GCC: National 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	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.

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Keywords:

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