Nationality Group	males	females	total
Bahrainis	287,239	281,160	568,399
GCC	4,283	4,407	8,690
Other Arabs	32,149	26,064	58,213
Arabs	36,432	30,471	66,903
Asian	433,756	128,284	562,040
African	1,576	17,972	19,548
European	6,264	5,499	11,763
North American	2,237	1,912	4,149
South American	241	233	474
Oceanian	669	626	1,295
Non-Arabs	444,743	154,526	599,269
Total Non-Bahrainis	481,175	184,997	666,172
Total population	768,414	466,157	1,234,571

Source: Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) – Bahrain

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The table provides figures of Bahrain’s total resident population at date of 2010′ census
Reference period: the 2001 census was conducted on April 27th, 2010
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 2010 censuses is available in PDF format: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Census/Population/4.pdf )

Data of access: June 2014

 

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