Official Languages
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Languages spoken here
Amharic (secondary) · Egyptian Arabic (secondary) · Gujarati (secondary) · Gulf Arabic (secondary) · Indonesian (secondary) · Malayalam (secondary) · Nepali (secondary) · Northern Kurdish (secondary) · Tamil (secondary) · Telugu (secondary) · Urdu (secondary) · Urdu (Latin translit.) (secondary)
“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.
Bahrain
Peoples
Largest first.
| People | Population | Language | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arab, Bahraini | 685000 | Arabic, Baharna | Islam |
| Persian | 217000 | Persian, Iranian | Islam |
| Arab, general | 162000 | Arabic, Gulf | Islam |
| Arab, Egyptian general | 97000 | Arabic, Egyptian | Islam |
| Urdu | 75000 | Urdu | Islam |
| Malayali | 60000 | Malayalam | Hinduism |
| Kurd, Kurmanji | 58000 | Kurdish, Northern | Islam |
| Tamil (Hindu traditions) | 42000 | Tamil | Hinduism |
| Indonesian | 34000 | Indonesian | Islam |
| Filipino, Tagalog | 34000 | Tagalog | Christianity |
| Gujarati | 34000 | Gujarati | Hinduism |
| South Asian, Telugu-speaking | 33000 | Telugu | Hinduism |
| Kerinci | 26000 | Kerinci | Islam |
| British | 25000 | English | Christianity |
| Nepali, general | 23000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Arab, Sudanese | 14000 | Arabic, Sudanese | Islam |
| Amhara, Ethiopian | 10000 | Amharic | Christianity |
| Americans, U.S. | 8200 | English | Christianity |
| Jewish, Arabic-speaking | 80 | Arabic, Gulf | Judaism |
Languages
17 languages recorded here.
Amharic
Arabic, Baharna
Arabic, Egyptian
Arabic, Gulf
Arabic, Sudanese
English
Gujarati
Indonesian
Kerinci
Kurdish, Northern
Malayalam
Nepali
Persian, Iranian
Tagalog
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
All catalogue fields
155 fields recorded
- rog3
- BA
- iso3
- BHR
- iso2
- BH
- ctry
- Bahrain
- poplpeoples
- 1635000
- cntpeoples
- 19
- cntpeopleslr
- 10
- poplpeopleslr
- 1228000
- jpscalectry
- 4
- rol3officiallanguage
- arb
- officiallang
- Arabic, Standard
- rlg3primary
- 6
- religionprimary
- Islam
- percentchristianity
- 8.6677781150846
- percentevangelical
- 2.3238135895768
- c_10_40window
- Y
- rog2
- ASI
- continent
- Asia
- regioncode
- 6
- regionname
- Africa, North and Middle East
- workersneeded
- 28
- harvest_rog3
- BA
- harvest_iso3
- BHR
- harvest_iso2
- BH
- harvest_owcountrycode
- BAHR
- harvest_ethnologuecountrycode
- BH
- harvest_countrynumber
- 16
- harvest_ctry
- Bahrain
- harvest_ctryshort
- Bahrain
- harvest_countrynamechinese
- 巴林
- harvest_countrynamechineseshort
- 巴林
- harvest_countrynamedutch
- Bahrein
- harvest_countrynamefrench
- Bahreïn
- harvest_countrynamefrenchshort
- Bahreïn
- harvest_countrynamegerman
- Bahrain
- harvest_countrynamegermanshort
- Bahrain
- harvest_countrynameindonesian
- Bahrain
- harvest_countrynameindonesianshort
- Bahrain
- harvest_countrynameitalian
- Bahrein
- harvest_countrynameitalianshort
- Bahrein
- harvest_countrynamekorean
- 바레인
- harvest_countrynamekoreanshort
- 바레인
- harvest_countrynamenorwegian
- Bahrain
- harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort
- Bahrain
- harvest_countrynameportuguese
- Bahrein
- harvest_countrynameportugueseshort
- Bahrein
- harvest_countrynamerussian
- Бахрейн
- harvest_countrynamerussianshort
- Бахрейн
- harvest_countrynamespanish
- Bahréin
- harvest_countrynamespanishshort
- Bahréin
- harvest_countrynamevietnamese
- Bahrain
- harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort
- Bahrain
- harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix
- 在
- harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix
- de
- harvest_germanconcatenationprefix
- in
- harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix
- di
- harvest_italianconcatenationprefix
- -
- harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix
- 의
- harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix
- i
- harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix
- no
- harvest_russianconcatenationprefix
- B
- harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix
- en
- harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix
- ở
- harvest_ethnologuemapexists
- N
- harvest_rog2
- ASI
- harvest_regioncode2414
- 15
- harvest_regioncode
- 6
- harvest_unsr
- 145
- harvest_worldabc
- B
- harvest_capital
- Manama
- harvest_population
- 1643000
- harvest_populationsource
- UN Country Population (2025)
- harvest_prayercastvideo
- https://prayercast.com/bahrain.html
- harvest_waldnerguide
- prayer-guide-ba+qa.pdf
- harvest_unmap
- https://un.org/geospatial/content/bahrain
- harvest_jpscale
- 4
- harvest_c_10_40window
- Y
- harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal
- Y
- harvest_biblerestrictionsrank
- 37
- harvest_bibleshortagerank
- 54
- harvest_bibleaccessurl
- https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/BH_2025_profile.pdf
- harvest_owpctevang
- 2.9
- harvest_owpctcharismatic
- 2.5101898
- harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate
- 3.3
- harvest_owcountrypage
- bahrain
- harvest_literacyrate
- 95
- harvest_literacysource
- Ethnologue
- harvest_percenturbanized
- 89
- harvest_rol3officiallanguage
- arb
- harvest_rol3secondarylanguage
- abv
- harvest_rlg3primary
- 6
- harvest_pctanimist
- 0.02
- harvest_pctbahai
- 0.21
- harvest_pctbuddhism
- 0.05
- harvest_pctchinese
- 0
- harvest_pcthindu
- 6
- harvest_pctislam
- 83.23
- harvest_pctsikh
- 0
- harvest_pctjudaism
- 0.08
- harvest_pctnonreligious
- 0.5
- harvest_pctother
- 0.1
- harvest_pctchristian
- 9.81
- harvest_pctchristianprotestant
- 1.16
- harvest_pctchristianindependent
- 2.02
- harvest_pctchristiananglican
- 0.37
- harvest_pctchristianromancatholic
- 5.83
- harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic
- 0.3
- harvest_pctchristianmarginal
- 0.02
- harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated
- 0.11
- harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianother
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianextra
- 0
- harvest_rop1
- A001
- harvest_hdiyear
- 2015
- harvest_hdivalue
- 0.824
- harvest_hdirank
- 47
- harvest_internetusers
- 98
- harvest_flashmapzoom
- 1500
- harvest_flashmapzoomx
- -864
- harvest_flashmapzoomy
- -571
- harvest_googlemapzoom
- 9
- harvest_googlemaplat
- 26
- harvest_googlemaplng
- 50.55
- harvest_ctrylatitude
- 25.930414
- harvest_ctrylongitude
- 50.637772
- harvest_securitylevel
- 2
- harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom
- https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/bahrain/
- harvest_provincesdisplayable
- Y
- harvest_adm1label
- Provinces
- harvest_wcdsubregioncode
- 204
- harvest_poplgrowthrate
- 1.574803149606299
- harvest_v59country
- Y
- harvest_godreportsurl
- http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=bh&joshua=ba
- harvest_datareportalurl
- https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-bahrain
- harvest_internetusage
- 99
- harvest_internetusagesourceyear
- 2018
- harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl
- https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/bahrain/
- harvest_areasquaremiles
- 266
- harvest_areasquarekilometers
- 691
- harvest_populationpersquaremile
- 2475
- harvest_countryphonecode
- 973
- harvest_wincountryprofile
- http://win1040.com/page.php?id=501
- harvest_owpctchristian1986
- 7
- harvest_owpctevangelical1986
- 1
- harvest_owpctchristian1993
- 5
- harvest_owpctevangelical1993
- 0.7
- harvest_owpctchristian2001
- 10.36
- harvest_owpctevangelical2001
- 3.1
- harvest_stonyground
- Y
- harvest_religiondatayear
- 2010
- harvest_internetctrycode
- .bh
- harvest_worldfactbookurl
- https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bahrain
- harvest_source
- pjj
- harvest_editname
- BM
- harvest_editdate
- 09/12/02 00:00:00