Bahrain
Net migration rate in Bahrain
Net migration rate in Bahrain: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 12.7 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 12.7 per 1,000 people
- Since 1950
- +7.6 per 1,000 people
- Rank, 2023
- 16 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- 0.3 per 1,000 people
- UN projection (medium variant)
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -24.5 per 1,000 people and 25.9 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 61.1 per 1,000 people in 2002, the lowest -22 per 1,000 people in 1970.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Bahrain |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.7 |
| 2022 | 12.4 |
| 2021 | 7.9 |
| 2020 | -3.4 |
| 2019 | -21.5 |
| 2018 | -17.4 |
| 2017 | 14.8 |
| 2016 | 32.8 |
| 2015 | 26.9 |
| 2014 | 31.1 |
| 2013 | 28.3 |
| 2012 | 10.5 |
| 2011 | -21.6 |
| 2010 | -15.9 |
| 2009 | 39.3 |
| 2008 | 42.5 |
| 2007 | 44.9 |
| 2006 | 46.9 |
| 2005 | 49 |
| 2004 | 52.1 |
| 2003 | 56.2 |
| 2002 | 61.1 |
| 2001 | 49.1 |
| 2000 | 4.3 |
| 1999 | 4.8 |
| 1998 | 5.8 |
| 1997 | 6.5 |
| 1996 | 6.8 |
| 1995 | 6.5 |
| 1994 | 5.9 |
| 1993 | 5.1 |
| 1992 | 5.1 |
| 1991 | 8.6 |
| 1990 | 9.9 |
| 1989 | 10.5 |
| 1988 | 11 |
| 1987 | 11.1 |
| 1986 | 10.8 |
| 1985 | 10.8 |
| 1984 | 11 |
| 1983 | 10.6 |
| 1982 | 10.3 |
| 1981 | 12.1 |
| 1980 | 18.8 |
| 1979 | 20.1 |
| 1978 | 21.3 |
| 1977 | 22.4 |
| 1976 | 23.5 |
| 1975 | 24.4 |
| 1974 | 24.9 |
| 1973 | 25.3 |
| 1972 | 25.6 |
| 1971 | 13.7 |
| 1970 | -22 |
| 1969 | -20.9 |
| 1968 | -18 |
| 1967 | -3.9 |
| 1966 | -3.5 |
| 1965 | -2.1 |
| 1964 | 2.5 |
| 1963 | 3.8 |
| 1962 | 4.5 |
| 1961 | 6.2 |
| 1960 | 7.7 |
| 1959 | 7.5 |
| 1958 | 7.4 |
| 1957 | 7.3 |
| 1956 | 6.7 |
| 1955 | 6.7 |
| 1954 | 6.1 |
| 1953 | 5.7 |
| 1952 | 5.5 |
| 1951 | 5.4 |
| 1950 | 5.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Bahrain |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.1-37.4–41.2 |
| 2025 | 11-40.6–44.2 |
| 2026 | 8.5-39.6–47.1 |
| 2027 | 5-34.2–44.4 |
| 2028 | 3.1-31.1–48.9 |
| 2029 | 1.3-26.5–49.3 |
| 2030 | 0.6-24.9–45.6 |
| 2031 | 0.6-24.8–47.3 |
| 2032 | 0.6-26.4–45.1 |
| 2033 | 0.6-26.8–50.4 |
| 2034 | 0.6-26.2–44 |
| 2035 | 0.6-26.6–46.6 |
| 2036 | 0.6-26.2–46.7 |
| 2037 | 0.6-25.7–45.3 |
| 2038 | 0.6-26.5–47.4 |
| 2039 | 0.6-27.8–47.4 |
| 2040 | 0.6-26.5–44.8 |
| 2041 | 0.6-30.2–42.3 |
| 2042 | 0.6-28.9–44.9 |
| 2043 | 0.6-26.5–44.6 |
| 2044 | 0.6-26.1–43.5 |
| 2045 | 0.6-28.1–39.9 |
| 2046 | 0.6-27–39.7 |
| 2047 | 0.6-28.4–41.9 |
| 2048 | 0.6-26.4–40.4 |
| 2049 | 0.6-26.9–39.9 |
| 2050 | 0.6-24.4–40.1 |
| 2051 | 0.6-26.3–40 |
| 2052 | 0.6-25.1–40.4 |
| 2053 | 0.6-24.2–40.6 |
| 2054 | 0.6-24.1–40.8 |
| 2055 | 0.6-26–40.1 |
| 2056 | 0.6-26.8–36.8 |
| 2057 | 0.6-24.3–37.4 |
| 2058 | 0.6-25.8–38.1 |
| 2059 | 0.6-23.6–37.6 |
| 2060 | 0.6-24.6–34.2 |
| 2061 | 0.6-24.7–36.3 |
| 2062 | 0.6-27.1–35.8 |
| 2063 | 0.6-26–36.2 |
| 2064 | 0.6-26.6–35.8 |
| 2065 | 0.5-27.4–36 |
| 2066 | 0.6-27.1–36.6 |
| 2067 | 0.5-27.3–36.7 |
| 2068 | 0.5-28.7–34.8 |
| 2069 | 0.5-29.2–36 |
| 2070 | 0.5-26.9–35.2 |
| 2071 | 0.5-25.4–34.5 |
| 2072 | 0.5-24.4–35.6 |
| 2073 | 0.5-26.3–32.3 |
| 2074 | 0.5-24.4–34.7 |
| 2075 | 0.5-27.6–33.9 |
| 2076 | 0.5-27–33.7 |
| 2077 | 0.5-25.3–32.3 |
| 2078 | 0.4-25.6–31.1 |
| 2079 | 0.4-24.4–31.6 |
| 2080 | 0.4-25.8–31.4 |
| 2081 | 0.4-26.8–30.6 |
| 2082 | 0.4-24.5–32.3 |
| 2083 | 0.4-24.8–30.7 |
| 2084 | 0.4-27.3–31.8 |
| 2085 | 0.4-28.5–31.8 |
| 2086 | 0.4-28.2–28.2 |
| 2087 | 0.4-27.1–28.6 |
| 2088 | 0.4-26.9–30.2 |
| 2089 | 0.4-25.3–30.4 |
| 2090 | 0.4-25.7–30.7 |
| 2091 | 0.4-27.5–29.3 |
| 2092 | 0.3-29.2–30 |
| 2093 | 0.3-27–28.1 |
| 2094 | 0.3-27.8–28.3 |
| 2095 | 0.3-26.7–28.3 |
| 2096 | 0.3-26.7–28.3 |
| 2097 | 0.3-24.7–28.5 |
| 2098 | 0.3-24.8–28.1 |
| 2099 | 0.3-24.6–28.9 |
| 2100 | 0.3-24.5–25.9 |
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
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- Military spending3.11% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.46B in 2025
- Military spending per person$903 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel19,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports30 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2001