Bahrain	Kuwait*	Oman	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	UAE
2000	637,582	2,217,258	2,401,256	613,969	20,476,393
2001	661,317	2,309,102	2,477,687	643,364	20,979,425
2002	710,554	2,419,928	2,537,742	676,498	21,494,813
2003	764,519	2,546,684	2,340,815	713,859	22,022,864
2004	823,744	2,753,656	2,415,576	798,059	22,563,886
2005	888,824	2,991,189	2,508,837	906,123	23,329,584
2006	960,425	3,182,960	2,577,062	1,042,947	24,121,890
2007	1,039,297	3,399,637	2,743,499	1,218,250	24,941,298
2008	1,103,496	3,441,813	2,867,428	1,448,479	25,787,025
2009	1,178,415	3,484,881	3,173,917	1,638,626	26,660,857
2010	1,228,543	3,582,054	2,773,479	1,715,098	27,563,432	8,264,070
2011	1,195,020	3,697,292	3,295,298	1,732,717	28,376,355	8,394,019
2012	1,208,964	3,823,728	3,623,001	1,832,903	29,195,895	8,526,425
2013	1,253,191	3,965,144	3,855,206	2,003,700	29,380,130	8,661,345
2014	1,314,562	4,091,993	3,992,893	2,216,180	29,997,101	8,798,841
2015	1,370,322	4,239,006	4,159,102	2,437,790	30,890,736	8,938,974
2016	1,423,726	4,411,124	4,414,051	2,617,634	31,787,580	9,121,167
2017	1,501,116	4,500,476	4,559,963	2,724,606	32,612,846	9,304,277
2018	1,503,091	4,621,638	4,601,706	2,760,170	33,413,660	9,366,828
2019	1,483,756	4,776,407	4,617,927	2,799,202	34,218,169	9,503,738
2020	1,472,204	4,670,713	4,481,042*	2,833,679	35,013,414	9,282,410
2021	1,504,365	4,385,717	4,479,373	2,748,162	34,110,821	NA

*: end of year figures

NA: No data available as of 4 October 2022.

 

Sources:

(1) Bahrain: Information and EGovernment Authority (IGA), “Documents” section, Population 2021, https://www.data.gov.bh/en/ResourceCenter

Source: administrative records (central Population Register)

 

(2) Kuwait: Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI), Statistics Service System, Population publications, 31/12 issues, given years

https://www.paci.gov.kw/ (inaccessible from outside Kuwait as of 20 October 2022).

(3) Oman: National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI), data portal (2000-2020) and NCSI’s homepage, population clock (30 June 2021) https://www.ncsi.gov.om/aboutus/Pages/PopulationClock.aspx.

(4) Qatar: Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA), Population and Social Statistics 2021

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Population/Population/2021/Population_social_1_2021_AE.xls

(5) Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency (SAMA), Yearly Statistics 2022;

Population estimates by the General Authority for Statistics (GAStat), based on the results of the Population Censuses (1974, 1992, 2004, 2010), on the Demographic Research Bulletin 2016 (2013-2017), and on administrative records: vital statistics records (births and deaths records) and im/emigration records (General Authority for Statistics)

https://www.sama.gov.sa/en-US/EconomicReports/pages/yearlystatistics.aspx.

(6) UAE: Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC), “Population” section.

https://fcsc.gov.ae/en-us/Pages/Statistics/Statistics-by-Subject.aspx#/%3Fyear=&folder=Demography%20and%20Social/Population/Population&subject=Demography%20and%20Social.

Total resident population: Emiratis+foreign residents holding an UAE ID card, added to the non-resident population (seasonal workers staying less than 1 year).

https://fcsc.gov.ae/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=%2Fen-us%2FLists%2FD_StatisticsSubjectV2%2FAttachments%2F1390%2FSP-15%20Methodology%20for%20Population%20Statistics.pdf

NA: No data available for 2021 as of 4 October 2022.                                                                                                     

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