GCC: National and non-national populations by aggregated age groups in GCC countries (national statistics, 2019)
| Nationals | Non-nationals | Total population | % non-nationals | ||||||||
| Country | date/ period | age group | numbers | % | numbers | % | numbers | % | in each age group | ||
| Bahrain (1)
|
Mid-2019
|
0-14 | 216,771 | 31 | 82,378 | 11 | 299,149 | 20 | 28 | ||
| 15-64 | 448,356 | 64 | 692,043 | 89 | 1,140,399 | 77 | 61 | ||||
| 65+ | 36,700 | 5 | 7,508 | 1 | 44,208 | 3 | 17 | ||||
| Kuwait (2)
|
December 2019
|
0-14 | 492,035 | 34 | 394,255 | 12 | 886,290 | 19 | 44 | ||
| 15-64 | 877,753 | 61 | 2,900,582 | 87 | 3,778,335 | 79 | 77 | ||||
| 65+ | 62,257 | 4 | 49,525 | 1 | 111,782 | 2 | 44 | ||||
| Oman (3)
|
Mid-2019
|
0-14 | 1,004,909 | 38 | 90,599 | 5 | 1,095,508 | 24 | 8 | ||
| 15-64 | 1,542,141 | 58 | 1,859,672 | 95 | 3,401,813 | 74 | 55 | ||||
| 65+ | 108,094 | 4 | 12,512 | 1 | 120,606 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Qatar (4)
|
End of 2019 | 0-14 | 118,883 | 37 | 270,590 | 11 | 389,473 | 14 | 69 | ||
| 15-64 | 193,431 | 60 | 2,174,777 | 88 | 2,368,208 | 85 | 92 | ||||
| 65+ | 12,080 | 4 | 12,308 | 1 | 24,388 | 1 | 50 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia (5) | Mid-2019
|
0-14 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8,389,963 | 25 | NA | ||
| 15-64 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 24,729,055 | 72 | NA | ||||
| 65+ | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1,099,151 | 3 | NA | ||||
Sources: national institutes of statistics.
ANNEXED NOTE
Sources:
(1) Bahrain Open Data Portal, “Documents” section, Population 2019, https://www.data.gov.bh/en/ResourceCenter
(2) Statistics Service System, Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI). Population, 31 December 2019.
https://www.paci.gov.kw/ (inaccessible from outside Kuwait as of June 2022).
(3) National Centre for Statistical Information (NCSI). Population Statistics 2019, Issue 9, 2020.
(4) Total figures of Qataris and non-Qataris residing in Qatar are not readily available in any published source.
The present figures are GLMM’s estimates, using:
- Qatar Planning and Statistics Authority, 2019 Annual Bulletin of Labour Force (yearly synthesis)
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2019/Annual_Bulletin_Labour_force_2019_AE.xls
which gave the numbers of Qataris and non-Qataris aged 15 and above, by five-year age-group;
- 2020’ Woman and Man in the State of Qatar-A Statistical Profile,
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/GenrealSocialStatistics/MenWomenProfile/2020/Woman_Man_2020_EN.pdf
which gave the percentage distribution of population by sex and broad age group for each nationality (Qataris and non-Qataris), by mid-2019.
- These were used to estimate the number of Qataris and non-Qataris aged below 15 years.
(5) Saudi Arabia General Authority for Statistics (GAStat), population estimates for mid-2019
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/43
NA: Not available
(data no longer disaggregated by nationality since 2018).
(6) UAE: No data available since 2005.
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