Bahrain vs Faroe Islands: Birth rate

Bahrain
12.46 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Faroe Islands
12.61 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Bahrain rank
127th
Faroe Islands rank
125th

Birth rate over time

  • Bahrain
  • Faroe Islands
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How they compare

Faroe Islands currently reports 12.61 births per 1,000 people against 12.46 births per 1,000 people in Bahrain, a difference of 0.15 births per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahrain ahead.

Bahrain ranks 127th and Faroe Islands ranks 125th of 236 countries.

Bahrain has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain Faroe Islands Difference Ahead
1950s 49.59 births per 1,000 people 24.86 births per 1,000 people 24.73 births per 1,000 people Bahrain
1960s 46.33 births per 1,000 people 23.61 births per 1,000 people 22.72 births per 1,000 people Bahrain
1970s 32.53 births per 1,000 people 19.56 births per 1,000 people 12.98 births per 1,000 people Bahrain
1980s 28.3 births per 1,000 people 17.02 births per 1,000 people 11.28 births per 1,000 people Bahrain
1990s 23.33 births per 1,000 people 16.29 births per 1,000 people 7.04 births per 1,000 people Bahrain
2000s 18.43 births per 1,000 people 14.31 births per 1,000 people 4.11 births per 1,000 people Bahrain
2010s 14.86 births per 1,000 people 12.97 births per 1,000 people 1.89 births per 1,000 people Bahrain
2020s 12.9 births per 1,000 people 12.65 births per 1,000 people 0.252 births per 1,000 people Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, Bahrain or Faroe Islands?
Faroe Islands, at 12.61 births per 1,000 people against 12.46 births per 1,000 people in Bahrain as of 2023.
What is the difference in birth rate between Bahrain and Faroe Islands?
0.15 births per 1,000 people, with Faroe Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Faroe Islands?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and Faroe Islands rank globally for birth rate?
Bahrain ranks 127th and Faroe Islands ranks 125th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Birth rate
Unit
births per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed

The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.