Austin, Texas is 23% larger than Bahrain.
Area: 760 km2 World Factbook
Population: 1,314,089 (July 2014) World Factbook
Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain is a small island country situated near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is an archipelago with Bahrain Island, the largest land mass, at 55 km long by 18 km wide. Wikipedia
Area: 933 km2 calculated
Austin is the capital of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas and the American Southwest, it is the 11th-most populous city in the United States of America and the fourth-most populous city in the state of Texas. Wikipedia