Nationality Group	males	females	total
Bahrainis	204,623	201,044	405,667
GCC	3,636	3,187	6,823
Other Arabs	11,698	8,352	20,050
Arabs	15,334	11,539	26,873
Asian	148,343	57,283	205,626
African	342	2,582	2,924
European	2,833	2,955	5,788
North American	1,924	1,271	3,195
South American	35	35	70
Oceanian	215	246	461
Non-Arabs	153,692	64,372	218,064
Total Non-Bahrainis	169,026	75,911	244,937
Grand total	373,649	276,955	650,604

Source: Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) – Bahrain

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The table provides figures of Bahrain’s resident population at date of 2001′ census
Reference period: the 2001 census was conducted on April 7th, 2001
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)
This data for 1991 and 2001 censuses are available in PDF format: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2008/Ch2/1.pdf)

Data of access: June 2014

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