Bahrain People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
1,540,558 (2022 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):
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)
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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: 31.3
youth dependency ratio: 26.8
elderly dependency ratio: 4.6
potential support ratio: 21.8 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 32.9 years
male: 34.4 years
female: 30.3 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.88% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
12.4 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
2.82 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-0.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 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: 89.9% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 1.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
689,000 MANAMA (capital) (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.29 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.86 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.61 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 1.52 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
14 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 10.19 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.97 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 79.9 years
male: 77.63 years
female: 82.24 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.67 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
4% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
0.93 physicians/1,000 population (2015)
Hospital bed density
1.7 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.1% (2021 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
29.8% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 1.18 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0.4 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.11 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.66 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.01 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 14.9% (2020 est.)
male: 25.3% (2020 est.)
female: 4.5% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
2.2% of GDP (2020 est.)
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)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 5.3%
male: 2.6%
female: 12.2% (2012 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Bahrain on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bahrain 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bahrain 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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