Bahrainis	Non-Bahrainis	Total
1991	320,389	182,663	503,052
1992	328,226	188,232	516,458
1993	336,251	193,974	530,225
1994	344,479	199,887	544,366
1995	352,900	205,979	558,879
1996	361,530	212,262	573,792
1997	370,377	218,738	589,115
1998	379,435	225,407	604,842
1999	388,714	232,275	620,989
2000	398,221	239,361	637,582
2001	409,619	251,697	661,316
2002	427,246	283,307	710,553
2003	445,630	318,887	764,517
2004	464,807	358,934	823,741
2005	484,810	404,012	888,822
2006	505,672	454,752	960,424
2007	527,432	511,863	1,039,295
2008	541,587	561,909	1,103,496
2009	558,011	620,404	1,178,415
2010	570,687	657,856	1,228,543
2011	584,688	610,332	1,195,020
2012	599,629	609,335	1,208,964
2013	614,830	638,361	1,253,191
2014	630,744	683,818	1,314,562
2015	647,835	722,487	1,370,322
2016	664,707	759,019	1,423,726
2017	677,506	823,610	1,501,116
2018	689,714	813,377	1,503,091
2019	701,827	781,929	1,483,756
2020	713,263	758,941	1,472,204
2021	719,741	784,624	1,504,365
2022	714,011	810,682	1,524,693
2022 (12)	721,657	835,525	1,557,182
2023	727,352	849,707	1,577,059

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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