Bahrain	Kuwait*	Oman	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	UAE
2000	239,361	1,375,468	623,571	NA	5,571,093	NA
2001	251,702	1,438,819	651,563	NA	5,703,704	NA
2002	283,308	1,521,643	668,162	NA	5,839,481	NA
2003	318,885	1,618,998	559,257	NA	5,978,502	NA
2004	358,935	1,797,422	612,645	NA	6,119,899	NA
2005	404,018	1,998,972	666,153	NA	6,475,427	NA
2006	454,751	2,159,644	693,486	NA	6,851,709	NA
2007	511,864	2,345,039	820,802	NA	7,249,962	NA
2008	561,909	2,354,261	900,248	NA	7,671,475	NA
2009	620,404	2,365,970	1,156,358	NA	8,117,611	NA
2010	657,856	2,433,691	816,143	NA	8,589,817	NA
2011	610,332	2,514,107	1,530,437	NA	8,970,670	NA
2012	609,335	2,611,292	1,530,437	NA	9,357,447	NA
2013	638,361	2,722,645	1,683,204	NA	10,170,377	NA
2014	683,818	2,816,136	1,732,188	NA	10,684,405	NA
2015	722,487	2,931,401	1,814,156	NA	11,198,097	NA
2016	759,019	3,073,431	1,986,226	NA	11,705,998	NA
2017	823,610	3,130,463	2,054,594	NA	12,185,270	NA
2018	813,377	3,218,525	2,013,523	NA	12,645,033	NA
2019	781,929	3,344,362	1,962,815	NA	13,114,971	NA
2020	758,941	3,210,743	1,858,516	NA	13,583,286	NA
2021	785,032	2,897,001	1,712,565	NA	12,420,173	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: No population data broken down by nationality.

(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: No population data broken down by nationality.

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