Where is Bahrain?
About Bahrain
The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media
Bahrain is a small island country in the south west of Asia.
Bahrain has a border on the Persian Gulf.
The land is a mainly low desert plains.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of Bahrain, also known as lines of latitude and longtitude, are:-
Latitude - 26 00N
Longitude - 50 33E
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The Bahraini flag is red with a jagged white
band on the flag pole side.
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The total land area of Bahrain is 760 sq kms which is the 48th largest in Asia.
Bahrain has no lakes, rivers and canals.
Bahrain has no boundary with any country.
Bahrain has a coastline of 161 kms which is the 34th longest in Asia.
The highest point in Bahrain is Jabal ad Dukham at 135 metres.
The total population of Bahrain is 1.38 million people, making it the 44th largest country in Asia by population.
Of this number 0.54 million are females and 0.84 million are males.
A person from Bahrain is called a Bahraini.
To be a citizen of Bahrain, your father must be a citizen of Bahrain. It is not sufficient to be born in Bahrain. You have to live in Bahrain for
25 years, 15 if you are a national of another Arab country, before you can begin to apply for citizenship.
The largest five cities in Bahrain, by population are:-
The birth rate in Bahrain is 13.5 births per 1,000 of population
The death rate in Bahrain is 2.7 deaths per 1,000 people.
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the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.
There are 8.1 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 10.2 deaths of boys.
The median age for females is 29.5 and for males is 33.8. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number
of people above the median age as below it.
We have no figures for the average age of a woman when she has her first child.
The elderly dependency ratio is 3.0. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).
The potential support ratio is 33.1. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.
Bahrain spends 5.0% of its total income on health care.
There are 0.92 doctors per 1,000 people.
There are 2.1 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
29.8% of the population are estimated as obese.
99.2% of the urban population and 99.2% of the rural population have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or
protected rainwater collection facility.
100% of Bahrainns have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer. a pit latrine (that is a
permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.
Bahrain spends 2.6% of its total income on education.
Children usually start school at age 6 in Bahrain. Primary education is for six years until age 12 and secondary education must continue till 15 but can go on to 18/19. This may be followed
by further education at a university or college.
Generally the school year consists of 3 terms and starts in the first week of September and finishes at the end of June. There is usually a 3 week
break at Christmas, a 1 week break in April and a one week break in the middle of each term.
93.5% of females and 96.9% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.
5.3% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 12.2% are unemployed while with males 2.6% can't find work.
The total number of people available for work in Bahrain is 831,600.
They work in the following sectors.
There are 4 airports in Bahrain, which is the 44th highest number in Asia.
There are no railways in Bahrain.
There are 3,392 kilometres of roads in Bahrain, which means Bahrain is in 43rd place for the most kilometres of roads in Asia.