Bahrain by the Numbers

Population of Bahrain: 1.2 million

Number of citizens: 535,000

Percent of citizens who are Shia Muslim: 70

Percent of those in government: 13

Number of senior positions they fill in the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, the National Guard, the Supreme Defense Council and the Royal Court: zero

Percent in the Ministry of Finance: 10

Percent in the Ministry of Information: six

Percent in the judiciary corps: five

Of the 1,000 National Security Apparatus employees, percent who are non-Bahraini: 64

Percent who are Shia Bahraini: less than five

Of the 20,000 paramilitary Special Security Forces, percent who are non-Bahraini: 90

Percent who are Shia Bahraini: zero

Number of elected Bahrainis from all sects who sit on the country’s all-powerful Shura Council: zero

Day pro-democracy protests began in Bahrain as part of the Arab Spring: Feb. 14, 2011

People who took to the streets: 300,000

Proportional equivalent if Egyptians had done likewise: 40 million

Evidence that Iran instigated the demonstrations: zero

Day Saudi Arabia invaded to put down the uprising: March 14, 2011

Number of Saudi, UAE and Qatari troops who arrived in armored vehicles: 1,500

People killed since Feb.14: 50

Fatalities as a result of teargas shot into residential homes or birdshot fired at close range: 30

Age of youngest victim: five days

Arbitrary arrests: 1,500

Civilians sentenced by military courts: 208

Physicians sentenced for offering medical treatment to demonstrators: 20

Cumulative jail term levied: 2,500 years

Citizens currently accused of violating freedom of speech or assembly laws: 1,000

Documented cases of torture and ill-treatment since the revolt began: 1,866

Bahraini officials held responsible for killings or the systemic use of torture: zero

Mosques destroyed: 40+

Journalists targeted: 90+

Workers fired for supporting, taking part, or suspected of having taken part in pro-democracy activities: 2,710

University students expelled for the same reasons: 477

Prisoners of conscience: 500

Where Bahrain ranks among countries with the highest number of political prisoners per capita: 1st

Proposed U.S. arms sales to Bahrain: $53 million

Years the al-Khalifa family has ruled Bahrain: 228

Days left in power: numbered

Thanks to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and other NGOs for helping compile these figures.

Rannie Amiri is an independent Middle East commentator. 

Rannie Amiri is an independent commentator on Middle East affairs.