Bahrain

Official name:
The Kingdom of Bahrain
Name in native language:
البحرين / Al Baḩrayn
Capital:
Manama
ISO country code
BH
Nat. statistical agency:
Central Informatics Organization
Region:
Western Asia

Census Results

1941-xx-xx : 89,970
1950-03-03 : 109,650
1959-05-02 : 143,135
1965-02-13 : 182,203
1971-04-03 : 216,078
1981-04-05 : 350,798
1991-11-16 : 508,037
2001-04-07 : 650,604
2010-04-27 : 1,234,596

The Kingdom of Bahrain

Administrative units

governoratenative namecapitalarea (sq.km.)population
2001-04-07
census		population
2008-07
estimate
source: Central Informatics Organization, Bahrain.
note: Of the total of 650604, 4053 people are abroad.
note: The population count includes a large portion of non-Bahraini citizens (over 50% for 2008 est.).
Capital Governorateمحافظة العاصمة 37.53163,696290,182
Central Governorateالمحافظة الوسطى‎ 84.75167,691303,918
Muharraq Governorateمحافظة المحرق 56.13103,576169,299
Northern Governorateالمحافظة الشمالية 140.79166,824251,660
Southern Governorateالمحافظة الجنوبية 438.3044,76491,450
total  757.50650,6041,106,509

Main cities

namenative namepopulation
2001-04-07
census		latitude /
longitude
Al Manāmah [EN Manama]المنامة143,03526.19/50.50
Muharraqالمحرق91,30726.25/50.61
Riffaالرفاع79,55026.13/50.55
Hamad Townمدينة حمد52,71826.12/50.50
source: Kingdom of Bahrain.