Bahrain: Population by nationality group and sex (2010)
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