Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Bahrain

Rural population share in Bahrain in 2025 — 0%. Ranked 206 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 17.7 pp.

2025 0% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 206of 217
Period maximum 21.9%1971
Period minimum 0%2010

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Bahrain, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 17.7%1962: 17.7%1964: 17.6%1966: 18.2%1968: 20.1%1970: 21.7%1972: 21.8%1974: 21.5%1976: 21%1978: 20.3%1980: 19.6%1982: 18.6%1984: 17%1986: 15%1988: 13.1%1990: 11.9%1992: 11.6%1994: 11.7%1996: 11.9%1998: 12%2000: 12.2%2002: 11.9%2004: 10.1%2006: 7.3%2008: 3.7%2010: 0%2012: 0%2014: 0%2016: 0%2018: 0%2020: 0%2022: 0%2024: 0%2025: 0%
Change over the period: −17.7 pp Annual average: -0.27 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahrain

Bahrain 0%
World 42.2%
Western Asia computed 23.8%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Bahrain, by year Bahrain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0 +0 pp
2024 0 +0 pp
2023 0 +0 pp
2022 0 +0 pp
2021 0 +0 pp
2020 0 +0 pp
2019 0 +0 pp
2018 0 +0 pp
2017 0 +0 pp
2016 0 +0 pp
2015 0 +0 pp
2014 0 +0 pp
2013 0 +0 pp
2012 0 +0 pp
2011 0 +0 pp
2010 0 −1.7 pp
2009 1.7 −2 pp
2008 3.7 −1.9 pp
2007 5.5 −1.7 pp
2006 7.3 −1.6 pp
2005 8.8 −1.3 pp
2004 10.1 −1 pp
2003 11.2 −0.7 pp
2002 11.9 −0.3 pp
2001 12.2 −0 pp
2000 12.2 +0 pp
1999 12.1 +0.1 pp
1998 12 +0.1 pp
1997 12 +0.1 pp
1996 11.9 +0.1 pp
1995 11.8 +0.1 pp
1994 11.7 +0.1 pp
1993 11.6 +0 pp
1992 11.6 −0 pp
1991 11.6 −0.3 pp
1990 11.9 −0.5 pp
1989 12.4 −0.7 pp
1988 13.1 −0.9 pp
1987 14 −1 pp
1986 15 −1 pp
1985 16 −1 pp
1984 17 −0.9 pp
1983 17.9 −0.8 pp
1982 18.6 −0.5 pp
1981 19.2 −0.4 pp
1980 19.6 −0.4 pp
1979 19.9 −0.4 pp
1978 20.3 −0.3 pp
1977 20.7 −0.3 pp
1976 21 −0.3 pp
1975 21.3 −0.2 pp
1974 21.5 −0.2 pp
1973 21.7 −0.1 pp
1972 21.8 −0.1 pp
1971 21.9 +0.2 pp
1970 21.7 +0.7 pp
1969 21 +1 pp
1968 20.1 +1 pp
1967 19 +0.9 pp
1966 18.2 +0.5 pp
1965 17.7 +0.1 pp
1964 17.6 −0 pp
1963 17.6 −0 pp
1962 17.7 −0 pp
1961 17.7 −0 pp
1960 17.7

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.