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Image:Bahrain population.svg|thumb|300px|right|Demographics of Bahrain, Data of FAOFAOThe demographics of the population of Bahrain includes population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.Most of the population of Bahrain is concentrated in the two principal cities, Manama and Al Muharraq.

Ethnic groups

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	DATE= 23 APRIL 2022, CIA The World Factbook, |titlebar=#ddd|left1=Ethnic groups|float=right|bars={{bar percent|Bahraini|red|47.4}}{{bar percent|Asian (mostly South Asia) |blue|43.4}}{{bar percent|other Arabs|yellow|5.8}}{{bar percent|African|pink|1.4}}{{bar percent|European|black|0.8}}{{bar percent|North Americans|orange|1.1}}{{bar percent|Others|purple|0.1}}}}{{See also|Ethnic, cultural and religious groups of Bahrain}}Regarding the ethnicity of Bahrainis, a Financial Times article published on 31 May 1983 found that ”Bahrain is a polyglot state, both religiously and racially. Discounting temporary immigrants of the past ten years, there are at least eight or nine communities on the island”. These may be classified as:{| class=“wikitable sortable”
Afro-Arabs >| Descendants of Africans, primarily from East Africa and of mostly Sunni faith
Ajam of Bahrain >	Persian people>Persians of Shia faith, a minority are from the Baháʼí Faith.
Baharna >| The indigenous inhabitants of Bahrain. The overwhelming majority are Shia.
Bania (caste)>Bania)	Indians who traded with Bahrain and settled before the age of oil (formerly known as the Hunood or Banyan, ), of mostly Hindu faith
Bahraini Jews >| Jews have inhabited Bahrain for centuries. Most native Bahraini Jews are of Mesopotamian and Persian descent.
Hola (ethnic group)>Hola	Sunni Arabs from Persia
Bahraini Sunni Arabs >| Urbanized Sunni Bahrainis of Bedouin ancestry, such as the Utoob, Dawasir etc.

Non-nationals make up more than half of the population of Bahrain, with immigrants making up about 52.6% of the overall population.WEB,www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bahrain/, Bahrain, September 27, 2021, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA.gov, Of those, the vast majority come from South and Southeast Asia: according to various media reports and government statistics dated between 2005 and 2012 roughly 350,000 Indians,WEB, Information Wing: Indian Community,eoi.gov.in/bahrain/?2671?000, 2021-10-27, eoi.gov.in, 150,000 Bangladeshis,WEB, Relation,www.bdembassy.org.bh/the-embassy/relation/, 2021-10-27, Embassy of Bangladesh in Bahrain, en-US, 2021-10-27,www.bdembassy.org.bh/the-embassy/relation/," title="web.archive.org/web/20211027113938www.bdembassy.org.bh/the-embassy/relation/,">web.archive.org/web/20211027113938www.bdembassy.org.bh/the-embassy/relation/, dead, 110,000 Pakistanis,WEB,www.mofa.gov.pk/documents/handbook.pdf, Archived copy, www.mofa.gov.pk, 11 January 2022,www.mofa.gov.pk/documents/handbook.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20190401132152www.mofa.gov.pk/documents/handbook.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20190401132152www.mofa.gov.pk/documents/handbook.pdf, 1 April 2019, dead, 40,000 Filipinos,NEWS,filamstar.net/index.php?id=4717, Filipinos etching credible mark in Bahrain, Hampton, Maricar, 6 July 2012, FilAm Star, 6 January 2013, {{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and 8,000 Indonesians.{{citation|url=http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=189859|periodical=Gulf Daily News|date=2007-08-07|access-date=2009-05-12|title=Indonesians encouraged|archive-date=2011-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608140313www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=189859|url-status=dead}} In 2023, about 4,000 people from the United Kingdom live in Bahrain,UK Government website, Retrieved 2023-08-01 although some estimates are double this number.British Expat Guide website, Retrieved 2023-08-01{| class=“wikitable” align=“center“| ! Bahraini| Other Arabs| African| North American| Asian| European| Others! TOTAL align=“center“| Population! 712,362| 86,823| 21,502| 16,415| 650,996| 11,750| 1,787! 1,501,635 align=“center“| Percentage! 47.4%| 5.8%| 1.4%| 1.1%| 43.4%| 0.8%| 0.1%! 100%

Population

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Population census

{| class=“wikitable” style="text-align: right;“|+Population of Bahrain according to nationality 1941-2010WEB, Archived copy,www.moh.gov.bh/PDF/Publications/Statistics/HS2011/PDF/CH-02%20census_2011.pdf, dead,www.moh.gov.bh/PDF/Publications/Statistics/HS2011/PDF/CH-02%20census_2011.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20150128142310www.moh.gov.bh/PDF/Publications/Statistics/HS2011/PDF/CH-02%20census_2011.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20150128142310www.moh.gov.bh/PDF/Publications/Statistics/HS2011/PDF/CH-02%20census_2011.pdf, 28 January 2015, 17 January 2022, www.moh.gov.bh, bgcolor=“#e0e0e0“! rowspan=“2” |census year! colspan=“2” | Bahraini! colspan=“2” | non-Bahraini! Total populationbgcolor=“#e0e0e0“! Number! %! Number! %! Number194174,04082.315,93017.789,970195091,17983.218,47116.8109,6501959118,73483.024,40117.0143,1351965143,81478.938,38921.1182,2031971178,19382.537,88517.5216,0781981238,42068.0112,37832.0350,7981991323,30563.6184,73236.4508,0372001405,66762.4244,93737.6650,6042010568,39946.0666,17254.01,234,5712020712,36247.4789,27352.61,501,635 align“center“”>

Population estimates on July 1 {| class“wikitable” align“center”

!Sources: Bahrain Central Informatics Organization, population estimate July 1 of each year {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030201141www.cio.gov.bh/StatPublication/11RecurrentRequest/AdjPop2001-2007.pdf|date=2008-10-30}}, and for 2008, 2009 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005120322www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2009/Ch2/2.37J.pdf|date=2011-10-05}}WEB,bahrain.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/mid-year-population-by-nationality-and-sex/table/?sort=year, Sources: Bahrain Information and eGovernment Authority, Bahrain Open Data Portal, population estimate July 1 of each year, 2023-07-03, 2023-07-03,web.archive.org/web/20230703180743/https://bahrain.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/mid-year-population-by-nationality-and-sex/table/?sort=year, dead, ! Bahraini ! Non-Bahraini! Total! % Non-Bahraini align=“center“! 2001| 409,619| 251,698! 661,317| 38.1% align=“center“! 2002| 427,246| 283,307! 710,554| 39.9% align=“center“! 2003| 445,634| 318,888! 764,519| 41.7% align=“center“! 2004| 464,808| 358,936! 823,744| 43.6% align=“center“! 2005| 484,810| 404,013! 888,824| 45.5% align=“center“! 2006| 505,673| 454,752! 960,425| 47.3% align=“center“! 2007| 527,433| 511,864! 1,039,297| 49.3% align=“center“! 2008| 541,587| 561,909! 1,103,496| 50.9% align=“center“! 2009| 558,011| 620,404! 1,178,415| 52.6% align=“center“! 2010| 570,687| 657,856! 1,228,543| 53.5% align=“center“! 2011| 584,688| 610,332! 1,195,020| 51.1% align=“center“! 2012| 599,629| 609,335! 1,208,964| 50.4% align=“center“! 2013| 614,830| 638,361! 1,253,191| 50.9% align=“center“! 2014| 630,744| 683,818! 1,314,562| 52.0% align=“center“! 2015| 647,835| 722,487! 1,370,322| 52.7% align=“center“! 2016| 664,707| 759,019! 1,423,726| 53.3% align=“center“! 2017| 677,506| 823,610! 1,501,116| 54.9% align=“center“! 2018| 689,417| 813,377! 1,502,794| 54.1% align=“center“! 2019| 701,827| 781,929! 1,483,756| 52.7% align=“center“! 2020| 713,263| 758,941! 1,472,204| 51.6% align=“center“! 2021| 719,333| 785,032! 1,504,365| 52.2%

Vital statistics

UN estimates

{| class=“wikitable” style="text-align: right;”! width=“70pt“|PeriodWEB, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision,esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm, dead,esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20110506065230esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20110506065230esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm, 2011-05-06, 2013-05-11, ! width=“70pt“|Live births per year! width=“70pt“|Deaths per year! width=“70pt“|Natural change per year! width=“70pt“|CBR*! width=“70pt“|CDR*! width=“70pt“|NC*! width=“70pt“|TFR*! width=“70pt“|IMR*|183|156|112|74|49|33|22|16|14|11|9|7 * CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)

Registered data

Birth registration of Bahrain is available from 1976, death registration started in 1990. Between 1976 and 2011 the number of baby births roughly doubled but the birth rate of babies decreased from 32 to 13 per 1,000. The death rate of Bahrain (1.9 per 1,000 human beings in 2011) is among the lowest in the world.{| class=“wikitable” style="text-align: right;”!weblink {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503144717www.moh.gov.bh/AR/aboutMOH/Statistics.aspx|date=2013-05-03}} Ministry of Health StatisticsWEB, 2 January 2018, Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year (2002–2016),unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf, United Nations Statistics Division, United nations. Demographic Yearbooks! width=“70pt“|Average population ! width=“70pt“|Live births! width=“70pt“|Deaths! width=“70pt“|Natural change! width=“70pt“|Crude birth rate (per 1000)! width=“70pt“|Crude death rate (per 1000)! width=“70pt“|Natural change (per 1000)! width=“70pt“|Total Fertility Rate per woman|1965| |||1966| |||1967| |||1968| |||1971| |||1972| |||1973| |||1974| |||1975| ||| 1976| 282,000||| 1977| 302,000| 8,186|| 1978| 322,000|8,396|| 1979| 341,000|8,627|| 1980| 358,000|9,055|| 1981| 372,000|9,235|| 1982| 384,000|9,918|| 1983| 394,000|10,367|| 1984| 405,000|10,216|| 1985| 417,000|11,102|| 1986| 431,000|11,470|| 1987| 446,000|11,115|| 1988| 462,000|11,032|| 1989| 478,000|12,060|| 1990| 493,000|11,818|| 1991| 503,052|11,485|| 1992| 516,458|12,114|| 1993| 530,225|12,477|| 1994| 544,366|12,071|| 1995| 558,879|11,571|| 1996| 573,792|11,343|| 1997| 589,115|11,560|| 1998| 604,842|11,384|| 1999| 620,989|12,360|2.900| 2000| 637,582|11,902|2.800| 2001| 661,317|11,489|2.600| 2002| 710,554|11,541|2.400| 2003| 764,519|12,446|2.400| 2004| 823,744|12,753|2.300| 2005| 888,824|12,976|2.100| 2006| 960,425|12,736|2.000| 2007| 1,039,297|13,792|1.964| 2008| 1,103,496|14,632|1.968| 2009| 1,178,415|15,454|1.951| 2010| 1,228,543|15,749|1.877| 2011| 1,195,020|15,045|1.967| 2012| 1,208,964|16,506|2.134| 2013| 1,253,191|17,407|2.157| 2014| 1,314,562| 18,126|2.108| 2015| 1,370,322| 18,196|2.093| 2016| 1,423,726| 17,856|1.984| 2017| 1,501,116| 17,679|1.945| 2018| 1,503,091| 16,668|1.838| 2019| 1,483,756| 15,601|1.744| 2020| 1,472,204| 14,554|1.846| 2021| 1,504,365| || 2022| 1,524,693| || 2023| 1,577,059| |

Structure of the population

Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 17.III.2020):WEB,unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/, UNSD - Demographic and Social Statistics, {| class=“wikitable”! width=“80pt“|Age Group! width=“80pt“|Male! width=“80pt“|Female! width=“80pt“|Total! width=“80pt“|% Total 942,895 558,740 1,501,635 100 0-4 52,591 51,012 103,603 6.90 5-9 53,578 51,416 104,994 6.99 10-14 47,812 45,864 93,676 6.24 15-19 41,062 38,276 79,338 5.28 20-24 60,706 40,725 101,431 6.75 25-29 101,401 54,679 156,080 10.39 30-34 154,215 57,757 211,972 14.12 35-39 134,083 51,794 185,877 12.38 40-44 95,104 44,385 139,489 9.29 45-49 70,467 33,509 103,976 6.92 50-54 49,621 27,786 77,407 5.15 55-59 34,498 23,095 57,593 3.84 60-64 22,418 16,353 38,771 2.58 65-69 12,499 9,200 16,877 1.44 70-74 6,184 5,177 11,361 0.76 75-79 3,216 3,363 6,579 0.44 80-84 2,002 2,452 4,454 0.30 85+ 1,438 1,897 3,335 0.22! width=“50“|Age group ! width=“80pt“|Male! width=“80“|Female! width=“80“|Total! width=“50“|Percent 0-14 153,981 148,292 302,273 20.13 15-64 763,575 388,359 1,151,934 76.71 65+ 25,339 22,089 47,428 3.16

Life expectancy {| class“wikitable” style@text-align: center;”

!Period!Life expectancy inYears!Period!Life expectancy inYears|1950–1955|43.0|1985–1990|71.8|1955–1960|48.5|1990–1995|72.9|1960–1965|55.3|1995–2000|73.9|1965–1970|61.1|2000–2005|74.9|1970–1975|65.4|2005–2010|75.7|1975–1980|68.3|2010–2015|76.4|1980–1985|70.5||Source: UN World Population ProspectsWEB,esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/, World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations, 2017-07-15,web.archive.org/web/20160919061238/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/, 2016-09-19, dead,

Religion

{{See also|Freedom of religion in Bahrain|Islam in Bahrain}}{| class=“wikitable” align=“center“| ! Men! Women! Total! Bahraini! Non-Bahraini align=“center“! Muslims| 674,329| 437,204! 1,111,533| 710,067| 401,466 align=“center“! Others| 268,566| 121,536! 390,102| 2,295| 387,807 align=“center“! Total| 942,895| 558,740! 1,501,635| 712,362| 789,273 align=“center“! Muslim %| | ! 74.0%| 99.7%| 50.9%Islam is the official religion forming 74% of the population. Current census data does not differentiate between the other religions in Bahrain, but in 2022, the country was approximately 12%US State Dept 2022 report Christian and had about 40NEWS, Low profile but welcome: a Jewish outpost in the Gulf,www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/low-profile-but-welcome-a-jewish-outpost-in-the-gulf-398656.html, Independent, 2 Nov 2007, 16 March 2012, 24 December 2018,web.archive.org/web/20181224183810/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/low-profile-but-welcome-a-jewish-outpost-in-the-gulf-398656.html, dead, Jewish citizens.According to the website of Ministry of Information Affairs, 74% of the population are Muslim, with Christians being the second largest religious group, forming 10.2% of the population, Jews making up 0.21%. The percentage of local Bahraini Christians, Jews, Hindus and Baha’is is collectively 0.2%.WEB, Population and Demographics - Ministry of Information Affairs {{!, Kingdom of Bahrain|url=https://www.mia.gov.bh/kingdom-of-bahrain/population-and-demographics/?lang=en|access-date=2020-11-06|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110161444www.mia.gov.bh/kingdom-of-bahrain/population-and-demographics/?lang=en|url-status=dead}}WEB,www.data.gov.bh/en/ResourceCenter/DownloadFile?id=3582, Kingdom of Bahrain Open Data Portal: Archived copy, 2021-05-02, 2021-05-02,web.archive.org/web/20210502014151/https://www.data.gov.bh/en/ResourceCenter/DownloadFile?id=3582, dead, Bahraini citizens of Muslim faith belong to the Shi’a and Sunni branches of Islam. The last official census (1941) to include sectarian identification reported 52% (88,298 citizens) as Shia and 48% as Sunni of the Muslim population.Qubain, Fahim Issa (1955) “Social Classes and Tensions in Bahrain.” The Middle East Journal 9, no. 3: 269–280, p. 270 Unofficial sources, such as the Library of Congress Country Studies,Bahrain Country Study Library of Congress and The New York Times,1981 Plot in Bahrain linked to Iranians New York Times, 25 July 1982, retrieved 20 June 2018 estimate sectarian identification to be approximately 45% Sunni and 55% Shia. An official Bahraini document revealed that 51% of the country’s citizens are Sunnis, while the Shiite population has declined to 49% of the Muslim population.Al Jazeera: وثيقة بحرينية: الشيعة أقل من النصف, 1973, retrieved 14 February 2021Foreigners, overwhelmingly from South Asia and other Arab countries, constituted 52.6% of the population in 2020. Of these, 50.9% are Muslim and 49.1% are non-Muslim, including Christians (primarily: Catholic, Protestant, Syriac Orthodox, and Mar Thoma from South India), Hindus, Buddhists, Baháʼís, and Sikhs.{{clear}}

Languages

See also

• Bahranis

References

Notes

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Sources

{{CIA World Factbook|year=2006}}

• 2003 U.S. Department of State website

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