | 70.5 |
Source: UN World Population Prospects[20]
Religion
[edit][10] | Men | Women | Total | Bahraini | Non-Bahraini |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Muslims | 674,329 | 437,204 | 1,111,533 | 710,067 | 401,466 |
Others | 268,566 | 121,536 | 390,102 | 2,295 | 387,807 |
Total | 942,895 | 558,740 | 1,501,635 | 712,362 | 789,273 |
Muslim % | 74.0% | 99.7% | 50.9% |
Islam is the official religion forming 74% of the population.[10] Current census data does not differentiate between the other religions in Bahrain, but in 2022, the country was approximately 12%[21] Christian and had about 40[21][22] Jewish citizens.
According to the website of Ministry of Information Affairs, 74% of the population are Muslim, with Christians being the second largest religious group, forming 10.2% of the population, Jews making up 0.21%. The percentage of local Bahraini Christians, Jews, Hindus and Baha’is is collectively 0.2%.[23][10]
Bahraini citizens of Muslim faith belong to the Shi'a and Sunni branches of Islam. The last official census (1941) to include sectarian identification reported 52% (88,298 citizens) as Shia and 48% as Sunni of the Muslim population.[24] Unofficial sources, such as the Library of Congress Country Studies,[25] and The New York Times,[26] estimate sectarian identification to be approximately 45% Sunni and 55% Shia. An official Bahraini document revealed that 51% of the country's citizens are Sunnis, while the Shiite population has declined to 49% of the Muslim population.[27]
Foreigners, overwhelmingly from South Asia and other Arab countries, constituted 52.6% of the population in 2020.[10] Of these, 50.9% are Muslim and 49.1% are non-Muslim,[10] including Christians (primarily: Catholic, Protestant, Syriac Orthodox, and Mar Thoma from South India), Hindus, Buddhists, Baháʼís, and Sikhs.
Languages
[edit]- Arabic
- English
- Persian
- Kurdish
- Malayalam
- Urdu
- Balochi
- Konkani
- Hindi
- Sinhalese
- Tamil
- Punjabi
- Bengali
- Armenian
- Filipino
- Italian
- Spanish
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Notes
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- ^ "Indonesians encouraged", Gulf Daily News, 2007-08-07, archived from the original on 2011-06-08, retrieved 2009-05-12
- ^ UK Government website, Retrieved 2023-08-01
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- ^ "World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision". Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
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- ^ "Sources: Bahrain Information and eGovernment Authority, Bahrain Open Data Portal, population estimate July 1 of each year". Archived from the original on 2023-07-03. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ "World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision". Archived from the original on 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
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- ^ "Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year (2002–2016)" (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. 2 January 2018.
- ^ United nations. Demographic Yearbooks
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- ^ "World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations". Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ a b US State Dept 2022 report
- ^ "Low profile but welcome: a Jewish outpost in the Gulf". Independent. 2 Nov 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ "Population and Demographics - Ministry of Information Affairs | Kingdom of Bahrain". Archived from the original on 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ Qubain, Fahim Issa (1955) “Social Classes and Tensions in Bahrain.” The Middle East Journal 9, no. 3: 269–280, p. 270
- ^ Bahrain Country Study Library of Congress
- ^ 1981 Plot in Bahrain linked to Iranians New York Times, 25 July 1982, retrieved 20 June 2018
- ^ Al Jazeera: وثيقة بحرينية: الشيعة أقل من النصف, 1973, retrieved 14 February 2021
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