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National populations in the six GCC states (mid-year figures, 2000-2021)

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  Bahrain Kuwait* Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE
2000 398,221 841,790 1,777,685 NA 14,905,300 NA
2001 409,615 870,283 1,826,124 NA 15,275,721 NA
2002 427,246 898,285 1,869,580 NA 15,655,332 NA
2003 445,634 927,686 1,781,558 NA 16,044,362 NA
2004 464,809 956,234 1,802,931 NA 16,443,987 NA
2005 484,806 992,217 1,842,684 NA 16,854,157 NA
2006 505,674 1,023,316 1,883,576 NA 17,270,181 NA
2007 527,433 1,054,598 1,922,697 NA 17,691,336 NA
2008 541,587 1,087,552 1,967,180 NA 18,115,550 NA
2009 558,011 1,118,911 2,017,559 NA 18,543,246 NA
2010 570,687 1,148,363 1,957,336 NA 18,973,615 NA
2011 584,688 1,183,185 2,013,158 NA 19,405,685 NA
2012 599,629 1,212,436 2,092,564 NA 19,838,448 NA
2013 614,830 1,242,499 2,172,002 NA 19,209,753 NA
2014 630,744 1,275,857 2,260,705 NA 19,312,696 NA
2015 647,835 1,307,605 2,344,946 NA 19,692,639 NA
2016 664,707 1,337,693 2,427,825 NA 20,081,582 NA
2017 677,506 1,370,013 2,505,369 NA 20,427,576 NA
2018 689,714 1,403,113 2,579,236 NA 20,768,627 NA
2019 701,827 1,432,045 2,655,144 NA 21,103,198 NA
2020 713,263 1,459,970 2,622,526 NA 21,430,128 NA
2021 719,333 1,488,716 2,766,808 NA 21,690,648 NA

*: end of year figures

NA: No data available as of 2 February 2023.

 

Sources:

(1) Bahrain: Information and EGovernment Authority (IGA), “Documents” section, Population 2021, https://www.data.gov.bh/en/ResourceCenter

Source: administrative records (central Population Register)

 

(2) Kuwait: Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI), Statistics Service System, Population publications, 31/12 issues, given years

https://www.paci.gov.kw/ (inaccessible from outside Kuwait as of 2 February 2023).

 

(3) Oman: National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI), data portal (2000-2020) and NCSI’s homepage, population clock (30 June 2021) https://www.ncsi.gov.om/aboutus/Pages/PopulationClock.aspx.

(4) Qatar: No population data broken down by nationality.

 

(5) Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency (SAMA), Yearly Statistics 2022;

Population estimates by the General Authority for Statistics (GAStat), 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 (General Authority for Statistics)

https://www.sama.gov.sa/en-US/EconomicReports/pages/yearlystatistics.aspx.

(6) UAE: No population data broken down by nationality.

 

Last date of access: 2 February 2023.                                                                      

 

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Keywords:

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

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