Demographic profile
Bahrain is the 153rd most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.02% of everyone alive. Within Middle East, it ranks 17 of 18.
Each day brings roughly 55 births and 10 deaths, adding about 16,435 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 1.0% annually, the population would double in roughly 70 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Capital, holding an estimated 44.3% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 4 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 97.5% and adult smoking prevalence around 14.0%, with life expectancy at about 73.0 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Bahrain in 2026? Approximately 1,633,574 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Bahrain growing? About 1.0% per year — roughly 55 births and 10 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Bahrain? Around 0.02% — ranked 153 worldwide by population.