GCC: Foreign population in the six GCC states (mid-year figures, 2000-2021)
| 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.
Last date of access: 4 October 2022.
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