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GCC: Foreign working-age population by sex and age group (mid-2021)

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Bahrain Kuwait* Oman* Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE
 Males  Females  Males  Females  Males  Females  Males  Females  Males  Females Males Females
 15-19 8,409 7,350 47,045 43,945 16,569 15,171 31,124 24,383 290,033 268,582 N.A. N.A.
 20-24 29,557 10,659 58,796 39,134 69,914 17,364 110,358 47,186 248,511 230,645 N.A. N.A.
 25-29 55,868 27,542 243,517 85,211 222,714 42,773 240,839 61,223 590,908 423,649 N.A. N.A.
 30-34 116,300 34,500 304,960 131,543 288,798 62,400 373,785 81,727 827,188 451,181 N.A. N.A.
 35-39 108,811 32,126 302,034 135,890 256,492 58,520 297,637 59,623 1,361,986 590,636 N.A. N.A.
 40-44 74,925 26,544 280,044 121,228 169,839 43,751 281,574 57,903 1,366,152 541,376 N.A. N.A.
 45-49 53,458 19,150 205,847 92,266 110,697 29,496 146,364 32,855 1,091,448 343,523 N.A. N.A.
 50-54 36,096 12,406 151,150 60,835 72,621 16,655 122,707 21,948 735,903 131,909 N.A. N.A.
 55-59 20,231 7,830 90,286 33,874 39,033 9,357 52,527 13,170 455,271 79,713 N.A. N.A.
 60-64 10,483 4,192 40,568 16,610 18,757 5,082 25,043 5,908 252,924 52,188 N.A. N.A.
Total 514,138 182,299 1,724,247 760,536 1,265,434 300,569 1,681,958 405,926 7,220,324 3,113,402 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: Non-Available

*: 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/ (inaccessible from outside Kuwait since 2019)

 

(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

 

(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) UAE: 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.

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:

Gulf Cooperation Council, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Foreign Labour

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