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title: "Bahrain — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Bahrain: capital Manama, area 760 km², population 1,600,366 (2025), currency Bahraini dinar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/bahrain/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Bahrain

**Bahrain: Capital Manama**

760 km² · 1,600,366 people (2025) · Bahraini dinar

An archipelago of some 33 natural islands plus a growing number of reclaimed ones; land reclamation has enlarged the country by roughly a tenth since the 1960s. The Tree of Life stands alone in the desert with no obvious water source and is around 400 years old.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Manama
- **Area:** 760 km² — 293 sq mi
- **Population:** 1,600,366 (2025)
- **Density:** 2105.7 people per km²
- **Currency:** Bahraini dinar (BHD, .د.ب)
- **Official language:** Arabic
- **Time zone:** UTC+03:00
- **Calling code:** +973
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** BH · BHR
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 178 of 200
- **By population:** 153 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 964 | 240,254 |
| Kiribati | 811 | 136,488 |
| Bahrain ← | 760 | 1,600,366 |
| Dominica | 751 | 65,871 |
| Tonga | 747 | 103,742 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Bahrain?

Manama

### What currency does Bahrain use?

The Bahraini dinar (BHD).

### How big is Bahrain?

760 km², or 293 square miles — 178 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Bahrain drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [São Tomé and Príncipe](https://atoneplace.net/country/sao-tome-and-principe/)
- [Kiribati](https://atoneplace.net/country/kiribati/)
- [Dominica](https://atoneplace.net/country/dominica/)
- [Tonga](https://atoneplace.net/country/tonga/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]