Share of the population that is female in Bahrain
Bahrain: Share of the population that is female was 38.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of the population that is female in Bahrain, 1960–2025
Source: United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2025, share of the population that is female in Bahrain stood at 38.0%.
The figure is down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population that is female in Bahrain peaked at 47.5% in 1967 and was at its lowest, 37.0%, in 2017.
Bahrain ranks 212th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.9% | 45.8% | 47.5% | 10 |
| 1970s | 42.0% | 40.4% | 44.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 40.2% | 40.0% | 40.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 40.8% | 40.6% | 40.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.3% | 37.9% | 40.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.6% | 37.0% | 38.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.9% | 37.7% | 38.0% | 6 |
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More gender data for Bahrain
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 9,733 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 10,092 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 9,943 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 10,248 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 9,619 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 9,888 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 9,193 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 9,455 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 9,432 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 9,698 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that is female in Bahrain?
- Share of the population that is female in Bahrain was 38.0% in 2025, according to United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population that is female recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 47.5% in 1967.
- What is the lowest share of the population that is female recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.0% in 2017.
- How does Bahrain rank for share of the population that is female?
- Bahrain ranks 212th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of the population that is female rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population that is female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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