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GCC: National and non-national populations by aggregated age groups in GCC countries (national statistics, 2020)

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Nationals Non-nationals Total population % non-nationals
Country date/ period numbers % numbers % numbers % in each age group
Bahrain (1) Mid-2020

 

0-14 216,157 30 83,594 11 299,751 20 28
15-64 457,115 64 667,285 88 1,124,400 76 59
65+ 39,991 6 8,062 1 48,053 3 17
Kuwait (2) December 2020 0-14 492,848 34 385,242 12 878,090 19 44
15-64 901,429 62 2,773,026 86 3,674,455 79 75
65+ 65,693 4 52,475 2 118,168 3 44
Oman (3)

 

December 2020 0-14 1,052,012 38 137,692 8 1,189,704 27 12
15-64 1,579,463 58 1,591,568 91 3,171,031 71 50
65+ 104,491 4 15,816 1 120,307 3 13
Qatar (4)

 

End of 2020 0-14 124,526 37 274,213 11 398,739 14 69
15-64 201,684 59 2,193,981 88 2,395,665 85 92
65+ 13,553 4 13,776 1 27,329 1 50
Saudi Arabia (5)

 

Mid-2020

 

0-14 NA NA NA NA 8,556,493 24 NA
15-64 NA NA NA NA 25,334,772 72 NA
65+ NA NA NA NA 1,122,149 3 NA

Sources: national institutes of statistics.

 

ANNEXED NOTE

Sources:

  • Bahrain Open Data Portal, “Documents” section, Population 2019, https://www.data.gov.bh/en/ResourceCenter
  • Statistics Service System, Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI). Population, 31 December 2020.

https://www.paci.gov.kw/ (inaccessible from outside Kuwait as of June 2022).

  • National Centre for Statistical Information (NCSI). Population Statistics 2020, Issue 10, 2021.

https://www.ncsi.gov.om/Elibrary/Pages/LibraryContentView.aspx

  • Total figures of Qataris and non-Qataris residing in Qatar are not readily available in any published source.

The present figures are GLMM’s estimates, using:

  1. Qatar Planning and Statistics Authority, Annual Bulletin of Labour Force 2020 (yearly synthesis)

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2020/Annual_Bulletin_Labour_force_2020_AE.xlsx

which gave the numbers of Qataris and non-Qataris aged 15 and above, by five-year age-group;

  1. 2020’ Woman and Man in the State of Qatar-A Statistical Profile,

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/GenrealSocialStatistics/MenWomenProfile/2020/Woman_Man_2020_EN.pdf

which gave the percentage distribution of population by sex and broad age group for each nationality (Qataris and non-Qataris) by mid-2019.

(last available data on total national and foreign populations’ age structure, as of September 2022)

  1. These were used to estimate the number of Qataris and non-Qataris aged below 15 years.
  • Saudi Arabia General Authority for Statistics (GAStat), population estimates for mid-2020

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/43

(data no longer disaggregated by nationality since 2018).

NA: Not available

  • UAE: No data available since 2005.

Last date of access: 28 September 2022.

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