Population
1.5M
Unitary semi-constitutional monarchy under an authoritarian government
GDP per capita, PPP
$81,100
in 2031
Passport power
#99
50 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
4
Top: Manama
Country overview
- Official name
- Kingdom of Bahrain
- Capital
- Manama
- Continent
- Asia / Western Asia
- Area
- 787 km²
- Population
- 1.5M
- Density
- 1,864.0/km²
- Government
- Unitary semi-constitutional monarchy under an authoritarian government
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .bh
- Calling code
- +973
- Timezone
- UTC+03:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #99 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 50
- Total accessible
- 86
- Immigration programs
- 1 Residency
Culture and society
- Languages
- Arabic (العربية)
- Religions
- Islam 74.0%, Non-muslim 26.0%
- Currencies
- .د.ب BHD — Bahraini dinar
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.899
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $81,100
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 81.4 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 100.0%
- Inflation (2031)
- 2.0%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 1.1%
- Urban population (2025)
- 100.0%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 6.3/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 48.1 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2022)
- 0.2/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.65