Saudi Arabia: Sub-Saharan African population by country of citizenship and sex (census 2022)

	Males	Females	Total
Ethiopia	44,200	115,100	159,300
Uganda	8,200	119,800	128,000
Kenya	10,900	80,900	91,800
Nigeria	37,400	42,200	79,600
Eritrea	22,200	25,100	47,300
Chad	20,500	25,700	46,200
Somalia	22,800	22,900	45,700
Mali	18,900	19,500	38,400
Niger	16,200	17,400	33,600
Ghana	6,600	7,600	14,200
Burundi	200	5,700	5,900
Burkina Faso	2,700	2,400	5,100
South Africa	2,300	2,500	4,800
Senegal	2,100	700	2,800
Djibouti	1,000	800	1,800
Guinea	900	500	1,400
Cameroon	700	700	1,400
Madagascar	0	1,300	1,300
Tanzania	900	300	1,200
Ivory Coast	700	400	1,100
Gambia	600	300	900
Benin	400	100	500
Sierra Leone	300	100	400
Zimbabwe	200	100	300
Others	2,000	500	2,500
Total	222,900	492,600	715,500

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

GLMM’s retabulation and reformatting of census data in thousands in dashboard figure: “Non-Saudi population by nationality and gender” https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/18/41?type=DASHBOARD

Source of data: Saudi census 2022.

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The data was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “dashboard” section

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/18/41?type=DASHBOARD

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Eritrea, Chad, Somalia, Mali, Niger, Ghana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Senegal, Djibouti, Guinea, Cameroon, Madagascar, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Benin, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe

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Saudi Arabia: Population’s average age, by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi) and region of residence (2022)

	Saudis	Non-Saudis	Total
Makkah Al Mukarramah	26.5	33.7	30.0
Ar Riyadh	25.7	33.6	29.5
Eastern Region	25.3	34.7	29.3
Al Bahah	26.7	35.3	28.9
Aseer	25.4	35.2	28.2
Al Madinah Al Munawwarah	25.0	33.8	28.2
Al Qaseem	25.5	34.2	28.1
Hail	24.9	35.5	28.0
Jazan	25.5	32.1	27.4
Tabuk	23.6	35.4	26.9
Najran	23.0	32.4	26.1
Northern Borders	22.9	33.8	25.9
Al Jawf	21.7	35.4	25.3
Total	25.4	33.9	29.0

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The average age corresponds to the arithmetic mean of all ages of the total of the population.

Source of data: Saudi census 2022.

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: Population’s median age, by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi) and region of residence (2022)

	Saudis	Non-Saudis	Total
Makkah Al Mukarramah	26.5	33.7	30.0
Ar Riyadh	25.7	33.6	29.5
Eastern Region	25.3	34.7	29.3
Al Bahah	26.7	35.3	28.9
Aseer	25.4	35.2	28.2
Al Madinah Al Munawwarah	25.0	33.8	28.2
Al Qaseem	25.5	34.2	28.1
Hail	24.9	35.5	28.0
Jazan	25.5	32.1	27.4
Tabuk	23.6	35.4	26.9
Najran	23.0	32.4	26.1
Northern Borders	22.9	33.8	25.9
Al Jawf	21.7	35.4	25.3
Total	25.4	33.9	29.0

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The median age indicates the age of the individual in a population with 50% of the population being younger and 50% being older than the individual.

Source of data: Saudi census 2022:

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: evolution of the population’s median age, by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi) and sex (2010-2022)

		2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Saudis	Males	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22
	Females	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23
	Total	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22
Non-Saudis	Males	24	26	28	30	31	32	34	34	35	35	35	35	35
	Females	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	30	30	30	30	31	31
	Total	24	26	27	29	30	31	33	33	34	34	34	34	34
Total	Males	23	24	25	27	28	29	30	31	31	31	31	31	31
	Females	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26
	Total	22	23	24	26	26	27	28	29	29	29	29	29	29

Source: General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The median age indicates the age of the individual in a population with 50% of the population being younger and 50% being older than the individual.

The median age for 2022 is calculated on the basis of census 2022′ results. Estimates for the years 2010-2021 are calculated using a backcasting methodology (see below).

Source of data: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents.

Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration.

Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers).

The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The time series were taken from GAStat’s statistical database:

https://database.stats.gov.sa/home/landing

Report Link:

https://database.stats.gov.sa/home/indicator/535

(includes metadata)

Date of access: 07 June 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: year-on-year growth rate of the Saudi population by administrative region of residence (2011-2022)

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Ar Riyadh	2.1%	2.4%	2.7%	3.1%	2.8%	2.5%	2.1%	2.3%	2.5%	2.7%	2.3%	2.3%
Makkah Al Mukarramah	2.2%	2.4%	2.8%	3.1%	2.9%	2.5%	2.2%	2.4%	2.6%	2.8%	2.3%	2.3%
Eastern Region	2.1%	2.4%	2.7%	3.1%	2.8%	2.5%	2.1%	2.4%	2.5%	2.7%	2.2%	2.2%
Aseer	2.1%	2.3%	2.6%	2.9%	2.7%	2.4%	2.1%	2.3%	2.4%	2.7%	2.2%	2.2%
Al Madinah Al Munawwarah	2.1%	2.3%	2.6%	3.0%	2.7%	2.4%	2.1%	2.3%	2.4%	2.6%	2.2%	2.2%
Jazan	2.1%	2.3%	2.7%	3.0%	2.8%	2.4%	2.1%	2.3%	2.5%	2.7%	2.2%	2.2%
Al Qaseem	2.1%	2.3%	2.7%	3.0%	2.8%	2.4%	2.1%	2.3%	2.5%	2.7%	2.2%	2.2%
Tabuk	2.0%	2.3%	2.6%	2.9%	2.7%	2.3%	2.0%	2.2%	2.3%	2.5%	2.1%	2.1%
Hail	2.1%	2.3%	2.6%	3.0%	2.7%	2.4%	2.0%	2.3%	2.4%	2.6%	2.2%	2.2%
Al Jawf	1.9%	2.1%	2.4%	2.8%	2.5%	2.2%	1.9%	2.1%	2.2%	2.3%	1.9%	1.9%
Najran	2.0%	2.2%	2.5%	2.8%	2.6%	2.3%	2.0%	2.2%	2.3%	2.5%	2.0%	2.0%
Northern Borders	2.0%	2.2%	2.5%	2.8%	2.6%	2.3%	1.9%	2.2%	2.2%	2.4%	2.0%	2.0%
Al Bahah	2.1%	2.3%	2.7%	3.0%	2.8%	2.4%	2.1%	2.4%	2.5%	2.8%	2.3%	2.4%
Total	2.1%	2.4%	2.7%	3.0%	2.8%	2.4%	2.1%	2.3%	2.5%	2.7%	2.2%	2.2%

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: year-on-year growth rate of the non-Saudi population by administrative region of residence (2011-2022)

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Makkah Al Mukarramah	6.8%	5.5%	7.9%	0.8%	7.0%	4.2%	-3.0%	-9.0%	-5.2%	7.1%	-9.5%	6.5%
Ar Riyadh	8.8%	7.4%	9.7%	2.3%	8.9%	5.9%	-1.7%	-7.8%	-3.8%	8.6%	-8.2%	8.3%
Eastern Region	9.6%	8.1%	10.4%	2.7%	9.6%	6.5%	-1.6%	-7.6%	-3.5%	8.8%	-8.0%	9.1%
Al Madinah Al Munawwarah	7.7%	6.4%	8.8%	1.6%	8.0%	5.1%	-2.4%	-8.4%	-4.5%	7.8%	-8.9%	7.6%
Aseer	9.6%	8.1%	10.5%	2.7%	9.8%	6.6%	-1.6%	-7.6%	-3.5%	8.7%	-8.0%	9.3%
Al Qaseem	7.7%	6.2%	8.4%	0.8%	7.7%	4.5%	-3.4%	-9.3%	-5.3%	6.8%	-9.7%	7.0%
Jazan	7.8%	6.4%	8.8%	1.5%	8.0%	5.0%	-2.4%	-8.4%	-4.5%	7.8%	-8.9%	7.4%
Tabuk	10.2%	8.8%	11.1%	3.3%	10.3%	7.1%	-1.1%	-7.1%	-3.0%	9.3%	-7.5%	9.8%
Hail	10.7%	9.1%	11.4%	3.6%	10.6%	7.4%	-0.8%	-6.8%	-2.7%	9.6%	-7.2%	9.9%
Najran	10.2%	8.7%	11.0%	3.4%	10.1%	7.0%	-0.8%	-6.9%	-2.9%	9.6%	-7.4%	9.4%
Al Jawf	9.5%	8.0%	10.3%	2.5%	9.5%	6.3%	-1.7%	-7.7%	-3.7%	8.6%	-8.1%	8.9%
Al Bahah	7.4%	5.9%	8.2%	0.5%	7.4%	4.3%	-3.7%	-9.5%	-5.6%	6.5%	-9.9%	6.7%
Northern Borders	10.5%	8.9%	11.2%	3.4%	10.3%	7.1%	-0.8%	-6.9%	-2.9%	9.6%	-7.3%	9.4%
Total	8.2%	6.8%	9.2%	1.8%	8.4%	5.4%	-2.2%	-8.2%	-4.2%	8.1%	-8.6%	7.9%

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: total population by administrative region of residence (2011-2022)

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Ar Riyadh	6,224,033	6,551,735	6,867,853	7,294,753	7,489,799	7,933,711	8,271,126	8,275,538	8,030,674	7,979,262	8,422,408	8,175,378	8,591,748
Makkah Al Mukarramah	6,350,217	6,640,252	6,910,156	7,292,178	7,428,120	7,808,136	8,076,610	8,019,757	7,715,338	7,607,556	7,982,529	7,692,188	8,021,463
Eastern Region	3,647,910	3,833,419	4,015,832	4,256,947	4,379,894	4,636,295	4,835,564	4,853,790	4,746,614	4,740,235	4,989,327	4,879,962	5,125,254
Al Madinah Al Munawwarah	1,621,483	1,689,249	1,755,228	1,844,577	1,888,619	1,980,839	2,050,659	2,053,943	2,009,884	2,004,830	2,096,074	2,053,240	2,137,983
Aseer	1,469,841	1,529,057	1,588,898	1,666,269	1,713,764	1,796,865	1,863,056	1,879,189	1,863,690	1,876,328	1,958,677	1,943,532	2,024,285
Jazan	1,062,495	1,102,242	1,141,642	1,193,895	1,223,724	1,277,892	1,319,680	1,326,914	1,310,678	1,315,117	1,370,141	1,355,099	1,404,997
Al Qaseem	1,034,755	1,075,381	1,114,675	1,166,736	1,192,307	1,246,088	1,285,600	1,285,836	1,261,835	1,260,269	1,310,168	1,289,032	1,336,179
Tabuk	638,270	663,804	689,921	723,408	745,148	781,281	810,586	818,980	813,992	820,568	856,497	850,859	886,036
Hail	528,426	550,595	573,231	602,279	621,248	652,630	678,308	686,058	682,111	688,236	719,987	715,422	746,406
Al Jawf	444,672	461,187	477,818	499,207	512,630	535,411	553,527	558,052	554,005	557,379	579,446	574,894	595,822
Najran	423,831	442,261	460,802	484,876	499,520	525,201	545,958	551,172	545,320	548,237	574,344	567,533	592,300
Northern Borders	270,097	280,731	291,604	305,467	314,614	329,475	341,532	345,347	343,630	346,525	361,607	359,411	373,577
Al Bahah	262,457	271,954	281,201	293,412	299,886	312,558	321,992	322,779	318,510	319,257	331,305	327,833	339,174
Total	23,978,487	25,091,867	26,168,861	27,624,004	28,309,273	29,816,382	30,954,198	30,977,355	30,196,281	30,063,799	31,552,510	30,784,383	32,175,224

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: Saudi population by administrative region of residence (2011-2022)

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Ar Riyadh	3,305,130	3,376,149	3,458,239	3,553,092	3,662,353	3,765,888	3,858,350	3,939,731	4,032,222	4,132,732	4,245,118	4,341,082	4,439,210
Makkah Al Mukarramah	3,077,186	3,143,642	3,220,353	3,309,457	3,411,883	3,509,532	3,597,076	3,674,514	3,762,757	3,858,847	3,966,569	4,059,151	4,153,723
Eastern Region	2,198,314	2,245,170	2,299,455	2,362,331	2,434,902	2,503,812	2,565,462	2,619,725	2,681,465	2,747,955	2,822,193	2,885,380	2,949,854
Aseer	1,085,911	1,108,194	1,133,777	1,163,522	1,197,499	1,230,126	1,259,150	1,284,979	1,314,421	1,346,378	1,382,430	1,413,144	1,444,688
Al Madinah Al Munawwarah	1,016,601	1,037,556	1,061,715	1,089,763	1,122,069	1,152,683	1,180,128	1,204,341	1,231,833	1,261,628	1,294,821	1,323,113	1,352,146
Jazan	751,557	767,174	785,113	805,976	829,893	852,717	873,097	891,118	911,672	934,067	959,274	980,751	1,002,779
Al Qaseem	694,563	708,993	725,612	744,872	767,117	788,220	807,053	823,666	842,541	863,265	886,335	906,182	926,490
Tabuk	483,844	493,568	504,780	517,758	532,753	546,914	559,538	570,591	583,145	596,694	611,785	624,511	637,601
Hail	397,348	405,527	414,907	425,836	438,429	450,344	461,046	470,430	481,125	492,755	505,682	516,643	527,885
Al Jawf	339,599	346,085	353,499	362,102	372,075	381,457	389,853	397,228	405,546	414,341	424,048	432,039	440,264
Najran	301,508	307,487	314,336	322,269	331,415	340,041	347,786	354,626	362,338	370,542	379,637	387,183	394,976
Northern Borders	207,384	211,450	216,161	221,596	227,856	233,788	239,060	243,709	248,972	254,571	260,800	265,989	271,358
Al Bahah	187,219	191,134	195,599	200,827	206,792	212,549	217,713	222,322	227,599	233,396	239,895	245,501	251,288
Total	14,046,164	14,342,129	14,683,546	15,079,401	15,535,036	15,968,071	16,355,312	16,696,980	17,085,636	17,507,171	17,978,587	18,380,669	18,792,262

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: Non-Saudi population by administrative region of residence (2011-2022)

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Makkah Al Mukarramah	3,273,031	3,496,610	3,689,803	3,982,721	4,016,237	4,298,604	4,479,534	4,345,243	3,952,581	3,748,709	4,015,960	3,633,037	3,867,740
Ar Riyadh	2,918,903	3,175,586	3,409,614	3,741,661	3,827,446	4,167,823	4,412,776	4,335,807	3,998,452	3,846,530	4,177,290	3,834,296	4,152,538
Eastern Region	1,449,596	1,588,249	1,716,377	1,894,616	1,944,992	2,132,483	2,270,102	2,234,065	2,065,149	1,992,280	2,167,134	1,994,582	2,175,400
Al Madinah Al Munawwarah	604,882	651,693	693,513	754,814	766,550	828,156	870,531	849,602	778,051	743,202	801,253	730,127	785,837
Aseer	383,930	420,863	455,121	502,747	516,265	566,739	603,906	594,210	549,269	529,950	576,247	530,388	579,597
Al Qaseem	340,192	366,388	389,063	421,864	425,190	457,868	478,547	462,170	419,294	397,004	423,833	382,850	409,689
Jazan	310,938	335,068	356,529	387,919	393,831	425,175	446,583	435,796	399,006	381,050	410,867	374,348	402,218
Tabuk	154,426	170,236	185,141	205,650	212,395	234,367	251,048	248,389	230,847	223,874	244,712	226,348	248,435
Hail	131,078	145,068	158,324	176,443	182,819	202,286	217,262	215,628	200,986	195,481	214,305	198,779	218,521
Najran	122,323	134,774	146,466	162,607	168,105	185,160	198,172	196,546	182,982	177,695	194,707	180,350	197,324
Al Jawf	105,073	115,102	124,319	137,105	140,555	153,954	163,674	160,824	148,459	143,038	155,398	142,855	155,558
Al Bahah	75,238	80,820	85,602	92,585	93,094	100,009	104,279	100,457	90,911	85,861	91,410	82,332	87,886
Northern Borders	62,713	69,281	75,443	83,871	86,758	95,687	102,472	101,638	94,658	91,954	100,807	93,422	102,219
Total	9,932,323	10,749,738	11,485,315	12,544,603	12,774,237	13,848,311	14,598,886	14,280,375	13,110,645	12,556,628	13,573,923	12,403,714	13,382,962

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: year-on-year growth rate of the total population by administrative region of residence (2011-2022)

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Ar Riyadh	5.3%	4.8%	6.2%	2.7%	5.9%	4.3%	0.1%	-3.0%	-0.6%	5.6%	-2.9%	5.1%
Makkah Al Mukarramah	4.6%	4.1%	5.5%	1.9%	5.1%	3.4%	-0.7%	-3.8%	-1.4%	4.9%	-3.6%	4.3%
Eastern Region	5.1%	4.8%	6.0%	2.9%	5.9%	4.3%	0.4%	-2.2%	-0.1%	5.3%	-2.2%	5.0%
Al Madinah Al Munawwarah	4.2%	3.9%	5.1%	2.4%	4.9%	3.5%	0.2%	-2.1%	-0.3%	4.6%	-2.0%	4.1%
Aseer	4.0%	3.9%	4.9%	2.9%	4.8%	3.7%	0.9%	-0.8%	0.7%	4.4%	-0.8%	4.2%
Jazan	3.7%	3.6%	4.6%	2.5%	4.4%	3.3%	0.5%	-1.2%	0.3%	4.2%	-1.1%	3.7%
Al Qaseem	3.9%	3.7%	4.7%	2.2%	4.5%	3.2%	0.0%	-1.9%	-0.1%	4.0%	-1.6%	3.7%
Tabuk	4.0%	3.9%	4.9%	3.0%	4.8%	3.8%	1.0%	-0.6%	0.8%	4.4%	-0.7%	4.1%
Hail	4.2%	4.1%	5.1%	3.1%	5.1%	3.9%	1.1%	-0.6%	0.9%	4.6%	-0.6%	4.3%
Al Jawf	3.7%	3.6%	4.5%	2.7%	4.4%	3.4%	0.8%	-0.7%	0.6%	4.0%	-0.8%	3.6%
Najran	4.3%	4.2%	5.2%	3.0%	5.1%	4.0%	1.0%	-1.1%	0.5%	4.8%	-1.2%	4.4%
Northern Borders	3.9%	3.9%	4.8%	3.0%	4.7%	3.7%	1.1%	-0.5%	0.8%	4.4%	-0.6%	3.9%
Al Bahah	3.6%	3.4%	4.3%	2.2%	4.2%	3.0%	0.2%	-1.3%	0.2%	3.8%	-1.0%	3.5%
Total	4.6%	4.3%	5.6%	2.5%	5.3%	3.8%	0.1%	-2.5%	-0.4%	5.0%	-2.4%	4.5%

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: Total population by age group (2010-2022) (data adjusted by census 2022)

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
0-4	2,492,503	2,547,295	2,600,739	2,655,996	2,720,823	2,773,424	2,834,236	2,859,199	2,847,159	2,807,571	2,780,036	2,661,302	2,578,159
5-9	2,190,042	2,235,764	2,285,700	2,347,267	2,413,433	2,507,746	2,591,704	2,622,253	2,625,845	2,655,099	2,718,774	2,721,434	2,762,317
10-14	2,229,080	2,161,101	2,130,458	2,118,722	2,127,667	2,180,172	2,240,857	2,278,664	2,311,776	2,361,187	2,453,015	2,490,632	2,546,414
15-19	3,103,040	2,871,903	2,650,718	2,454,961	2,299,600	2,210,942	2,152,113	2,098,042	2,057,345	2,064,047	2,110,206	2,148,429	2,196,700
20-24	3,813,218	3,735,209	3,580,419	3,456,057	3,264,520	3,061,698	2,832,367	2,593,970	2,364,234	2,293,114	2,486,431	2,384,384	2,615,982
25-29	3,257,219	3,553,023	3,621,781	3,824,781	3,866,343	3,940,474	3,897,523	3,682,154	3,362,411	3,319,944	3,561,340	3,381,282	3,745,715
30-34	2,108,930	2,463,017	2,771,007	3,154,966	3,377,955	3,723,724	3,963,271	3,970,590	3,796,045	3,761,659	3,971,445	3,758,285	3,892,832
35-39	1,412,813	1,670,637	1,938,697	2,266,184	2,461,105	2,820,230	3,121,544	3,241,354	3,209,224	3,237,830	3,379,938	3,300,160	3,464,956
40-44	1,098,057	1,284,094	1,497,021	1,725,771	1,835,791	2,069,160	2,281,986	2,353,534	2,332,549	2,310,917	2,514,966	2,455,831	2,653,877
45-49	760,663	920,930	1,116,423	1,309,663	1,416,604	1,609,284	1,764,785	1,808,100	1,782,422	1,732,368	1,808,275	1,749,706	1,825,180
50-54	475,514	588,321	739,039	879,984	965,483	1,136,194	1,275,542	1,335,132	1,338,521	1,334,544	1,412,925	1,353,888	1,388,372
55-59	316,186	343,654	454,775	565,594	632,649	743,422	841,036	892,368	905,009	895,772	965,178	956,541	995,219
60-64	228,088	214,749	252,591	300,935	343,380	413,816	484,813	538,629	543,711	553,062	606,017	610,557	647,652
65+	493,134	502,170	529,493	563,123	583,920	626,096	672,421	703,366	720,030	736,685	783,964	811,952	861,849
Total	23,978,487	25,091,867	26,168,861	27,624,004	28,309,273	29,816,382	30,954,198	30,977,355	30,196,281	30,063,799	31,552,510	30,784,383	32,175,224

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: Saudi population by age group (2010-2022) (data adjusted by census 2022)

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
0-4	2,008,963	2,046,268	2,079,046	2,109,747	2,149,421	2,176,044	2,205,651	2,235,769	2,263,495	2,261,128	2,248,523	2,207,144	2,173,955
5-9	1,795,995	1,819,501	1,854,085	1,899,682	1,948,599	1,997,894	2,039,453	2,069,381	2,098,666	2,141,065	2,178,697	2,218,817	2,257,680
10-14	1,743,734	1,739,974	1,740,210	1,745,272	1,767,090	1,793,929	1,819,847	1,851,401	1,894,036	1,944,609	2,002,564	2,056,243	2,100,003
15-19	1,672,331	1,695,038	1,721,599	1,732,468	1,734,742	1,734,007	1,731,422	1,727,852	1,728,293	1,749,744	1,780,971	1,815,977	1,858,245
20-24	1,481,953	1,495,207	1,513,646	1,553,213	1,594,468	1,635,319	1,663,349	1,684,852	1,692,401	1,695,535	1,704,126	1,712,289	1,719,492
25-29	1,258,389	1,293,813	1,331,310	1,373,034	1,419,057	1,459,682	1,486,618	1,504,322	1,543,929	1,581,892	1,631,568	1,667,248	1,702,262
30-34	965,988	1,018,730	1,076,851	1,132,049	1,196,967	1,253,681	1,301,477	1,338,646	1,379,421	1,420,197	1,466,942	1,498,761	1,529,157
35-39	742,672	767,257	797,075	839,439	898,265	961,136	1,021,320	1,077,141	1,129,250	1,189,000	1,250,567	1,303,846	1,354,051
40-44	640,348	658,377	672,763	700,620	723,586	737,618	766,646	793,796	831,674	884,946	948,663	1,011,939	1,077,993
45-49	509,027	528,754	551,321	576,853	606,158	632,931	654,475	666,455	690,034	707,950	721,179	752,011	785,913
50-54	372,826	392,796	416,326	442,281	463,774	498,392	521,635	542,358	564,662	589,888	616,126	638,080	653,994
55-59	246,098	261,688	286,451	310,046	336,756	359,939	382,699	405,240	429,280	447,942	482,648	505,712	529,004
60-64	179,714	183,189	189,599	197,985	215,718	233,330	250,289	274,137	296,103	321,258	344,906	367,017	390,642
65+	428,126	441,537	453,264	466,712	480,435	494,169	510,431	525,630	544,392	572,017	601,107	625,585	659,871
Total	14,046,164	14,342,129	14,683,546	15,079,401	15,535,036	15,968,071	16,355,312	16,696,980	17,085,636	17,507,171	17,978,587	18,380,669	18,792,262

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 29 April 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: Saudi male population by age group (2010-2022) (data adjusted by census 2022)

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
0-4	1,019,438	1,039,949	1,058,044	1,074,877	1,094,939	1,108,138	1,122,206	1,136,499	1,150,005	1,149,054	1,143,238	1,123,158	1,106,938
5-9	910,950	923,456	941,249	963,885	988,681	1,014,065	1,035,568	1,051,738	1,068,058	1,090,559	1,110,229	1,130,286	1,148,999
10-14	885,626	884,525	884,499	887,328	897,761	910,246	923,037	938,822	960,136	986,571	1,017,004	1,045,126	1,068,186
15-19	848,170	858,892	872,720	878,022	879,186	878,270	877,114	875,019	875,811	886,895	902,401	920,497	941,806
20-24	745,393	750,637	759,378	778,792	799,653	820,475	833,956	844,534	848,930	852,074	858,443	864,290	868,712
25-29	628,210	646,273	665,711	687,719	713,440	734,891	748,417	756,650	776,585	795,642	822,193	840,248	859,531
30-34	478,520	504,812	534,741	564,508	598,510	628,258	653,372	672,085	693,335	715,190	739,420	755,013	770,595
35-39	361,514	373,898	389,959	412,750	443,877	476,610	507,193	535,300	563,167	593,620	625,906	653,386	679,028
40-44	310,220	318,064	324,538	338,143	350,577	359,173	374,212	388,384	408,515	435,862	468,924	500,870	534,889
45-49	248,147	257,086	267,983	280,451	294,567	306,501	316,253	321,025	331,879	340,645	348,093	363,479	381,557
50-54	186,990	194,919	204,335	215,343	226,043	242,344	253,027	262,491	272,746	283,859	294,766	303,925	310,703
55-59	123,675	132,238	145,737	157,678	169,702	179,606	189,026	197,547	207,196	215,588	231,287	241,316	252,068
60-64	92,088	92,763	95,165	98,545	107,152	116,438	125,740	138,377	149,016	159,617	169,250	177,832	186,840
65+	227,658	232,731	236,913	242,974	248,607	254,043	259,804	265,183	273,066	285,557	299,125	309,098	324,279
Total	7,066,599	7,210,243	7,380,972	7,581,015	7,812,695	8,029,058	8,218,925	8,383,654	8,578,445	8,790,733	9,030,279	9,228,524	9,434,131

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: Saudi female population by age group (2010-2022) (data adjusted by census 2022)

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
0-4	989,525	1,006,319	1,021,002	1,034,870	1,054,482	1,067,906	1,083,445	1,099,270	1,113,490	1,112,074	1,105,285	1,083,986	1,067,017
5-9	885,045	896,045	912,836	935,797	959,918	983,829	1,003,885	1,017,643	1,030,608	1,050,506	1,068,468	1,088,531	1,108,681
10-14	858,108	855,449	855,711	857,944	869,329	883,683	896,810	912,579	933,900	958,038	985,560	1,011,117	1,031,817
15-19	824,161	836,146	848,879	854,446	855,556	855,737	854,308	852,833	852,482	862,849	878,570	895,480	916,439
20-24	736,560	744,570	754,268	774,421	794,815	814,844	829,393	840,318	843,471	843,461	845,683	847,999	850,780
25-29	630,179	647,540	665,599	685,315	705,617	724,791	738,201	747,672	767,344	786,250	809,375	827,000	842,731
30-34	487,468	513,918	542,110	567,541	598,457	625,423	648,105	666,561	686,086	705,007	727,522	743,748	758,562
35-39	381,158	393,359	407,116	426,689	454,388	484,526	514,127	541,841	566,083	595,380	624,661	650,460	675,023
40-44	330,128	340,313	348,225	362,477	373,009	378,445	392,434	405,412	423,159	449,084	479,739	511,069	543,104
45-49	260,880	271,668	283,338	296,402	311,591	326,430	338,222	345,430	358,155	367,305	373,086	388,532	404,356
50-54	185,836	197,877	211,991	226,938	237,731	256,048	268,608	279,867	291,916	306,029	321,360	334,155	343,291
55-59	122,423	129,450	140,714	152,368	167,054	180,333	193,673	207,693	222,084	232,354	251,361	264,396	276,936
60-64	87,626	90,426	94,434	99,440	108,566	116,892	124,549	135,760	147,087	161,641	175,656	189,185	203,802
65+	200,468	208,806	216,351	223,738	231,828	240,126	250,627	260,447	271,326	286,460	301,982	316,487	335,592
Total	6,979,565	7,131,886	7,302,574	7,498,386	7,722,341	7,939,013	8,136,387	8,313,326	8,507,191	8,716,438	8,948,308	9,152,145	9,358,131

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: non-Saudi population by age group (2010-2022) (data adjusted by census 2022)

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
0-4	483,540	501,027	521,693	546,249	571,402	597,380	628,585	623,430	583,664	546,443	531,513	454,158	404,204
5-9	394,047	416,263	431,615	447,585	464,834	509,852	552,251	552,872	527,179	514,034	540,077	502,617	504,637
10-14	485,346	421,127	390,248	373,450	360,577	386,243	421,010	427,263	417,740	416,578	450,451	434,389	446,411
15-19	1,430,709	1,176,865	929,119	722,493	564,858	476,935	420,691	370,190	329,052	314,303	329,235	332,452	338,455
20-24	2,331,265	2,240,002	2,066,773	1,902,844	1,670,052	1,426,379	1,169,018	909,118	671,833	597,579	782,305	672,095	896,490
25-29	1,998,830	2,259,210	2,290,471	2,451,747	2,447,286	2,480,792	2,410,905	2,177,832	1,818,482	1,738,052	1,929,772	1,714,034	2,043,453
30-34	1,142,942	1,444,287	1,694,156	2,022,917	2,180,988	2,470,043	2,661,794	2,631,944	2,416,624	2,341,462	2,504,503	2,259,524	2,363,675
35-39	670,141	903,380	1,141,622	1,426,745	1,562,840	1,859,094	2,100,224	2,164,213	2,079,974	2,048,830	2,129,371	1,996,314	2,110,905
40-44	457,709	625,717	824,258	1,025,151	1,112,205	1,331,542	1,515,340	1,559,738	1,500,875	1,425,971	1,566,303	1,443,892	1,575,884
45-49	251,636	392,176	565,102	732,810	810,446	976,353	1,110,310	1,141,645	1,092,388	1,024,418	1,087,096	997,695	1,039,267
50-54	102,688	195,525	322,713	437,703	501,709	637,802	753,907	792,774	773,859	744,656	796,799	715,808	734,378
55-59	70,088	81,966	168,324	255,548	295,893	383,483	458,337	487,128	475,729	447,830	482,530	450,829	466,215
60-64	48,374	31,560	62,992	102,950	127,662	180,486	234,524	264,492	247,608	231,804	261,111	243,540	257,010
65+	65,008	60,633	76,229	96,411	103,485	131,927	161,990	177,736	175,638	164,668	182,857	186,367	201,978
Total	9,932,323	10,749,738	11,485,315	12,544,603	12,774,237	13,848,311	14,598,886	14,280,375	13,110,645	12,556,628	13,573,923	12,403,714	13,382,962

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 29 April 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: non-Saudi male population by age group (2010-2022) (data adjusted by census 2022)

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
0-4	281,868	292,375	303,226	313,794	321,463	341,648	354,766	339,112	314,297	290,820	273,752	232,029	207,304
5-9	240,934	248,145	254,321	258,114	259,809	290,146	315,333	302,860	285,967	274,855	278,397	256,911	258,552
10-14	323,321	270,802	244,975	229,146	212,646	228,205	247,118	238,836	229,197	223,082	232,855	222,975	229,199
15-19	1,048,865	856,730	669,756	509,425	383,717	313,759	271,466	226,223	194,602	180,681	178,453	172,835	175,010
20-24	1,744,872	1,672,982	1,527,171	1,403,709	1,229,556	1,051,184	858,404	658,290	478,062	436,799	583,396	504,304	696,723
25-29	1,528,529	1,747,195	1,756,973	1,876,320	1,860,620	1,888,716	1,834,078	1,638,292	1,359,807	1,288,908	1,440,918	1,299,592	1,643,796
30-34	813,737	1,085,210	1,310,178	1,583,597	1,713,356	1,962,350	2,124,415	2,077,300	1,895,503	1,825,511	1,950,636	1,754,136	1,871,377
35-39	449,959	654,908	879,372	1,120,421	1,232,453	1,495,450	1,709,149	1,751,586	1,679,864	1,671,605	1,721,626	1,608,490	1,672,645
40-44	330,803	477,172	662,055	831,162	898,841	1,091,889	1,252,259	1,277,093	1,220,800	1,163,086	1,267,720	1,161,353	1,279,957
45-49	188,960	316,990	472,331	620,034	685,331	832,904	950,079	966,281	916,410	855,112	894,090	814,925	851,367
50-54	70,724	156,379	262,878	366,452	424,803	551,860	659,756	691,179	673,946	646,388	675,958	602,238	613,826
55-59	53,124	61,634	132,523	211,311	246,936	327,873	397,330	421,715	412,915	383,511	405,851	380,123	391,870
60-64	37,198	18,885	43,406	78,924	100,883	149,318	199,227	225,831	209,288	193,276	213,317	197,497	207,766
65+	43,343	37,477	49,408	67,012	71,563	96,553	123,007	135,245	131,814	120,216	131,579	133,615	145,072
Total	7,156,237	7,896,884	8,568,573	9,469,421	9,641,977	10,621,855	11,296,387	10,949,843	10,002,472	9,553,850	10,248,548	9,341,023	10,244,464

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: non-Saudi female population by age group (2010-2022) (data adjusted by census 2022)

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
0-4	201,672	208,652	218,467	232,455	249,939	255,732	273,819	284,318	269,367	255,623	257,761	222,129	196,900
5-9	153,113	168,118	177,294	189,471	205,025	219,706	236,918	250,012	241,212	239,179	261,680	245,706	246,085
10-14	162,025	150,325	145,273	144,304	147,931	158,038	173,892	188,427	188,543	193,496	217,596	211,414	217,212
15-19	381,844	320,135	259,363	213,068	181,141	163,176	149,225	143,967	134,450	133,622	150,782	159,617	163,445
20-24	586,393	567,020	539,602	499,135	440,496	375,195	310,614	250,828	193,771	160,780	198,909	167,791	199,767
25-29	470,301	512,015	533,498	575,427	586,666	592,076	576,827	539,540	458,675	449,144	488,854	414,442	399,657
30-34	329,205	359,077	383,978	439,320	467,632	507,693	537,379	554,644	521,121	515,951	553,867	505,388	492,298
35-39	220,182	248,472	262,250	306,324	330,387	363,644	391,075	412,627	400,110	377,225	407,745	387,824	438,260
40-44	126,906	148,545	162,203	193,989	213,364	239,653	263,081	282,645	280,075	262,885	298,583	282,539	295,927
45-49	62,676	75,186	92,771	112,776	125,115	143,449	160,231	175,364	175,978	169,306	193,006	182,770	187,900
50-54	31,964	39,146	59,835	71,251	76,906	85,942	94,151	101,595	99,913	98,268	120,841	113,570	120,552
55-59	16,964	20,332	35,801	44,237	48,957	55,610	61,007	65,413	62,814	64,319	76,679	70,706	74,345
60-64	11,176	12,675	19,586	24,026	26,779	31,168	35,297	38,661	38,320	38,528	47,794	46,043	49,244
65+	21,665	23,156	26,821	29,399	31,922	35,374	38,983	42,491	43,824	44,452	51,278	52,752	56,906
Total	2,776,086	2,852,854	2,916,742	3,075,182	3,132,260	3,226,456	3,302,499	3,330,532	3,108,173	3,002,778	3,325,375	3,062,691	3,138,498

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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GCC: National populations by sex and five-years age group (mid-2022)

	Bahrain		Kuwait*		Oman*		Qatar		Saudi Arabia		UAE
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
0-4	33,090	32,003	79,877	77,670	193,274	186,880	64,425**	61,140**	1,106,938	1,067,017	N.A.	N.A.
5-9	38,302	36,673	87,292	82,393	206,328	198,430			1,148,999	1,108,681	N.A.	N.A.
10-14	36,293	34,907	88,104	83,914	160,564	155,283			1,068,186	1,031,817	N.A.	N.A.
15-19	33,128	31,853	76,609	75,089	119,639	115,721	14,424	14,863	941,806	916,439	N.A.	N.A.
20-24	29,889	27,922	66,815	65,104	109,977	106,857	17,120	16,057	868,712	850,780	N.A.	N.A.
25-29	30,055	28,083	66,647	64,461	118,346	114,605	14,473	14,391	859,531	842,731	N.A.	N.A.
30-34	28,189	26,893	48,975	52,607	123,194	120,194	12,576	12,380	770,595	758,562	N.A.	N.A.
35-39	24,829	24,291	52,231	56,948	113,859	111,876	10,673	12,600	679,028	675,023	N.A.	N.A.
40-44	22,202	21,920	42,233	45,508	88,914	88,146	5,524	8,394	534,889	543,104	N.A.	N.A.
45-49	18,587	18,616	34,203	39,923	61,730	62,002	9,966	8,446	381,557	404,356	N.A.	N.A.
50-54	15,641	16,467	29,381	34,453	41,472	40,116	5,935	6,945	310,703	343,291	N.A.	N.A.
55-59	15,657	16,793	24,419	29,126	30,926	32,814	6,529	6,867	252,068	276,936	N.A.	N.A.
60-64	13,363	14,203	17,572	22,913	25,873	29,792	4,929	6,418	186,840	203,802	N.A.	N.A.
65-69	10,086	9,431	12,779	17,485	17,417	22,462	3,659	2,786	127,205	129,931	N.A.	N.A.
70-74	6,307	5,368	7,492	11,399	12,748	15,712	1,611	1,783	75,465	80,111	N.A.	N.A.
75-79	2,971	3,121	4,791	7,473	8,719	10,168	1,809	2,116	54,159	56,412	N.A.	N.A.
80-84	1,845	2,219	4,818	6,372	10,866	12,707			67,450	69,138	N.A.	N.A.
85+	1,153	1,661	4,818	6,372	10,866	12,707			67,450	69,138	N.A.	N.A.
Total	361,587	352,424	744,238	772,838	1,443,846	1,423,765	109,228	114,046	9,434,131	9,358,131	N.A.	N.A.

Source: National institutes of statistics

1- Definition:

Non-nationals are:

1- persons bearing nationality of a foreign State other than the GCC State of residence, or bearing no proof of nationality from any given state (stateless persons and holders of refugee status and travel document in a third country);

2- Holders of residence permit residing in the given GCC country at date of census, as per definition of residence used in each of the countries.

N.A: Not Available

*: end of year data.

**: GLMM estimates, based on available data from Qatari official statistical sources.

2- Sources of data:

(1) Bahrain: mid-year estimates of Bahrain’s total resident population (nationals and non-nationals) by age group, based on the results of census 2020.

Source: administrative records (central Population Register)

IGA’s Bahrain Open Data Portal:

https://bahrain.opendatasoft.com/pages/homepage/

https://bahrain.opendatasoft.com/explore/?sort=modified&refine.theme=Population

(2) Kuwait: Estimates based on census 2021 as a base year.

The Kuwaiti population for following years is estimated using natural increase figures (births – deaths) and number of naturalised non-nationals during the year. The non-Kuwaiti population is estimated based on natural increase figures (births – deaths) and net migration (entries – exits).

Source of the births and deaths data (vital statistics records): The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI).

Source of data on arrivals and departures: Ministry of Interior.

CSB website, “Population Estimates” section, “Population Estimates in Kuwait by Age, Nationality and Sex at 1-1-2023” https://www.csb.gov.kw/Pages/Statistics_en?ID=67&ParentCatID=1

(3) Oman: Period of reference: 31/12.

Source of the data: data updated from e-census 2020; based on vital statistics (births and deaths) produced by the Ministry of Health (MOH), and National Registration System (Royal Oman Police).

The civil registration records all Omani and expatriate residents. It is based on the civil status system and is maintained by the General Directorate of Civil Status, a part of the Royal Oman Police.

Since 2004, registration of all vital events taking place in the Sultanate (births, death, marriages and divorces) in the civil register is mandatory for Omanis and foreign residents of the Sultanate.

E-census 2020:

Population data and statistics: methodology explained in publication “Electronic Census System for the E-Census for Population, Residences & Establishments 2020”, especially pp. 15-16; 19-20 https://portal.ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal/indicators/83/viewer

Portal of e-census 2020 and data updates for December 2021 and 2022:

https://portal.ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal /

Data retrieved from e-census portal, datasets building tool:

https://portal.ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal/indicators/261/viewer

(4) Qatar: Disaggregated figures of the total Qatari and non-Qatari populations in Qatar are not readily available in any published source.

The numbers of Qataris and non-Qataris in age group 0-14 are GLMM’s estimates, using:

a. The Annual Bulletin of the Labour Force Survey 2022

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2022/Bulletin_labor_force_2022.xlsx

which gives:

1. the numbers of Qataris and non-Qataris aged 15 and above by sex and five-years age group for 2022.

2. The total resident population in Qatar by sex (not disaggregated by nationality).

b. Qatar Planning and Statistics Authority. Woman and Man in the State of Qatar-A Statistical Profile, 2022,

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/GenrealSocialStatistics/MenWomenProfile/2022/Woman_Man_2022_EN.pdf

which gives:

the percentage distribution of population by broad age group (0-14; 15-64; 65+) for mid-2021, by sex and nationality (last available data on total national and foreign populations’ age structure, as of April 2024).

The two sources were used to estimate the total population by sex and nationality, and the numbers of Qataris and non-Qataris in age group 0-14.

(5) Saudi Arabia: Source of data: Saudi census 2022

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration.

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

(6) UAE: Figures of UAE population disaggregated by age group and nationality are unavailable in published sources, as of April 2024.

Data needed to indirectly estimate the UAE population by nationality are also unavailable for 2022.

For estimates relevant to earlier years, please visit GLMM’s database:

https://gulfmigration.grc.net/glmm-database/demographic-and-economic-module/

Last date of access: April 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Foreign & National Populations

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GCC: Non-national populations by sex and five-years age group (mid-2022)

	Bahrain		Kuwait*		Oman*		Qatar		Saudi Arabia		UAE
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
0-4	15,295	14,641	56,555	55,569	26,794	25,299	191,313**	176,016**	207,304	196,900	N.A.	N.A.
5-9	15,102	14,766	75,842	71,866	29,798	28,203			258,552	246,085	N.A.	N.A.
10-14	12,285	11,508	74,787	70,185	24,832	22,989			229,199	217,212	N.A.	N.A.
15-19	9,689	7,712	55,679	52,907	18,522	17,083	33,140	30,060	175,010	163,445	N.A.	N.A.
20-24	36,034	10,774	62,238	44,489	126,549	29,487	141,262	64,709	696,723	199,767	N.A.	N.A.
25-29	61,338	27,949	239,562	86,968	257,767	52,192	228,763	43,547	1,643,796	399,657	N.A.	N.A.
30-34	112,210	34,431	288,214	125,939	323,870	71,543	430,327	116,317	1,871,377	492,298	N.A.	N.A.
35-39	117,938	32,139	363,465	164,133	306,440	69,943	327,583	50,329	1,672,645	438,260	N.A.	N.A.
40-44	81,649	26,598	334,328	140,911	213,005	52,093	265,862	70,894	1,279,957	295,927	N.A.	N.A.
45-49	54,881	19,068	245,893	111,643	128,647	34,166	123,657	34,071	851,367	187,900	N.A.	N.A.
50-54	36,513	11,850	181,928	75,451	84,102	19,789	120,834	22,800	613,826	120,552	N.A.	N.A.
55-59	18,778	7,217	114,223	43,782	44,499	10,925	45,787	13,302	391,870	74,345	N.A.	N.A.
60-64	8,875	3,680	54,780	22,135	20,141	6,205	25,748	6,901	207,766	49,244	N.A.	N.A.
65-69	3,195	1,567	24,294	10,517	8,908	3,628	7,534	3,117	85,139	26,184	N.A.	N.A.
70-74	972	635	9,966	5,345	2,774	2,094	3,892	1,750	35,014	14,753	N.A.	N.A.
75-79	369	312	4,196	3,095	1,186	1,028	1,981	1,906	13,233	7,688	N.A.	N.A.
80-84	172	189	2,869	2,738	952	786			11,686	8,281	N.A.	N.A.
85+	155	196	2,869	2,738	952	786			11,686	8,281	N.A.	N.A.
Total	585,450	225,232	2,188,819	1,087,673	1,618,786	447,453	1,756,370	459,703	10,244,464	3,138,498	N.A.	N.A.

Source: National institutes of statistics

1- Definition:

Non-nationals are:

1- persons bearing nationality of a foreign State other than the GCC State of residence, or bearing no proof of nationality from any given state (stateless persons and holders of refugee status and travel document in a third country);

2- Holders of residence permit residing in the given GCC country at date of census, as per definition of residence used in each of the countries.

N.A: Not Available

*: end of year data.

**: GLMM estimates, based on available data from Qatari official statistical sources.

2- Sources of data:

(1) Bahrain: mid-year estimates of Bahrain’s total resident population (nationals and non-nationals) by age group, based on the results of census 2020.

Source: administrative records (central Population Register).

IGA’s Bahrain Open Data Portal:

https://bahrain.opendatasoft.com/pages/homepage/

https://bahrain.opendatasoft.com/explore/?sort=modified&refine.theme=Population

(2) Kuwait: Estimates based on census 2021 as a base year.

The Kuwaiti population for following years is estimated using natural increase figures (births – deaths) and number of naturalised non-nationals during the year.

The non-Kuwaiti population is estimated based on natural increase figures (births – deaths) and net migration (entries – exits).

Source of the births and deaths data (vital statistics records): The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI).

Source of data on arrivals and departures: Ministry of Interior.

CSB website, “Population Estimates” section, “Population Estimates in Kuwait by Age, Nationality and Sex at 1-1-2023” https://www.csb.gov.kw/Pages/Statistics_en?ID=67&ParentCatID=1

(3) Oman: Period of reference: 31/12.

Source of the data: data updated from e-census 2020; based on vital statistics (births and deaths) produced by the Ministry of Health (MOH), and National Registration System (Royal Oman Police).

The civil registration records all Omani and expatriate residents. It is based on the civil status system and is maintained by the General Directorate of Civil Status, a part of the Royal Oman Police.

Since 2004, registration of all vital events taking place in the Sultanate (births, death, marriages and divorces) in the civil register is mandatory for Omanis and foreign residents of the Sultanate.

E-census 2020:

Population data and statistics: methodology explained in publication “Electronic Census System for the E-Census for Population, Residences & Establishments 2020”, especially pp. 15-16; 19-20 https://portal.ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal/indicators/83/viewer

Portal of e-census 2020 and data updates for December 2021 and 2022:

https://portal.ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal /

Data retrieved from e-census portal, datasets building tool:

https://portal.ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal/indicators/261/viewer

(4) Qatar: Disaggregated figures of the total Qatari and non-Qatari populations in Qatar are not readily available in any published source.

The numbers of Qataris and non-Qataris in age group 0-14 are GLMM’s estimates, using:

a. The Annual Bulletin of the Labour Force Survey 2022

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2022/Bulletin_labor_force_2022.xlsx

which gives:

1. the numbers of Qataris and non-Qataris aged 15 and above by sex and five-years age group for 2022.

2. The total resident population in Qatar by sex (not disaggregated by nationality).

b. Qatar Planning and Statistics Authority. Woman and Man in the State of Qatar-A Statistical Profile, 2022,

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/GenrealSocialStatistics/MenWomenProfile/2022/Woman_Man_2022_EN.pdf

which gives:

the percentage distribution of population by broad age group (0-14; 15-64; 65+) for mid-2021, by sex and nationality (last available data on total national and foreign populations’ age structure, as of April 2024).

The two sources were used to estimate the total population by sex and nationality, and the numbers of Qataris and non-Qataris in age group 0-14.

(5) Saudi Arabia: Source of data: Saudi census 2022

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration.

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

(6) UAE: Figures of UAE population disaggregated by age group and nationality are unavailable in published sources, as of April 2024.

Data needed to indirectly estimate the UAE population by nationality are also unavailable for 2022.

For estimates relevant to earlier years, please visit GLMM’s database:

https://gulfmigration.grc.net/glmm-database/demographic-and-economic-module/

Last date of access: April 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Foreign & National Populations

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GCC: Population by nationality (national/non-national) and five-years age group (mid-2022)

	Bahrain		Kuwait*		Oman*		Qatar		Saudi Arabia		UAE
	Nationals	Non-nationals	Nationals	Non-nationals	Nationals	Non-nationals	Nationals	Non-nationals	Nationals	Non-nationals	Nationals	Non-nationals
0-4	65,093	29,936	157,547	112,124	380,154	52,093	125,565**	367,329**	2,173,955	404,204	N.A.	N.A.
5-9	74,975	29,868	169,685	147,708	404,758	58,001			2,257,680	504,637	N.A.	N.A.
10-14	71,200	23,793	172,018	144,972	315,847	47,821			2,100,003	446,411	N.A.	N.A.
15-19	64,981	17,401	151,698	108,586	235,360	35,605	29,287	63,200	1,858,245	338,455	N.A.	N.A.
20-24	57,811	46,808	131,919	106,727	216,834	156,036	33,177	205,971	1,719,492	896,490	N.A.	N.A.
25-29	58,138	89,287	131,108	326,530	232,951	309,959	28,864	272,310	1,702,262	2,043,453	N.A.	N.A.
30-34	55,082	146,641	101,582	414,153	243,388	395,413	24,956	546,644	1,529,157	2,363,675	N.A.	N.A.
35-39	49,120	150,077	109,179	527,598	225,735	376,383	23,273	377,912	1,354,051	2,110,905	N.A.	N.A.
40-44	44,122	108,247	87,741	475,239	177,060	265,098	13,918	336,756	1,077,993	1,575,884	N.A.	N.A.
45-49	37,203	73,949	74,126	357,536	123,732	162,813	18,412	157,728	785,913	1,039,267	N.A.	N.A.
50-54	32,108	48,363	63,834	257,379	81,588	103,891	12,880	143,634	653,994	734,378	N.A.	N.A.
55-59	32,450	25,995	53,545	158,005	63,740	55,424	13,396	59,089	529,004	466,215	N.A.	N.A.
60-64	27,566	12,555	40,485	76,915	55,665	26,346	11,347	32,649	390,642	257,010	N.A.	N.A.
65-69	19,517	4,762	30,264	34,811	39,879	12,536	6,445	10,651	257,136	111,323	N.A.	N.A.
70-74	11,675	1,607	18,891	15,311	28,460	4,868	3,394	5,642	155,576	49,767	N.A.	N.A.
75-79	6,092	681	12,264	7,291	18,887	2,214	3,925	3,887	110,571	20,921	N.A.	N.A.
80-84	4,064	361	11,190	5,607	23,573	1,738			136,588	19,967	N.A.	N.A.
85+	2,814	351	11,190	5,607	23,573	1,738			136,588	19,967	N.A.	N.A.
Total	714,011	810,682	1,517,076	3,276,492	2,867,611	2,066,239	348,839	2,583,402	18,792,262	13,382,962	N.A.	N.A.

Source: National institutes of statistics

1- Definition:

Non-nationals are:

1- persons bearing nationality of a foreign State other than the GCC State of residence, or bearing no proof of nationality from any given state (stateless persons and holders of refugee status and travel document in a third country);

2- Holders of residence permit residing in the given GCC country at date of census, as per definition of residence used in each of the countries.

N.A: Not Available

*: end of year data.

**: GLMM estimates, based on available data from Qatari official statistical sources.

2- Sources of data:

(1) Bahrain: mid-year estimates of Bahrain’s total resident population (nationals and non-nationals) by age group, based on the results of census 2020.

Source: administrative records (central Population Register)

IGA’s Bahrain Open Data Portal:

https://bahrain.opendatasoft.com/pages/homepage/

https://bahrain.opendatasoft.com/explore/?sort=modified&refine.theme=Population

(2) Kuwait: Estimates based on census 2021 as a base year.

The Kuwaiti population for following years is estimated using natural increase figures (births – deaths) and number of naturalised non-nationals during the year. The non-Kuwaiti population is estimated based on natural increase figures (births – deaths) and net migration (entries – exits).

Source of the births and deaths data (vital statistics records): The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI).

Source of data on arrivals and departures: Ministry of Interior.

CSB website, “Population Estimates” section, “Population Estimates in Kuwait by Age, Nationality and Sex at 1-1-2023” https://www.csb.gov.kw/Pages/Statistics_en?ID=67&ParentCatID=1

(3) Oman: Period of reference: 31/12.

Source of the data: data updated from e-census 2020; based on vital statistics (births and deaths) produced by the Ministry of Health (MOH), and National Registration System (Royal Oman Police).

The civil registration records all Omani and expatriate residents. It is based on the civil status system and is maintained by the General Directorate of Civil Status, a part of the Royal Oman Police.

Since 2004, registration of all vital events taking place in the Sultanate (births, death, marriages and divorces) in the civil register is mandatory for Omanis and foreign residents of the Sultanate.

E-census 2020:

Population data and statistics: methodology explained in publication “Electronic Census System for the E-Census for Population, Residences & Establishments 2020”, especially pp. 15-16; 19-20 https://portal.ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal/indicators/83/viewer

Portal of e-census 2020 and data updates for December 2021 and 2022:

https://portal.ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal /

Data retrieved from e-census portal, datasets building tool:

https://portal.ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal/indicators/261/viewer

(4) Qatar: Disaggregated figures of the total Qatari and non-Qatari populations in Qatar are not readily available in any published source.

The numbers of Qataris and non-Qataris in age group 0-14 are GLMM’s estimates, using:

a. The Annual Bulletin of the Labour Force Survey 2022

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2022/Bulletin_labor_force_2022.xlsx

which gives:

1. the numbers of Qataris and non-Qataris aged 15 and above by sex and five-years age group for 2022.

2. The total resident population in Qatar by sex (not disaggregated by nationality).

b. Qatar Planning and Statistics Authority. Woman and Man in the State of Qatar-A Statistical Profile, 2022,

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/GenrealSocialStatistics/MenWomenProfile/2022/Woman_Man_2022_EN.pdf

which gives:

the percentage distribution of population by broad age group (0-14; 15-64; 65+) for mid-2021, by sex and nationality (last available data on total national and foreign populations’ age structure, as of April 2024).

The two sources were used to estimate the total population by sex and nationality, and the numbers of Qataris and non-Qataris in age group 0-14.

(5) Saudi Arabia: Source of data: Saudi census 2022

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration.

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

(6) UAE: Figures of UAE population disaggregated by age group and nationality are unavailable in published sources, as of April 2024.

Data needed to indirectly estimate the UAE population by nationality are also unavailable for 2022.

For estimates relevant to earlier years, please visit GLMM’s database:

https://gulfmigration.grc.net/glmm-database/demographic-and-economic-module/

Last date of access: April 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Foreign & National Populations

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Saudi Arabia: Employed population (aged 15 and above) by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi), sex and sector of employment (governmental, private; domestic) (Q4, 2023)

	Saudis			Non-Saudis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Government sector	975,529	639,127	1,614,656	94,029	60,036	154,065	1,069,558	699,163	1,768,721
Private sector	1,357,494	943,097	2,300,591	7,671,779	319,900	7,991,679	9,029,273	1,262,997	10,292,270
Domestic sector	0	0	0	2,716,735	1,109,778	3,826,513	2,716,735	1,109,778	3,826,513
Total	2,333,023	1,582,224	3,915,247	10,482,543	1,489,714	11,972,257	12,815,566	3,071,938	15,887,504

Source: Register-Based Labour Market Statistics, General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

1. Data collection methodology and definitions used

LFS were first conducted in 2001 and became bi-annual after 2006. Data were collected through nationally representative household sample surveys, which sampling was based on most recent censuses. Since 2016, Labour Force Surveys have been conducted and published on a quarterly basis, based on the following sources:

1. Household telephone surveys conducted by GAStat.

2. Employment data extracted from administrative records, introduced as a complement to the results of Labour Force Surveys in Labour Market Statistics’ publications, starting on Q1 2017.

Types of data available from GAStat’s labour statistics’ publications, by source:

1. Household Telephone Surveys:

Estimates of labor force, unemployed individuals, and indicators of labor force

2. Administrative records:

– Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD)

(formerly Ministry of Labour and Social Development):

Supplies data on:

Government sector’s workers and Private sector visas.

– General Organization of Social Insurance (GOSI):

Supplies data on:

a. contributors on the job who are subject to social insurance laws and regulations in the private

and government sector (outside the civil service);

b. workers who terminated their contribution to social insurance during the quarter.

– National Information Center (NIC):

Supplies data on:

a. job seekers in the public and private sectors from the data of (Jadara and Sa’ed) in the MHRSD, at (Taqat) portal of the HRDF;

b. government sector and individuals’ visas;

c. numbers of domestic workers.

Figures of workers in Labor Market statistics which were derived from administrative records DO NOT INCLUDE the following categories:

1-Workers in the military and security sectors

2- Workers who are not registered in the civil service and social insurance records, which include:

– Saudis working for their own businesses and are not subjected to the labor regulations, also, not registered in social insurance, such as those who work in delivery through electronic applications;

– Saudi employers who work in establishments and not registered in the social insurance;

– Non-Saudi staff working in foreign international, political or military missions.

3- Non-Saudi employees in the Kingdom for work contracts’ durations below three months.

The present data is taken from administrative records, and refers to the employed population registered in the civil service, GOSI and as domestic worker.

– The public (government) sector includes those subject to civil service regulations and government employees subject to insurance regulations (GOSI);

– The category of domestic workers in Arab states encompasses professions performed within the household, such as maids, cooks, waiters, valets, butlers, laundresses, gardeners, gatekeepers, stable-lads, chauffeurs, caretakers, governesses, babysitters, tutors, secretaries etc.

These professions are classified in the class 9700 of section T of the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (ISIC), Rev. 4.

See: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division. “International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities Revision 4, ” Statistical Papers, Series M No. 4/Rev.4, New York: United Nations, 2008, p. 269

https://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/seriesm/seriesm_4rev4e.pdf.

Definitions and categories used by GAStat in Labour Markets Statistics (employment; unemployment; occupation and activity sectors, etc.) are based on international standards:

For LFS methodology and definitions, see:

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/node/9787

https://database.stats.gov.sa/Methodologies/En_Documents/03_Labor%20Market%20Bulletin%20Methodology,%20Fourth%20Quarter%202020%20_%20General%20Authority%20for%20Statistics.pdf

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

Since 2021, GAStat has been publishing separately the employment data taken from administrative records, and unemployment/inactivity data as well as general indicators, calculated from the results of the field interviews conducted by GAStat (Labour Force Survey).

The present time-series was taken from the Register-based Labour Market Statistics- Q4, 2023

(English and Arabic versions)

https://www.stats.gov.sa/sites/default/files/Register-based%20Labour%20Market%20Statistics-%20Q4%202023%20En.xlsx

https://www.stats.gov.sa/sites/default/files/Register-based%20Labour%20Market%20Statistics-%20Q4%202023Ar.xlsx

Quarterly Register-based Labour Market Statistics reports are accessible from:

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/814

https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/814

Date of access: 15 April 2024.

Keywords: Employment, Female Employment, Saudi Arabia, National & Foreign Labour, Domestic Workers

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Saudi Arabia: Employed population (aged 15 and above) by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi), sex and age group (Q4, 2023)

	Saudis			Non-Saudis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
15-19	45,441	20,664	66,105	31,692	2,750	34,442	77,133	23,414	100,547
20-24	258,194	133,738	391,932	373,914	14,423	388,337	632,108	148,161	780,269
25-29	370,427	265,682	636,109	1,246,360	58,575	1,304,935	1,616,787	324,257	1,941,044
30-34	398,702	274,956	673,658	1,319,863	76,102	1,395,965	1,718,565	351,058	2,069,623
35-39	382,043	253,067	635,110	1,487,124	80,836	1,567,960	1,869,167	333,903	2,203,070
40-44	329,474	234,065	563,539	1,214,630	60,214	1,274,844	1,544,104	294,279	1,838,383
45-49	241,263	200,616	441,879	816,797	36,677	853,474	1,058,060	237,293	1,295,353
50-54	163,590	122,650	286,240	549,382	23,329	572,711	712,972	145,979	858,951
55-59	115,794	62,470	178,264	372,383	14,258	386,641	488,177	76,728	564,905
64-60	19,250	10,296	29,546	205,172	7,036	212,208	224,422	17,332	241,754
65+	8,845	4,020	12,865	148,491	5,736	154,227	157,336	9,756	167,092
Total	2,333,023	1,582,224	3,915,247	7,765,808	379,936	8,145,744	10,098,831	1,962,160	12,060,991
Domestic workers	0	0	0	2,716,735	1,109,778	3,826,513	2,716,735	1,109,778	3,826,513
Total	2,333,023	1,582,224	3,915,247	10,482,543	1,489,714	11,972,257	12,815,566	3,071,938	15,887,504