Urban population rose 2.88% to 1.57 mil in Bahrain in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Bahrain reached an all time high of 1.57 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.134 mil in 1960. When compared to Bahrain's main peers, urban population in Iran amounted to 64.9 mil, 4.33 mil in Kuwait, 2.91 mil in Qatar and 29.9 mil in Saudi Arabia in 2021.
Bahrain has been ranked 142nd within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Bahrain | mil | 1.34 | 1.33 | 1.32 | 1.35 | 1.37 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 64.5 | 65.6 | 66.6 | 67.5 | 68.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 28.4 | 29.1 | 29.9 | 30.6 | 31.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 9.52 | 9.73 | 9.93 | 10.1 | 10.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 4.32 | 4.44 | 4.40 | 4.36 | 4.59 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 83.2 | 85.2 | 87.3 | 89.7 | 92.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | mil | 2.56 | 2.62 | 2.77 | 2.49 | 2.64 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 25.3 | 25.3 | 26.6 | 26.0 | 27.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 3.43 | 3.54 | 3.65 | 3.76 | 3.87 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | mil | 8.09 | 8.20 | 8.18 | 8.36 | 8.82 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 12.5 | 13.1 | 13.7 | 14.3 | 15.0 |
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