Bahrain
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 1.6M (2025). World rank 152 of 216; in Asia, 44 of 49. Area: 765 km². World rank 192 of 249; in Asia, 47 of 50. Life expectancy: 81.4 years (2024). World rank 41 of 216 (1 = best); in Asia, 10 of 49. From 2015 to 2025: population 1.4M → 1.6M, GDP $32.5B → $49B, and GDP per person $23,734 → $30,597.
State
- Official name
- Kingdom of Bahrain
- Local name
- البحرين
- Capital
- Manama
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Hamad II
- Head of government
- Salman bin Hamad
- Independence
- August 15, 1971
- Women in parliament
- 20% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 1,600,366 2025
- Area
- 765 km²
- GDP
- $49B 2025
- GDP per person
- $30,597 2025
- Life expectancy
- 81.4 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Bahraini Dinar (BHD)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +973
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 999
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 161
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 10.3% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mountain of Smoke, 135 m
- Lowest point
- Persian Gulf, 0 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 35°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 18°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 83 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 2,092 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.7% 2025
- Living in cities
- 100% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +18.1K 2025
- Born in another country
- 52.3% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 18.4% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 77.6% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 4% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 82.1 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 80.9 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.8 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 12 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 2.2 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 74.2% and other 25.9%
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 61.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 53.7 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 61 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 72.8 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 30.7 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $70,997 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $28,790 2025
- Inflation
- -0.1% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 42 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 41.2% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 54.3% 2025
- Unemployment
- 1.1% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 5.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 42.3% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 87.5% 2024
- Imports, share of GDP
- 70% 2024
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +5.8% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.7% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 2.8% 2020
Education
- Adult literacy
- 97.8% 2024
- Primary school enrolment
- 96.9% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 98.8% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 58.4% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 1.9% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $1,176 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 28.7% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.7 2020
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 2.7 2020
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.8 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 99% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 7.3 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 8.8 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 17 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 22.1% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 68.7% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 15.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.9% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 100% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.2 2022
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 5.2 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.7 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 59.8 2025
- Natural hazards
- droughts and dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 56.6 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 23.9 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 40.6 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 4.9% 2024
- Protected areas
- 20.6% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 3 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 134% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 100% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 160 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 17 2024
- Internet domain
- .bh
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 23,846 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 0% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 0% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 99.7% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 5,734,420 2023
- Airports
- 3 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 849 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 718 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 6 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 0.4% 2023