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

Source: Information & eGovernment Authority (IGA)                   

                               

ANNEXED NOTE                               

                               

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

The table provides mid-year intercensal estimates of Bahrain’s total resident population (nationals and non-nationals).

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.

 

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

 

Published results of past censuses (until 2020) are no longer available online, as of 07 February 2024.

Some datasets from census 2020 and the present intercensal population estimates 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

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