Elementor #9986
GCC: National and foreign national populations by aggregated age groups in GCC countries (national statistics, 2005-2015)
| age | Nationals | Foreign nationals | Total population | % foreign nationals | |||||
| Country | date/ period | group | numbers | % | numbers | % | numbers | % | in each age group |
| Bahrain (1) | Mid-2014 | 0-14 | 201,455 | 32 | 68,132 | 10 | 269,587 | 21 | 25 |
| 15-64 | 402,778 | 64 | 604,588 | 88 | 1,007,366 | 77 | 60 | ||
| 65+ | 26,511 | 4 | 11,098 | 2 | 37,609 | 3 | 30 | ||
| Kuwait (2) | December 2015 | 0-14 | 473,744 | 36 | 399,723 | 14 | 873,467 | 21 | 46 |
| 15-64 | 784,803 | 60 | 2,493,384 | 85 | 3,278,187 | 77 | 76 | ||
| 65+ | 49,058 | 4 | 38,294 | 1 | 87,352 | 2 | 44 | ||
| Oman(3) | Mid-2015 | 0-14 | 837,655 | 36 | 90,959 | 5 | 928,614 | 22 | 10 |
| 15-64 | 1,406,430 | 60 | 1,715,721 | 95 | 3,122,151 | 75 | 55 | ||
| 65+ | 100,861 | 4 | 7,476 | 0 | 108,337 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Qatar (4) | April 2010 | 0-14 | 96,811 | 40 | 135,773 | 9 | 232,584 | 14 | 58 |
| 15-64 | 138,915 | 57 | 1,314,119 | 90 | 1,453,034 | 86 | 90 | ||
| 65+ | 7,347 | 3 | 6,471 | 0 | 13,818 | 1 | 47 | ||
| Saudi Arabia (5) | April 2010 | 0-14 | 5,550,117 | 30 | 1,638,196 | 19 | 7,188,313 | 26 | 23 |
| 15-64 | 12,629,476 | 67 | 6,739,636 | 80 | 19,369,112 | 71 | 35 | ||
| 65+ | 596,917 | 3 | 81,814 | 1 | 678,731 | 2 | 12 | ||
| United Arab Emirates (6) | December 2005 | 0-14 | 313,872 | 38 | 486,699 | 15 | 800,571 | 20 | 61 |
| 15-64 | 488,592 | 59 | 2,780,314 | 85 | 3,268,906 | 80 | 85 | ||
| 65+ | 21,708 | 3 | 13,919 | 0 | 35,627 | 1 | 39 | ||
| GCC Total* | 0-14 | 7,473,654 | 31 | 2,819,482 | 15 | 10,293,136 | 24 | 27 | |
| 15-64 | 15,850,994 | 66 | 15,647,762 | 84 | 31,498,756 | 74 | 50 | ||
| 65+ | 802,402 | 3 | 159,072 | 1 | 961,474 | 2 | 17 | ||
Sources: national institutes of statistics, latest year or period available as of 20 April 2016.
* Total provides the sum of population numbers at different dates. It is not exactly the total population at any of these dates.
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.
2- Sources of data:
(1) Bahrain Central Informatics Organisation (CIO), CIO’s website, “Statistics” and “Population” sections http://www.data.gov.bh/en/ResourceCenter
(2) Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI), “Population” Bulletin 2015, 31 December 2015
(3) National Centre for Statistical Information (NCSI), Bulletin of Population Statistics n°5, 2015
(4) Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA), Census 2010; http://gulfmigration.eu/population-aged-15-years-and-above-by-sex-10-years-age-groups-and-nationality-qatari-non-qatari-and-total-population-by-sex-and-5-years-age-groups-2010/
(5) Saudi Arabia Central Department for Statistics and Information (CDSI), Census 2010
(6) UAE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Census 2005.
Date of access: 20 April 2016
Saudi Arabia: Work permits granted by economic activity sector (2012)
| Economic activity sector of permit holder | Work permits |
| Agriculture, Forests, Hunting and Fishing | 156,353 |
| Mines, Oil, Gas and Quarries | 14,974 |
| Manufacturing industries | 475,173 |
| Electricity, Gas and Water | 8,534 |
| Construction | 2,696,389 |
| Retails and Hotels | 806,523 |
| Transports and Storage | 169,495 |
| Finance, Insurance, Real estate services and Businesses | 67,972 |
| Collective, Social, and Personal services | 415,682 |
| Non stated | |
| Total | 4,811,095 |
Source: Ministry of Labour
1. Definitions
Classification used for economic activity is adapted from ISIC 3.1
2. Data collection methodology
The issuance of the residency and work permits begins with filing an application with the Ministry of Labor.
After its approval, the Ministry of Labor forwards the application to the Ministry of Interior for the issuance of the residency permit.
3. Institution which provides data
Ministry of Labour
4. Data availability
Published in Ministry of Labour’s Statistical Yearbooks
MoL Yearbooks (in Arabic) are available online at http://portal.mol.gov.sa/ar/Statistics/Pages/default.aspx (all issues since 2004)
2012’s Yearbook:
http://portal.mol.gov.sa/ar/Statistics/Documents/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%20%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%202012%D9%85%20.pdf
Last date of access: July 2015.
test
fgdfgd
[mapsvg id= 3910]
testmappaora
[mapsvg id=3801]
test new map
[mapsvg id= 3424]