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GCC: National 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 33,322 31,809 75,620 73,648 115,743 112,089 13,505 14,434 951,818 894,816 N.A. N.A.
 20-24 31,083 29,034 66,968 64,580 110,010 106,638 17,262 14,954 1,074,376 998,140 N.A. N.A.
 25-29 30,448 28,670 64,791 63,924 122,117 118,319 14,286 14,483 1,041,974 1,026,056 N.A. N.A.
 30-34 28,301 27,053 53,845 56,100 121,672 119,008 11,483 10,247 936,104 941,473 N.A. N.A.
 35-39 25,011 24,344 47,090 51,800 110,982 108,922 8,579 10,627 856,123 821,573 N.A. N.A.
 40-44 22,309 21,841 38,634 43,752 84,653 84,946 6,933 8,769 684,143 673,694 N.A. N.A.
 45-49 17,990 18,086 33,400 38,542 57,853 56,432 6,876 8,877 593,073 560,761 N.A. N.A.
 50-54 16,175 16,855 28,444 33,411 38,105 38,162 7,678 7,449 474,238 450,961 N.A. N.A.
 55-59 15,956 17,094 23,497 28,108 30,373 31,870 6,284 7,339 377,003 350,308 N.A. N.A.
 60-64 13,195 13,689 16,613 21,812 23,865 28,167 4,767 5,117 258,833 245,608 N.A. N.A.
Total 233,790 228,475 448,902 475,677 815,373 804,553 97,653 102,296 7,247,685 6,963,390 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, National Labour

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