Capital	Northern	Southern	Muharraq	Total
Bahrain	169,192	272,093	134,953	136,124	712,362
GCC countries	4,679	2,725	3,341	2,554	13,299
Other Arab countries	17,899	10,356	20,815	24,454	73,524
Non-Arab Asian countries	330,946	81,916	140,090	98,044	650,996
Non-Arab African countries	7,091	5,793	4,587	4,031	21,502
European countries	4,189	4,715	1,047	1,799	11,750
North America	13,670	1,533	473	739	16,415
Other countries	679	506	241	361	1,787
Non-Bahrainis	379,153	107,544	170,594	131,982	789,273
Total	548,345	379,637	305,547	268,106	1,501,635

Source: 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.

 

Census 2020’s implementation method:

Census 2020 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.

The 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

 

Information & eGovernment Authority (IGA)

 

3. Data availability

 

Some datasets from census 2020 are available on IGA’s Bahrain Open Data Portal:

https://bahrain.opendatasoft.com/pages/homepage/

https://bahrain.opendatasoft.com/explore/?sort=modified&refine.theme=Population

 

Date of access: February 2024  

 

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, National Population, Foreign Population, Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Arab countries

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