Filed under Asia and more precisely Western Asia, Bahrain is a sovereign state. In formal use it is Kingdom of Bahrain. The capital is Manama.
Its territory runs to 765 km², which ranks it 193rd of the 250 countries and territories in this dataset — just behind Kiribati and just ahead of Dominica. For scale, it is a little larger than Singapore.
Some 1.6 million people call it home, placing it 154th of 250 by population — between Kosovo above it and Timor-Leste below. Measured only against its own subregion, it is 17th of 17 in size and 17th in population.
How Bahrain sits on the globe
Plotted on a globe it falls at 26.0° north, 50.5° east, which puts it in the northern hemisphere, roughly 2,894 km from the equator, in what geographers would call subtropical latitudes.
Follow that same latitude east or west and you reach Algeria, Western Sahara and Bangladesh — places that share its distance from the equator but little else.
There is no land frontier at all — every boundary it has is a coastline. That puts it among the 85 entries of 250 here with no land neighbours, a group made up mostly of islands and island groups.
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People, population and language
Spread across 765 km², that works out at about 2,077 people per square kilometre, which makes it among the most densely populated places on earth. Half the entries in this dataset fall below roughly 90 per square kilometre.
People from Bahrain are called Bahrainis.
The one official language is Arabic. Arabic is one of the widely shared official languages here, listed by 24 other entries including Algeria, Chad, the Comoros and Djibouti.
Inside Asia it places 45th of 50 by population, and it accounts for under 1% of everyone living in Western Asia.
Money, internet and phone codes
Money there is the Bahraini dinar (.د.ب, BHD). No other entry in this dataset uses it, so the currency is specific to Bahrain.
Websites there use the .bh domain. To phone it from abroad you dial +973. Its ISO codes are bh and BHR, which is what most databases and flag files use.
If a quiz asks for the capital of Bahrain, the answer is Manama.
As a sovereign state it is among the 193 UN members listed here. The other 57 entries are territories, dependencies or observers, which is why totals on this site run to 250 rather than the familiar 195.
Fun facts about Bahrain
- Websites based there use the .bh domain.
- Its full official name is Kingdom of Bahrain.
- Arabic is official here and in 24 other entries worldwide.
- The Bahraini dinar is used here and nowhere else on this list.
- Ranked by land area, Bahrain is 193rd out of the 250 countries and territories on this site.
- Within Western Asia it is the 17th largest of 17.
Bahrain — frequently asked questions
- What is the capital of Bahrain?
- The capital of Bahrain is Manama.
- What currency does Bahrain use?
- Bahrain uses the Bahraini dinar, written .د.ب (currency code BHD). No other entry in this dataset uses it.
- Where is Bahrain located?
- Bahrain is in Western Asia, part of Asia. Its reference coordinates are 26.0° north and 50.5° east, roughly 2,894 km from the equator in subtropical latitudes.
- What language is spoken in Bahrain?
- The official language of Bahrain is Arabic. It is also official in 24 other entries on this list.
- Is Bahrain a country?
- Yes. Bahrain is a sovereign state and one of the 193 UN members listed on this site.
- What is the population of Bahrain?
- Bahrain has a population of about 1.6 million, which makes it the 154th most populous of the 250 countries and territories listed on this site. Kosovo sits just above it and Timor-Leste just below.
- How big is Bahrain?
- Bahrain covers 765 km², ranking 193rd of 250 by land area. That makes it a little larger than Singapore.
- Does Bahrain border any other country?
- No. Bahrain has no land border with any other country, so every route in or out is by sea or air. 85 of the 250 entries on this site are in the same position.
