GCC: National and non-national populations by aggregated age groups in GCC countries (national statistics, 2020)
| age
group |
Nationals | Non-nationals | Total population | % non-nationals | ||||||
| Country | date/ period | numbers | % | numbers | % | numbers | % | in each age group | ||
| Bahrain (1) | Mid-2020
|
0-14 | 216,157 | 30 | 83,594 | 11 | 299,751 | 20 | 28 | |
| 15-64 | 457,115 | 64 | 667,285 | 88 | 1,124,400 | 76 | 59 | |||
| 65+ | 39,991 | 6 | 8,062 | 1 | 48,053 | 3 | 17 | |||
| Kuwait (2) | December 2020 | 0-14 | 492,848 | 34 | 385,242 | 12 | 878,090 | 19 | 44 | |
| 15-64 | 901,429 | 62 | 2,773,026 | 86 | 3,674,455 | 79 | 75 | |||
| 65+ | 65,693 | 4 | 52,475 | 2 | 118,168 | 3 | 44 | |||
| Oman (3)
|
December 2020 | 0-14 | 1,052,012 | 38 | 137,692 | 8 | 1,189,704 | 27 | 12 | |
| 15-64 | 1,579,463 | 58 | 1,591,568 | 91 | 3,171,031 | 71 | 50 | |||
| 65+ | 104,491 | 4 | 15,816 | 1 | 120,307 | 3 | 13 | |||
| Qatar (4)
|
End of 2020 | 0-14 | 124,526 | 37 | 274,213 | 11 | 398,739 | 14 | 69 | |
| 15-64 | 201,684 | 59 | 2,193,981 | 88 | 2,395,665 | 85 | 92 | |||
| 65+ | 13,553 | 4 | 13,776 | 1 | 27,329 | 1 | 50 | |||
| Saudi Arabia (5)
|
Mid-2020
|
0-14 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8,556,493 | 24 | NA | |
| 15-64 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 25,334,772 | 72 | NA | |||
| 65+ | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1,122,149 | 3 | NA | |||
Sources: national institutes of statistics.
ANNEXED NOTE
Sources:
- Bahrain Open Data Portal, “Documents” section, Population 2019, https://www.data.gov.bh/en/ResourceCenter
- Statistics Service System, Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI). Population, 31 December 2020.
https://www.paci.gov.kw/ (inaccessible from outside Kuwait as of June 2022).
- National Centre for Statistical Information (NCSI). Population Statistics 2020, Issue 10, 2021.
https://www.ncsi.gov.om/Elibrary/Pages/LibraryContentView.aspx
- 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, Annual Bulletin of Labour Force 2020 (yearly synthesis)
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2020/Annual_Bulletin_Labour_force_2020_AE.xlsx
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.
(last available data on total national and foreign populations’ age structure, as of September 2022)
- These were used to estimate the number of Qataris and non-Qataris aged below 15 years.
- Saudi Arabia General Authority for Statistics (GAStat), population estimates for mid-2020
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/43
(data no longer disaggregated by nationality since 2018).
NA: Not available
- UAE: No data available since 2005.
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