Bahrain vs Guinea-Bissau: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Bahrain
111 years
in 2022
Guinea-Bissau
96 years
in 2022
Bahrain rank
53rd
Guinea-Bissau rank
56th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Bahrain
  • Guinea-Bissau
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How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 111 years against 96 years in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 15 years.

That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.2 times Guinea-Bissau's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Bahrain ranks 53rd and Guinea-Bissau ranks 56th of 159 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Years a country was a European overseas colony
Unit
years
Source
Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
159 places, 88,747 data points, 1462–2022
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Number of years the country has been colonized from overseas by the European colonial power(s) in a specific year, between Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, or a combination of them.