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General Information

Region		Western Asia
Population (000, 2025)		1 643^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		2 098.8^a
Capital city		Manama
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		600.4^c,d
UN membership date		21 September 1971
Surface area (km2)		778^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		163.4^a
National currency		Bahraini Dinar (BHD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.4^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	31 051	34 553	44 662^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.5	-4.8	2.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	22 670.0	23 298.0	28 453.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^f (% of Gross Value Added)	0.3	0.3	0.3^b
Economy: Industry^f (% of Gross Value Added)	40.7	41.1	44.7^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f (% of GVA)	59	58.5	55^b
Employment in agriculture^g (% of employed)	1.1	0.9	0.9^b
Employment in industry^g (% of employed)	35.2	35	34.7^b
Employment in services^g (% employed)	63.8	64.1	64.5^b
Unemployment^g (% of labour force)	1.2	1.8	1.1
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	43.4 / 86.7	41.5 / 84.6^g	42.9 / 85.8^g
CPI: Consumer Price Index^h (2010=100)	111	116	121^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	136	127^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	13 882	11 559^g	10 412^g,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	16 390	15 458^g	15 605^g,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 2 508	- 3 899^g	- 5 192^g,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-752	- 3 245	2 282^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	4	0.7	2.1^a
Urban population (% of total population)	89	89.4^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.1ⁱ	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.1	1.9	1.8^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	81.3 / 79.5	81.0 / 77.2	82.3 / 81.0^a
Population age distribution^j (0-14/60+ years old, %)	20.5 / 4.7	19.9 / 5.9	18.4 / 6.9^a
International migrant stock^k (000/% of total pop.)	721.5 / 52.7	786.0 / 53.0	840.2 / 52.3^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.4	0.3	0.4^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	7.6	9.1	6^a
Health: Current expenditure^l (% of GDP)	5^m	4.7^g	3.8^g,n
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.9	0.7	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.7 / 100.2	98.0 / 96.8^d	94.6 / 93.5^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.6 / 101.1	101.5 / 101.6^d	100.8 / 101.3^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	104.6 / 100.3	103.8 / 105.0^d	103.8 / 113.7^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.2	0	0.2ⁿ
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	7.5	15^o	20^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	93.5	99.7^g,p	100^p,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.1^q	...	...
Threatened species (number)	32	47	89^e
Forested area (% of land area)	0.8^g	0.9^g	0.9ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	29.1 / 21.2	33.7 / 22.7	33.7 / 22.0ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	957	1 045	1 022ⁿ
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	421	448	439ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^r (000)	9 670^s	1 909^s	9 949ⁿ
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	0^e

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Refers to the urban area of the municipality of Al-Manamah.
d		2019
e		2024
f		At producers' prices.
g		Estimate.
h		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
k		Refers to foreign citizens.
l		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
m		Data are based on SHA2011.
n		2022
o		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
p		Population aged 15 years and over.
q		2014
r		Excluding nationals residing abroad.
s		Break in the time series.