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Bahrain
Kingdom of Bahrain
Bahrain is a country in Western Asia. Its capital city is Manama. About 1.6 million people live there, in an area of 765 square kilometres.
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Where is Bahrain?
Bahrain lies in Western Asia, on the continent of Asia.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 2 894 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 161 km long.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Bahrain?
Bahrain covers 765 square kilometres.
Luxembourg is about 3.4 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 172nd largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 2 051.6 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Bahrain?
About 1.6 million people live in Bahrain.
That is the 148th biggest population in the world.
People here speak Arabic.
They pay with the Bahraini dinar (.د.ب).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 73 years.
The land of Bahrain
Its coast runs for about 161 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 8 days.
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Bahrain different?
A dish the country is known for: Machboos.
Websites from here often end in .bh.
Bahrain and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.2 live in Bahrain.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Asia it is the 44th largest of 46 countries, and the 42nd most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Bahrain?
The capital of Bahrain is Manama. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Bahrain?
About 1.6 million people live in Bahrain, which makes it the 148th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Bahrain?
Bahrain covers 765 square kilometres, making it the 172nd largest country in the world. Luxembourg is about 3.4 times bigger.
Which continent is Bahrain in?
Bahrain is in Asia, in the part called Western Asia.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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