Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Manama
- Region
- Asia, Western Asia
- Population
- 1,600,366 (2025)
- Area
- 800 km²
- Currency
- Bahraini dinar (BHD)
- Languages
- Arabic, English, Persian, Urdu
- Calling code
- +973
- Internet domain
- .bh
- ISO codes
- BH, BHR, 048
- Time zone
- UTC+3:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ####|### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Bahrain covers about 800 square kilometres. By area it ranks 193rd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Kiribati and a little larger than Dominica. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 26° north, 51° east, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 1.6 million people live in Bahrain (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 153rd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 2,000 people to each square kilometre. About 100 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 81 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Arabic, English, Persian, Urdu. A person from Bahrain is called Bahraini.
Money and economy
The currency is the Bahraini dinar (code BHD, symbol .د.ب). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 49 billion (2025), which is about US$ 30,597 for each person (2025).
Time
Bahrain uses one time zone, UTC+3:00 (Asia/Bahrain). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Al Muharraq | 176,583 |
| Manama | 147,074 |
| Madīnat Ḩamad | 133,550 |
| Ar Rifā‘ | 115,495 |
| Sitrah | 72,601 |
| Jidd Ḩafş | 66,588 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Western Asia
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.