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3rd population census, 1959 733

Enclosure to Political Agency
Bahrain letter Ho.1026/59 of
December 30, 1959*

BAHRAIN CENSUS

%
Head 1941 1990 1999 increase
50/59

Total population 09,970 109,650 143,133 30%
(Males) 48,267 50,601 77,622
(Females) 41,703 91,049 65,313

Bahraini nationals 74,040 91,179 110,734 30#
Foreigners 19,930 10,471 24,401 32#
(British, U.3, and
Europeans) 1,603 2,025 67#
(Indians & Pakistanis) 1,424 3,043 6,326 179%
Manama (Capital) 27,035 39,640 53,341 l\0%
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Rural population 27,060 34,092 25°/
Literate (Bahrainis) 9.500 10,000 26,455 161$
(Estimated) (Estimated) (Including
School
children)
Moslems: 00,298 105,401 135,720
(Sunnis) 41,944 Not separately recorded,
(Shias) 46,354 to avoid sectorial feeling.
0tiler religions 1,672 4,249 7,415
whereof Christians 2,932 4,095

Houses 14,402 16,274 22,030 35%