MigrantoMigration trends in Bahrain
Middle East
804.5K people from around the world have made Bahrain their home. That's 50.6% of the country population, arriving from 33 different countries
1.6M
Population
804.5K
Immigrants
57.2K
Emigrants
+747.3K
Inflow
Every 2nd person in Bahrain was born abroad
The #68 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Bahrain
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
174.4K immigrants · 11.3K emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 92%
- Migration accounted for 79% of the country's population growth
2005
- Migration accounted for 57% of the country's population growth
2010
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 64%
- The foreign-born population passed 500K residents
2015
- Migration accounted for 53% of the country's population growth
Today
- Since 1990: 630.1K more foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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