Bahrain: Population estimates by nationality (Bahraini/Non-Bahraini), sex and age group (2018)

  Bahrainis Non-Bahrainis Total
  Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
0-4 38,140 36,398 74,538 16,361 15,825 32,186 54,501 52,223 106,724
5-9 37,374 35,923 73,297 14,132 13,562 27,694 51,506 49,485 100,991
10-14 34,685 33,235 67,920 10,749 10,504 21,253 45,434 43,739 89,173
15-19 31,889 30,035 61,924 8,836 7,238 16,074 40,725 37,273 77,998
20-24 30,591 28,932 59,523 37,636 15,380 53,016 68,227 44,312 112,539
25-29 29,483 28,150 57,633 99,528 33,269 132,797 129,011 61,419 190,430
30-34 26,413 25,864 52,277 127,509 34,929 162,438 153,922 60,793 214,715
35-39 23,336 22,813 46,149 100,783 28,062 128,845 124,119 50,875 174,994
40-44 20,018 19,966 39,984 68,950 21,404 90,354 88,968 41,370 130,338
45-49 16,329 16,879 33,208 50,225 14,755 64,980 66,554 31,634 98,188
50-54 17,016 18,068 35,084 30,551 9,897 40,448 47,567 27,965 75,532
55-59 14,863 15,665 30,528 18,732 5,983 24,715 33,595 21,648 55,243
60-64 11,993 11,470 23,463 8,240 2,725 10,965 20,233 14,195 34,428
65-69 8,102 6,508 14,610 2,641 1,148 3,789 10,743 7,656 18,399
70-74 4,164 4,201 8,365 1,021 526 1,547 5,185 4,727 9,912
75-79 2,748 2,853 5,601 469 307 776 3,217 3,160 6,377
80-84 1,415 1,770 3,185 327 213 540 1,742 1,983 3,725
85 + 1,102 1,323 2,425 513 447 960 1,615 1,770 3,385
Total 349,661 340,053 689,714 597,203 216,174 813,377 946,864 556,227 1,503,091

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) by age group.

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.

Censuses’ implementation methods:

2010: mixed census, based on both administrative records and a household survey sample of 15,000 Bahraini and non-Bahraini households.

Census 2020: 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 and estimates of population numbers and characteristics based on the census’ results 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