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How many babies are born in Bahrain?

19.9 thousand babies born in Bahrain in 2026. That is 0.02% of all births worldwide, and the 154th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Bahrain: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Bahrain’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~180 ~4.5K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1000 ~530 ~13K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1500 ~890 ~22K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~3.12K ~64.5K 48.3 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~3.7K ~77K 48.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 5.77K 117K 49.2 UN estimate
2000 13.7K 670K 20.4 UN estimate
2023 19.6K 1.57M 12.5 UN estimate
2026 19.9K 1.68M 11.9 UN projection
2050 24.1K 2.14M 11.3 UN projection
2075 29.1K 2.61M 11.2 UN projection
2100 34.6K 3.09M 11.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Bahrain among estimates through 2023 were in 2015, at about 21K. That is roughly 115 times the estimated ~183 births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.77 children per woman, fertility in Bahrain is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Bahrain each year?

An estimated 19.9 thousand babies are born in Bahrain in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 54 a day and 0.02% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Bahrain?

Bahrain has an estimated 11.9 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.77 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.