Migration 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
Where people come from
Where people move to
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