Bahrain — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Bahrain had an estimated population of 707,357 in 2005, with 11 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
For current figures: Bahrain today — population now 1,675,572, against 707,357 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 707,357 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 932,604 | 1,675,572 | +80% |
The two sources differ by 24% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | al-Manamah | 627,946 |
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manama | Manama | 147,074 | 147,074 now |
| 2 | al-Muh̨arraq | al-Muh̨arraq | 97,458 | 176,583 now |
| 3 | ar-Rifaʿa | ar-Rifaʿa | 94,344 | — |
| 4 | Madīnat H̨amad | Madīnat H̨amad | 65,466 | 133,550 now |
| 5 | ʿĀlī | al-Wusţa | 55,052 | — |
| 6 | ʿĪsā | ʿĪsā | 38,090 | — |
| 7 | Sitrah | Sitrah | 37,657 | 72,601 now |
| 8 | al-Budayyiʿ | aš-Šamālīyah | 33,700 | — |
| 9 | Jidh̨afş | Jidh̨afş | 31,735 | — |
| 10 | al-Mālikiyah | al-Ġarbīyah | 14,573 | — |
| 11 | al-H̨idd | al-H̨idd | 12,797 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manama | 157,370 |
| 2 | al-Muh̨arraq | 98,118 |
| 3 | ar-Rifaʿa | 94,763 |
| 4 | Madīnat H̨amad | 65,466 |
| 5 | al-Wusţa | 57,878 |
| 6 | Jidh̨afş | 55,301 |
| 7 | aš-Šamālīyah | 47,957 |
| 8 | Sitrah | 47,076 |
| 9 | ʿĪsā | 38,090 |
| 10 | al-Ġarbīyah | 27,900 |
| 11 | al-H̨idd | 12,797 |
| 12 | al-Janūbiyah | 4,641 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.