Communications of Bahrain

Telephones - main lines in use: 193,300 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 748,700 (2005)
Telephone system: general assessment: modern system
domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones
international: country code - 973; tropospheric scatter to Qatar and UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; submarine cable to Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 1 (1997)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios: 338,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 4 (1997)
Televisions: 275,000 (1997)
Internet country code: .bh
Internet hosts: 2,165 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
Internet users: 152,700 (2005)

Bahrain Quickstats

  • Population: 708,573
  • Area: 665 sq km
  • Density: 987 /km² (10th)
  • GDP (total): $14.08 billion (117th)
  • GDP (per capita): $20,500 (35th)
  • Literacy: 86.5%

Languages of Bahrain

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  • Currency: Bahraini dinar (BHD)
  • Dial code: +973

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