What is the difference in population between Bahrain and East Timor?

185,380 people, with Bahrain ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and East Timor?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bahrain vs East Timor: Population

Bahrain

1.57 million people

in 2023

East Timor

1.38 million people

in 2023

Bahrain rank

154th

East Timor rank

156th

Population over time

Bahrain
East Timor

How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 1.57 million people against 1.38 million people in East Timor, a difference of 185,380 people.

That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.1 times East Timor's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was East Timor ahead.

Bahrain ranks 154th and East Timor ranks 156th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 2 and East Timor in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahrain	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1000s	12,782 people	33,609 people	20,827 people	East Timor
1100s	14,202 people	42,012 people	27,810 people	East Timor
1200s	15,780 people	52,515 people	36,735 people	East Timor
1300s	17,533 people	65,643 people	48,110 people	East Timor
1400s	19,482 people	82,054 people	62,572 people	East Timor
1500s	21,646 people	102,568 people	80,922 people	East Timor
1600s	24,052 people	128,210 people	104,158 people	East Timor
1700s	26,724 people	160,263 people	133,539 people	East Timor
1710s	28,060 people	163,231 people	135,171 people	East Timor
1720s	29,463 people	166,254 people	136,791 people	East Timor
1730s	30,936 people	169,332 people	138,396 people	East Timor
1740s	32,483 people	172,468 people	139,985 people	East Timor
1750s	34,107 people	175,662 people	141,555 people	East Timor
1760s	35,813 people	178,915 people	143,102 people	East Timor
1770s	37,603 people	182,228 people	144,625 people	East Timor
1780s	39,484 people	185,603 people	146,119 people	East Timor
1790s	41,458 people	189,040 people	147,582 people	East Timor
1800s	64,474 people	137,262 people	72,788 people	East Timor
1810s	64,474 people	137,298 people	72,824 people	East Timor
1820s	64,474 people	145,896 people	81,422 people	East Timor
1830s	64,474 people	166,224 people	101,750 people	East Timor
1840s	64,474 people	189,571 people	125,097 people	East Timor
1850s	64,467 people	215,132 people	150,665 people	East Timor
1860s	64,459 people	242,715 people	178,256 people	East Timor
1870s	66,234 people	273,761 people	207,526 people	East Timor
1880s	70,263 people	298,864 people	228,601 people	East Timor
1890s	74,572 people	317,194 people	242,622 people	East Timor
1900s	79,198 people	339,422 people	260,224 people	East Timor
1910s	97,936 people	359,377 people	261,440 people	East Timor
1920s	119,449 people	399,739 people	280,290 people	East Timor
1930s	119,794 people	428,670 people	308,876 people	East Timor
1940s	117,510 people	415,199 people	297,688 people	East Timor
1950s	136,140 people	435,882 people	299,743 people	East Timor
1960s	196,200 people	504,008 people	307,808 people	East Timor
1970s	278,754 people	595,434 people	316,681 people	East Timor
1980s	425,218 people	694,199 people	268,981 people	East Timor
1990s	585,507 people	845,877 people	260,370 people	East Timor
2000s	909,348 people	930,350 people	21,002 people	East Timor
2010s	1.35 million people	1.19 million people	153,848 people	Bahrain
2020s	1.52 million people	1.36 million people	164,548 people	Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Bahrain or East Timor?: Bahrain, at 1.57 million people against 1.38 million people in East Timor as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Bahrain and East Timor?: 185,380 people, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and East Timor?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and East Timor rank globally for population?: Bahrain ranks 154th and East Timor ranks 156th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.