Evolution of population figures, share of non-nationals and demographic growth rates in GCC countries since the 1970’s (national statistics, 1970-2010)

	Absolute numbers			%	%
Country			Total	Percentage of	Intercensal annual growth rates
	Nationals	Non-nationals	population	non-nationals	Nationals	Foreigners
Bahrain(a)
1971	178.193	37.885	216.071	17,5
1991	323.305	184.732	508.037	36,4	3,0	7,9
2001	405.667	244.937	650.604	37,6	2,3	2,8
2010	568.399	666.172	1.234.571	54,0	3,7	11,1
Kuwait(b)
1975(c)	307.755	687.082	994.837	69,1
1990	578.511	1.573.169	2.151.680	73,1	4,2	5,5
1993	657.493	988.134	1.645.627	60,0	4,3	-15,5
2000	841.790	1.375.468	2.217.258	62,0	3,5	4,7
2010	1.148.363	2.433.691	3.582.054	67,9	3,1	5,7
Oman(d)
1975(e)	822.503	75.328	897.831	8,4
1993	1.465.000	535.000	2.000.000	26,8	3,2	10,9
2003	1.781.558	559.257	2.340.815	23,9	2,0	0,4
2010	1.957.336	816.143	2.773.479	29,4	1,3	5,4
Qatar(f)
1970	45.039	66.094	111.133	59,5
1997	151.673	384.801	536.474	71,7	4,5	6,5
2004	192.586	605.475	798.061	75,9	3,4	6,5
2010	243.073	1.456.362	1.699.435	85,7	3,9	14,6
Saudi Arabia(g)
1974	6.218.361	791.105	7.009.466	11,3
1992	12.310.053	4.638.335	16.948.388	27,4	3,8	9,8
2004	16.529.302	6.150.922	22.680.224	27,1	2,5	2,4
2010*	18.707.576	8.429.401	27.136.977	31,1	2,1	5,3
United Arab Emirates(h)
1975	201.544	356.343	557.887	63,9
1995	587.330	1.823.711	2.411.041	75,6	5,3	8,2
2005	825.495	3.280.932	4.106.427	79,9	3,4	5,9
2010(i)	947.997	7.316.073	8.264.070	88,5	2,8	16,0
GCC total
1970-1975	7.773.395	2.013.837	9.787.225	20,6
1990-1995	15.494.854	8.554.713	24.049.567	35,6	3,4	7,2
2000-2005	20.576.398	12.216.991	32.793.389	37,3	2,8	3,6
2010	23.572.744	21.117.842	44.690.586	47,3	2,3	9,1

Sources: national institutes of statistics.

* preliminary results.

ANNEXED NOTE

1- Definition:

Non-nationals counted above 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- residents in the given GCC country at date of census, as per definition of residence used in each of the countries.

2- Sources and availability of data:

Bahrain:

(a)National census data, given years.

http://www.cio.gov.bh/CIO_ENG/SubDetailed.aspx?subcatid=604

Kuwait

– (b)Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)

Available in GLMM database:

http://gulfmigration.eu/kuwait-population-by-nationality-kuwaiti-non-kuwaiti-1990-2013/

– (c)National census data for 1975.

http://www.csb.gov.kw/Socan_Statistic_EN.aspx

Oman: