Arrivals
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Bahraini	1,178,978	1,262,821	1,352,057	1,459,975	1,636,579	1,809,064	1,961,819	2,086,625	2,453,067	2,423,580	2,016,121	231,898	2,830,248
GCC	2,925,025	3,259,061	3,402,725	3,293,952	3,803,040	4,476,501	4,768,562	4,740,942	5,340,339	5,242,003	4,320,348	331,071	4,705,901
Kuwaiti	170,734	188,851	218,570	180,711	213,821	259,043	298,616	288,528	394,837	418,687	286,872	25,463	282,396
Omani	20,740	23,827	25,820	25,593	29,089	33,865	38,347	43,607	51,222	49,613	37,870	3,698	47,292
Qatari	82,923	88,239	89,939	86,680	103,172	137,251	154,285	155,430	161,211	152,084	113,845	8,420	115,823
Saudi Arabian	2,617,406	2,922,333	3,030,039	2,963,641	3,415,008	4,000,627	4,225,623	4,195,531	4,646,294	4,538,023	3,825,320	288,272	4,213,412
Emirate	33,222	35,811	38,357	37,327	41,950	45,715	51,691	57,846	86,775	83,596	56,441	5,218	46,978
Other Arab	156,952	212,599	266,352	299,496	380,699	428,114	496,927	516,368	645,695	697,398	509,295	44,476	696,326
Egyptian	33,060	42,141	53,719	60,651	79,913	92,269	106,470	106,875	128,586	140,154	108,941	11,606	159,770
Iraqi	1,478	2,289	3,472	3,600	6,506	10,301	10,906	11,358	13,826	15,339	12,058	569	7,868
Jordanian	33,997	48,484	67,301	74,362	90,365	100,469	112,894	115,871	136,305	141,172	106,250	12,194	159,581
Lebanese	25,330	34,640	46,871	52,285	68,549	73,213	87,301	89,283	111,720	110,860	81,116	6,988	78,482
Palestinian	9,052	13,874	14,265	8,897	13,666	15,131	19,385	21,078	37,381	41,299	32,154	3,192	44,937
Sudanese	11,999	14,011	15,390	20,646	25,395	29,257	34,608	36,420	48,184	57,952	37,486	3,144	41,088
Syrian	16,953	22,399	28,346	35,178	42,670	47,239	57,332	62,957	81,236	90,651	64,762	6,783	95,514
Other Arabs	25,083	34,761	36,988	43,877	53,635	60,235	68,031	72,526	88,457	99,971	66,528	0	109,086
Asia	435,953	521,685	699,210	759,602	895,541	1,184,599	1,288,606	1,304,894	1,704,021	2,010,766	1,290,772	131,485	1,735,920
Bangladeshi	29,726	30,393	46,847	43,171	47,975	54,276	78,854	90,843	91,928	92,404	62,227	6,559	80,261
Ceylonese	17,974	17,677	21,702	21,591	23,061	24,205	26,916	25,130	29,326	31,483	26,660	2,950	33,459
Indian	213,509	247,358	312,975	350,986	418,767	487,503	590,198	655,768	876,595	944,884	682,297	75,716	963,194
Iranian	2,632	3,392	10,880	16,161	20,304	22,591	27,640	8,158	9,228	8,788	5,976	186	2,792
Japanese	11,509	10,727	13,482	12,430	12,749	14,852	17,050	16,385	18,870	18,131	14,229	1,996	21,543
Korean ( North )	3,604	3,630	4,128	4,227	5,429	5,833	8,767	12,738	20,506	27,632	22,302	2,281	33,686
Korean ( South )	10	32	69	115	221	102	45	31	35	46	26	1	43
Malaysian	1,340	2,416	4,335	4,672	8,071	9,456	12,621	17,385	26,725	23,588	14,704	1,759	12,832
Nepalese	11,404	20,305	30,887	21,104	12,971	18,580	44,417	54,014	69,705	81,251	46,160	4,217	49,199
Pakistani	56,473	72,531	98,345	107,723	124,522	143,991	172,258	179,444	221,303	229,958	166,715	19,356	250,523
Philippines	49,982	67,140	101,875	109,730	134,369	150,145	198,331	205,209	234,589	236,628	156,680	15,567	196,797
Singaporean	1,472	1,461	1,432	1,459	2,921	3,069	3,847	3,854	4,543	5,082	3,967	350	3,638
Thai	2,346	3,439	5,425	13,194	18,270	24,490	28,517	10,805	14,431	16,619	7,199	547	9,406
Other Asians	33,972	41,184	46,828	53,039	65,911	225,506	79,145	25,130	86,237	294,272	81,630	0	78,547
African	10,679	14,316	19,484	25,349	33,200	1,602,128	43,117	42,177	54,842	52,648	33,531	1,956	44,895
America	120,796	139,544	177,097	192,215	200,473	198,767	234,463	244,184	289,495	300,413	247,047	6,110	325,755
American	96,948	109,858	139,327	149,569	149,321	143,904	168,366	170,671	195,274	200,656	168,213	0	238,844
Canadian	21,559	26,405	33,419	37,307	45,008	46,969	54,267	56,290	67,958	70,778	56,980	6,110	66,321
Other American	2,289	3,281	4,351	5,339	6,144	7,894	11,830	17,223	26,263	28,979	21,854	0	20,590
Europe	201,588	219,454	242,398	247,744	317,805	358,792	410,594	448,215	551,388	564,557	467,904	41,249	518,429
Austrian	1,490	1,360	1,514	1,969	3,341	3,389	4,419	6,553	7,001	7,447	7,017	558	6,125
British	132,836	145,136	157,557	159,888	191,003	220,489	245,074	240,562	276,218	278,938	223,284	23,009	262,591
Dutch (Netherlands)	7,638	7,433	8,415	9,158	13,262	13,955	17,249	17,579	19,252	20,094	15,707	1,370	19,746
Finn (Finland)	614	484	720	786	883	1,053	1,004	1,715	1,982	2,328	1,777	209	2,278
French	10,959	12,089	16,372	16,979	21,277	22,946	27,516	35,484	51,797	45,239	39,367	3,089	36,812
German	11,360	12,275	13,393	14,251	24,930	27,987	34,775	51,456	70,892	78,332	68,277	8,877	70,895
Irish	9,317	10,416	10,692	10,714	13,314	13,961	15,903	15,237	16,988	19,096	14,234	1,584	19,675
Italian	5,920	7,259	7,907	7,886	10,837	12,071	14,078	23,650	32,997	35,419	30,980	1,952	24,177
Sweden	2,189	2,351	2,724	3,271	3,922	3,832	4,251	4,326	5,209	5,348	4,001	305	3,880
Swiss	1,645	1,498	1,954	2,043	2,978	3,155	4,724	4,825	5,966	5,811	4,569	296	4,105
Other Europeans	17,620	19,153	21,150	20,799	32,058	35,954	41,601	46,828	63,086	66,505	58,691	0	68,145
Oceania	17,687	21,097	23,547	26,037	35,944	42,919	46,330	39,933	44,996	43,779	33,568	3,130	36,240
Australian	14,170	16,723	18,099	19,990	28,293	35,485	38,188	32,653	36,046	34,388	25,546	2,430	28,429
New Zealander	3,517	4,374	5,448	6,047	7,651	7,434	8,142	7,280	8,950	9,391	8,022	700	7,811
Other Nationalities	58	190	127	102	631	58,883	106	83	149	286	426	7	504
Total	5,047,716	5,650,767	6,182,997	6,304,472	7,303,912	10,159,767	9,250,524	9,423,421	11,083,992	11,335,430	8,919,012	791,382	10,894,218

Source: Central Informatics Organization (CIO), taken from the Ministry of Interior (Immigration Directorate)

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

This table shows the flow of arrivals by nationality.
Arrivals are captured and often distinguished by air, sea ports and the King Fahad causeway (land).
Nationality of the person is defined by the passport used to enter the country. A Non-Bahrainis is considered as such depending on the passport used to enter the country (or obtain the visa).

2. Institution which provides data

Ministry of Interior (Immigration Directorate)
Central Informatics Organization, known prior to 2001 as the “Central Statistics Organisation” under the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs.

3. Data availability

Figures and results reported here are available on the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) website: (http://www.cio.gov.bh)
Figures and results are often reported in tables in both PDF and Excel formats.
Data for 2000 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2000/2000-CH15%20Transport%20and%20Communications.pdf)
Data for 2001 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2001/2001-CH15%20Transport%20and%20Communications.pdf)
Data for 2002 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2002/Ch15%20%202002.pdf)
Data for 2003 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2003/Ch15%20%202003.pdf)
Data for 2004 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2004/CH15.pdf)
Data for 2005 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2005/2005-CH15%20Transport%20and%20Communications.pdf)
Data for 2006 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2006/PDF/2006-CH15%20Transport%20and%20Communications.pdf)
Data for 2007 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2007/2007-CH15TransportCommunications.pdf)
Data for 2008 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2008/Ch15/13.pdf)
Data for 2009 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2009/Ch15/13.pdf)
Data for 2010 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2010/Ch15/13.pdf)
Data for 2011 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2011/15-Transport/12.pdf)
Data for 2012 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2012/15-Transport/11.pdf)
This information (2000-2011) can also be found in the Statistical Abstracts, Transport & Communication sections.

Date of access: August 2014

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