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Bahrain: Population by nationality group and administrative region (governorate) of residence (census 2020)

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  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)

 

  1. Institution which provides data

 

Information & eGovernment Authority (IGA)

 

  1. 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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