Languages

Arabic (official), English, Farsi, Urdu

Ethnic Groups

Bahraini 46%
Asian 45.5%
Other Arabs 4.7%
African 1.6%
European 1%
Other 1.2%
(includes Gulf Co-operative country nationals, North and South Americans, and Oceanians) (2010 est.)%

Urbanization

Urban population: 88.8% of total population (2015)

Rate of urbanization: 1.71% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 19.48% (male 133,201/female 129,140)

15-24 years - : 15.84% (male 120,073/female 93,182)

25-54 years - : 56.13% (male 494,405/female 261,399)

55-64 years - : 5.79% (male 50,466/female 27,501)

65 years and over - : 2.77% (male 18,092/female 19,154) (2015 est.)

population pyramid - :

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 31.4%

Youth dependency ratio: 28.2%

Elderly dependency ratio: 3.2%

Potential support ratio: 31.6% (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 31.8 years

Male: 33.3 years

Female: 29.1 years (2015 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.03 male(s)/female

0-14 years - : 1.03 male(s)/female

15-24 years - : 1.29 male(s)/female

25-54 years - : 1.89 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 1.84 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.95 male(s)/female

total population - : 1.54 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 78.73 years

Male: 76.53 years

Female: 80.98 years (2015 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 51

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total 0.8% of population (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

NA

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

34.1% (2014)

Education Expenditures

2.7% of GDP (2012)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 95.7%

Male: 96.9%

Female: 93.5% (2015 est.)

Year

Population

  • 1,346,613Array

Nationality

  • Bahraini(s) noun


  • Bahraini adjective


Religions

  • Muslim
    70.30%
  • Christian
    14.50%
  • Hindu
    9.80%
  • Buddhist
    2.50%
  • Jewish
    0.60%
  • Folk Religion Lt
    0.10%
  • Unaffiliated
    1.90%
  • Other Est
    0.22%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    2.41% (2015 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 13.66 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Death Rate

  • 2.69 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Migration Rate

  • 13.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • MANAMA (capital) 411,000
    (2015)

Health Expenditure

  • 4.9% of GDP (2013)

Physicians Density

  • 0.92 physicians/1,000 population (2012)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 2.1 beds/1,000 population (2012)

Total fertility rate

  • 1.78 children born/woman (2015 est.)