GCC: Foreign populations by sex and five-year age group (mid-2021)

	Bahrain		Kuwait*		Oman*		Qatar		Saudi Arabia
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
0-4	14,775	14,223	56,135	53,590	23,100	21,869	N.A.	N.A.	260,073	240,984
5-9	13,428	13,091	68,530	65,277	26,797	25,304	N.A.	N.A.	369,455	354,872
10-14	11,100	10,582	62,186	58,970	22,327	20,976	N.A.	N.A.	321,032	303,024
15-19	8,409	7,350	47,045	43,945	16,569	15,171	31,124	24,383	290,033	268,582
20-24	29,557	10,659	58,796	39,134	69,914	17,364	110,358	47,186	248,511	230,645
25-29	55,868	27,542	243,517	85,211	222,714	42,773	240,839	61,223	590,908	423,649
30-34	116,300	34,500	304,960	131,543	288,798	62,400	373,785	81,727	827,188	451,181
35-39	108,811	32,126	302,034	135,890	256,492	58,520	297,637	59,623	1,361,986	590,636
40-44	74,925	26,544	280,044	121,228	169,839	43,751	281,574	57,903	1,366,152	541,376
45-49	53,458	19,150	205,847	92,266	110,697	29,496	146,364	32,855	1,091,448	343,523
50-54	36,096	12,406	151,150	60,835	72,621	16,655	122,707	21,948	735,903	131,909
55-59	20,231	7,830	90,286	33,874	39,033	9,357	52,527	13,170	455,271	79,713
60-64	10,483	4,192	40,568	16,610	18,757	5,082	25,043	5,908	252,924	52,188
65-69	4,201	1,856	17,588	7,973	7,075	2,935	5,141	2,686	164,766	72,241
70-74	1,532	816	7,371	4,275	2,134	1,551	2,604	753
75-79	709	461	3,256	2,427	965	835	1,595	1,201
80-84	352	275	1,438	1,268	814	644
85+	621	573	877	1,057	814	644
Total	560,856	224,176	1,941,628	955,373	1,348,646	374,683	1,691,298	410,566	8,335,650	4,084,523

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.

*: end of year data.

2- Sources of data:

(1) Bahrain Open Data Portal, “Documents” section, Population 2021, https://www.data.gov.bh/en/ResourceCenter

Source: administrative records (central Population Register)

(2) Statistics Service System, Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI). Population, June 2021.

https://www.paci.gov.kw/

(3) National Centre for Statistical Information (NCSI). Population Statistics 2021, NCSI, 2022.

https://www.ncsi.gov.om/Elibrary/Pages/LibraryContentView.aspx

(4) Qatar Planning and Statistics Authority, Annual Bulletin of Labour Force 2021

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2021/Annual_Bulletin_Labour_force_2021_AE.xlsx;

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2021/Annual_Bulletin_Labour_force_2021_AE.pdf

No figures of population aged 0-14 disaggregated by nationality available.

(5) Saudi Arabia General Authority for Statistics, population estimates for mid-2021.

Population estimates are based on the results of the Population Censuses (1974, 1992, 2004, 2010), on the Demographic Research Bulletin 2016 (2013-2017), and on administrative records: vital statistics records (births and deaths records) and im/emigration records.

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/43

https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/43

(6) No figures of total (non-disaggregated) population available for 2021, as of 4 December 2022. Figures of UAE population disaggregated by nationality are unavailable in published sources.

Last date of access: December 2022.

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