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

	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.

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Keywords:

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