Bahrain: Population by nationality group and sex (1991)

Nationality Group	males	females	total
Bahrainis	163,453	159,852	323,305
GCC Arabs	2,526	2,202	4,728
Other Arabs	10,086	7,791	17,877
Arabs	12,612	9,993	22,605
Asian	114,093	39,997	154,090
African	159	186	345
European	3,069	2,923	5,992
North American	741	562	1,303
South American	42	51	93
Oceanian	177	127	304
Non-Arabs	118,281	43,846	162,127
Total Non-Bahrainis	130,893	53,839	184,732
Total	294,346	213,691	508,037

Source: Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) – Bahrain

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The table provides figures of Bahrain’s national and non-national resident population at date of 1991′ census
Reference period: unknown
Population of reference: all non-nationals in the country at the time of the census
Implementation method: the Censuses are carried out according to de jure methodology, i.e. counting persons using their usual place of residence irrespective of where are they at census times
Nationality of the person is defined by the passport used to enter the country. A Non-Bahrainis is considered as such depending on the passport used to enter the country (or obtain the visa)

2. Institution which provides data

Central Informatics Organization, known prior to 2001 as the “Central Statistics Organisation” under the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs

3. Data availability

This data is available on the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) website. For the Arabic version: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/default.aspx). For the English version: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/CIO_ENG/Default.aspx)
This data for 1991 and 2001 censuses are available in PDF format: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2008/Ch2/29.pdf)

Data of access: June 2014