A report by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, September 2003

Introduction and summary of the report

The Kingdom of Bahrain is an archipelago made up of 33 islands, with Bahrain Island being the biggest and mostly populated. Bahrain is located on the eastern shore of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in the Gulf. As of mid 2003, the population was estimated 670,000, of which foreign nationals comprised 38% of the total. Foreign nationals made up around 60% of the total workforce. The utmost majority of Bahrain citizens are Muslims.