Bahrainis		Non-Bahrainis		Total
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
1991-06	161,959	158,430	128,862	53,801	290,821	212,231
1992-06	165,932	162,294	132,967	55,265	298,899	217,559
1993-06	169,973	166,278	136,615	57,359	306,588	223,637
1994-06	174,108	170,371	140,366	59,521	314,474	229,892
1995-06	178,328	174,572	144,227	61,752	322,555	236,324
1996-06	182,648	178,882	148,207	64,055	330,855	242,937
1997-06	187,065	183,312	152,307	66,431	339,372	249,743
1998-06	191,577	187,858	156,523	68,884	348,100	256,742
1999-06	196,190	192,524	160,866	71,409	357,056	263,933
2000-06	200,903	197,318	165,344	74,017	366,247	271,335
2001-06	206,909	202,710	179,802	71,895	386,711	274,605
2002-06	215,813	211,433	202,383	80,924	418,196	292,357
2003-06	225,099	220,531	227,800	91,087	452,899	311,618
2004-06	234,786	230,021	256,408	102,526	491,194	332,547
2005-06	244,890	239,920	288,610	115,402	533,500	355,322
2006-06	255,428	250,244	324,856	129,896	580,284	380,140
2007-06	266,419	261,013	365,654	146,209	632,073	407,222
2008-06	273,612	267,975	402,978	158,931	676,590	426,906
2009-06	282,011	276,000	449,986	170,418	731,997	446,418
2010-06	288,452	282,235	475,905	181,951	764,357	464,186
2011-06	295,878	288,810	445,605	164,727	741,483	453,537
2012-06	305,354	294,275	455,095	154,240	760,449	448,515
2013-06	312,945	301,885	475,436	162,925	788,381	464,810
2014-06	320,839	309,905	485,648	198,170	806,487	508,075
2015-06	328,887	318,948	517,478	205,009	846,365	523,957
2016-06	336,834	327,873	551,555	207,464	888,389	535,337
2017-06	343,340	334,166	607,972	215,638	951,312	549,804
2018-06	349,661	340,053	597,203	216,174	946,864	556,227
2019-06	355,633	346,194	564,931	216,998	920,564	563,192
2020-06	361,979	351,284	563,057	195,884	925,036	547,168
2021-06	365,083	354,658	560,664	223,960	925,747	578,618
2022-06	361,587	352,424	585,450	225,232	947,037	577,656
2022-12	365,501	356,156	603,605	231,920	969,106	588,076
2023-06	368,448	358,904	611,427	238,280	979,875	597,184
2023-12	371,357	361,892	608,495	242,190	979,852	604,082
2024-06	374,701	365,035	610,391	238,543	985,092	603,578
2024-12	375,941	366,293	611,888	240,532	987,829	606,825

Source: Information & eGovernment Authority (IGA), Open Data Portal

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The table provides intercensal estimates of Bahrain’s total resident population (nationals and non-nationals)
Period of reference: mid-year, unless stated otherwise

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

Information & eGovernment Authority (IGA)

3. Data availability 

Published results of past censuses 1941 and 2001 are the only ones available online, as of February 2026.
Some datasets from census 2020 and the present intercensal population estimates are available on IGA’s Bahrain Open Data Portal, in the “Population” section”:
https://bahrain.opendatasoft.com/pages/homepage/
https://bahrain.opendatasoft.com/explore/?refine.theme=Population&disjunctive.theme&sort=modified

Dec. 2024: Last population data available as of 14 March 2026.

Date of access: 14 March 2026

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

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