Bahrainis			Non-Bahrainis			Total
Census	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
1941	…	…	74,040	…	…	15,930	…	…	89,970
1950	…	…	91,179	…	…	18,471	…	…	109,650
1959	59,913	58,821	118,734	17,709	6,692	24,401	77,622	65,513	143,135
1965	72,368	71,446	143,814	27,016	11,373	38,389	99,384	82,819	182,203
1971	89,772	88,421	178,193	26,542	11,343	37,885	116,314	99,764	216,078
1981	119,924	118,496	238,420	84,869	27,509	112,378	204,793	146,005	350,798
1991	163,453	159,852	323,305	130,893	53,839	184,732	294,346	213,691	508,037
2001	204,623	201,044	405,667	169,026	75,911	244,937	373,649	276,955	650,604
2010	287,239	281,160	568,399	481,175	184,997	666,172	768,414	466,157	1,234,571
2020	361,140	351,222	712,362	581,755	207,518	789,273	942,895	558,740	1,501,635

Source: Central Informatics Organization (CIO)/ Information & eGovernment Authority (IGA)

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

In October 2015, the Bahraini e-Government Authority merged with the Central Informatics Organization to form the Information and e-Government Authority (IGA), which manages and oversees all national digital assets.

The IGA maintains, and is part of, the Government Data Network, established in 1994, which links together 300 governmental entities.

 

Reference dates of censuses:

1941	January 22nd, 1941
1950	March 1950
1959	May 1959
1965	February 13th, 1965
1971	April 1971
1981	n.d.
1991	n.d.
2001	April 7th, 2001
2010	April 27th, 2010
2020	March 17th, 2020

 

Censuses’ implementation methods:

Until 1981: field enumeration (household survey)+de jure methodology, i.e. counting persons using their usual place of residence irrespective of where are they at census times

1991; 2001: field enumeration (household survey)+ first use of administrative records

2010: mixed census, based on both administrative records and a household survey sample of 15,000 Bahraini and non-Bahraini households.

2020 census was conducted solely on the basis of administrative records on the de jure population of the Kingdom.

Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) usually present within the State’s borders during time of reference.

Nationality of the person is defined by the passport used to enter the country. A non-Bahraini is considered as such depending on the passport used to enter the country (or obtain the visa)

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Central Informatics Organization/Information & eGovernment Authority (IGA)

 

3. Data availability

 

Published results of censuses 2001, 2010 and 2020 are available on IGA’s Bahrain Open Data Portal:

https://www.data.gov.bh/en/ResourceCenter

https://www.data.gov.bh/ar/resourcecenter

section “documents”.

 

Date of access: March 2023

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

 

 

Keywords:

Bahrain, Foreign Population, National Population

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