Bahrain vs Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea has 1.2× the population of Bahrain: 1,938,431 vs 1,600,366, a gap of 338,065. Equatorial Guinea is growing faster (+2.40% vs +0.73% a year), adding about 46,468 people a year against +11,739. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Bahrain is 29.9× as densely populated (1,971.3 vs 65.9 people per km²). People in Bahrain live 17.5 years longer on average (81.4 vs 63.9). GDP per capita is 4.6× higher in Bahrain ($30,597 vs $6,615).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Bahrain) and 2025 (Equatorial Guinea); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Bahrain vs Equatorial Guinea — side by side
 Bahrain |  Equatorial Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,600,3662025 | 1,938,4312025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.73%2025 | +2.40%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 12.02024 | 30.02024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 2.22024 | 7.92024 |
| Children per woman | 1.802024 | 4.122024 |
| Life expectancy | 81.4 yrs2024 | 63.9 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 18.4%2025 | 37.1%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 4.0%2025 | 3.8%2025 |
| Density | 1,971.3 /km²2023 | 65.9 /km²2023 |
| Area | 800 km²2023 | 28,050 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 100.0%2025 | 71.6%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +18,1282025 | +3,8122025 |
| GDP per capita | $30,5972025 | $6,6152025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #152 | #149 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Bahrain: 9.7× from 1960 to 2025; Equatorial Guinea: 7.2× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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