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Bahrain — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Bahrain, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.73%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -82.0% since 1961
Population growth for Bahrain was 0.73% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 7.89% in 2007. The lowest was -2.77% in 2011 (about -3.8× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.64% per year.
Bahrain ranks 118 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 54%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.56%, so Bahrain sits below it. It peaked in 2007 and has fallen 91% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 82%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.73%
First (1961)
4.07%
Change
-82.0%
Highest
7.89%
in 2007
Lowest
-2.77%
in 2011
Average
3.49%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.64%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.73% |
| 2024 | 0.73% |
| 2023 | 3.38% |
| 2022 | 1.34% |
| 2021 | 2.16% |
| 2020 | -0.78% |
| 2019 | -1.29% |
| 2018 | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 5.29% |
| 2016 | 3.82% |
| 2015 | 4.15% |
| 2014 | 4.78% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.