GCC: National and foreign national populations by aggregated age groups in GCC countries (national statistics, 2005-2015)

    age Nationals  Foreign nationals Total population % foreign nationals
Country date/ period  group numbers % numbers % numbers % in each age group
Bahrain (1) Mid-2014 0-14 201,455 32 68,132 10 269,587 21 25
    15-64 402,778 64 604,588 88 1,007,366 77 60
    65+ 26,511 4 11,098 2 37,609 3 30
Kuwait (2) December 2015 0-14 473,744 36 399,723 14 873,467 21 46
    15-64 784,803 60 2,493,384 85 3,278,187 77 76
    65+ 49,058 4 38,294 1 87,352 2 44
Oman(3) Mid-2015 0-14 837,655 36 90,959 5 928,614 22 10
    15-64 1,406,430 60 1,715,721 95 3,122,151 75 55
    65+ 100,861 4 7,476 0 108,337 3 7
Qatar (4) April 2010 0-14 96,811 40 135,773 9 232,584 14 58
    15-64 138,915 57 1,314,119 90 1,453,034 86 90
    65+ 7,347 3 6,471 0 13,818 1 47
Saudi Arabia (5) April 2010 0-14 5,550,117 30 1,638,196 19 7,188,313 26 23
    15-64 12,629,476 67 6,739,636 80 19,369,112 71 35
    65+ 596,917 3 81,814 1 678,731 2 12
United Arab Emirates (6) December 2005 0-14 313,872 38 486,699 15 800,571 20 61
    15-64 488,592 59 2,780,314 85 3,268,906 80 85
    65+ 21,708 3 13,919 0 35,627 1 39
GCC Total*   0-14 7,473,654 31 2,819,482 15 10,293,136 24 27
    15-64 15,850,994 66 15,647,762 84 31,498,756 74 50
    65+ 802,402 3 159,072 1 961,474 2 17

Sources: national institutes of statistics, latest year or period available as of 20 April 2016.
* Total provides the sum of population numbers at different dates. It is not exactly the total population at any of these dates.

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.

2- Sources of data:
(1) Bahrain Central Informatics Organisation (CIO), CIO’s website, “Statistics” and “Population” sections http://www.data.gov.bh/en/ResourceCenter
(2) Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI), “Population” Bulletin 2015, 31 December 2015
(3) National Centre for Statistical Information (NCSI), Bulletin of Population Statistics n°5, 2015
(4) Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA), Census 2010; http://gulfmigration.eu/population-aged-15-years-and-above-by-sex-10-years-age-groups-and-nationality-qatari-non-qatari-and-total-population-by-sex-and-5-years-age-groups-2010/
(5) Saudi Arabia Central Department for Statistics and Information (CDSI), Census 2010
(6) UAE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Census 2005.

Date of access: 20 April 2016