Bahrain

Bahrain

Official name	Kingdom of Bahrain
Name in local language	مملكة البحرين - Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn (ar)
Continent	Asia
Subcontinent	Western Asia
Population (ranking: 159^e)	1,592,087 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth	5.75 % / year
Area	778 km²
Density	2,046.38 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 101^e)	37.746 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking)	24,051 $USD (2018)
GDP growth	1.80 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking)	77.20 years (2018)
Birth rate	15.86 ‰ (2013)
Fertility rate	2.10 children / woman (2013)
Death rate (ranking)	2.05 ‰ (2013)
Infant mortality rate (ranking)	7.60 ‰ (2013)
Literacy rate	99.77 % (2015)
Official languages	Arabic
Currency	Bahraini dinar (BHD)
HDI (ranking: 66^e)	0.838 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking)	55.15 (2018)
Government	Unitary constitutional monarchy
Head of State	King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
National Day	16 December
ISO Codes	BH, BHR
Demonym	Bahraini
Tourists (ranking)	4,372,000 people (2017)

Bahrain is a small island country in Arabia located on the west coast of the Persian Gulf in the Middle East. Most of the archipelago’s territory consists of the island of Bahrain. It is connected to Saudi Arabia by the King Fahd roadway to the west ; Iran lies about 200 kilometers to the north and the Bahrain Gulf separates the island from the Qatar Peninsula to the southeast.