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Telecommunication in Bahrain

The development of telecommunications in Bahrain is roughly equivalent to the United States. Under the country code +973, there were a total of 2.19 million connections in 2021. Among them were 1.92 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.3 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.

With about 47,727 webhosts, Bahrain is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 667 of these, or about 1 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.


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Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 48.12 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Bahrain ranks 82nd in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 8.9 Mbit/second was significantly lower (135th place).
In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Bahrain comes 12th with a download speed of 90.47 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 16 Mbit was only enough for 15th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in December 2022 from 178 countries.

The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.


Access to the internet in Bahrain from 1990 - 2021

Broadband internet in Bahrain 2001 - 2021

Symbol image: cell towerBahrain is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband internet connections. Around 100 percent of all residents have access to the internet. Around 11 percent have their own fast internet connection, which is at least faster than the former ISDN (more than 256 kbit/s). All fixed connections via DSL, cable or satellite were counted here, but not those connected to the internet via mobile communications.

Landlines 1990 - 2021

Mobile phones 1990 - 2021

All international calling codes


Distribution in 2021Bahrain
Total		Bahrain
percent		USA
Total		USA
percent
Broadband users162,078.0011.08 %127.03 m38.27 %
Landlines266,741.0018.23 %97.11 m29.26 %
Mobile cellulars1.92 m131.45 %361.62 m108.96 %

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