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Bahrain
Internet usage, broadband and telecommunications reports
Internet Usage Statistics:
1,535,653 Internet users in Dec, 2017;
98.0% of the population, according to IWS.
Bahrain - officially the Kingdom of Bahrain - , is a small island country situated near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is an archipelago with Bahrain Island, the largest land mass, at 55 km (34 mi) long by 18 km (11 mi) wide. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the King Fahd Causeway while Iran lies 200 km (124 mi) to the north across the Persian Gulf. The peninsula of Qatar is to the southeast across the Gulf of Bahrain. In the late 1800s, following successive treaties with the British, Bahrain became a protectorate of the United Kingdom. In 1971, Bahrain declared independence. Formerly a state, Bahrain was declared a Kingdom in 2002. Bahrain has the first post-oil economy in the Persian Gulf. Since the late 20th century, Bahrain has invested in the banking and tourism sectors. The country's capital, Manama, is home to many large financial enterprises. Bahrain has a high Human Development Index (ranked 48th in the world) and was recognised by the World Bank as a high income economy.
Bahrain Map
Map of Bahrain and general information.
Internet Usage Statistics:
1,535,653 Internet users in Dec/2017, 98.0% of the population, according to IWS.
Facebook Users in Bahrain:
1,100,000 in Dec, 2017, according to Facebook.
Latest Population Estimate:
1,566,993 population in 2018, according to the United Nations Population Division.
Gross National Income per capita:
GNI per capita is US$ 22,858 for 2017 according to the World Bank.
Internet Growth and Population Statistics:
YEAR
Users
Population
% Pop.
Usage Source
2000
40,000
699,400
5.7 %
ITU
2003
195,700
707,357
28.0 %
ITU
2008
250,000
718,306
34.8 %
ITU
2009
402,900
728,709
55.3 %
ITU
2010
649,300
738,004
88.0 %
ITU
2012
961,228
1,248,348
77.0 %
IWS
2017
1,390,517
1,418,895
98.0 %
IWS
2018
1,535,653
1,566,993
98.0 %
IWS
Bahrain Search Engines and Directories:
English
Bahrain Search Engines list
English
Find Bahrain links, information, resources and more!
English
Gain access to Google's Bahrain database! (Mountainview, California, United States)
English
A search engine for everything about Bahrain! (Trivandrum, Kerala, India)
English
Bahrain Search Business Directory.
English
Bahrain Search Engines.
Bahrain Profiles:
Bahrain Profile from the BBC.
Bahrain Profile from the CIA Factbook.
Arab Newspapers:
Aljazeera
News from the Arab countries and from the world.
Bahrain Telecommunications Reports:
Bahrain Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband
There are a number of developments underway in Bahrain which will improve both services and infrastructure going forward. Bahrain already has a progressive telecoms market which is liberalised to a large extent and one of the most open in the region, underpinned by a relatively well-developed regulatory structure.
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