date/ period	Total population	date/ period	Nationals	Foreign nationals	% in total population
Country						Nationals	Foreign nationals
Bahrain (1)	mid-2014	1,314,562	mid-2014	630,744	683,818	48.0	52.0
Kuwait (2)	31 March 2016	4,294,171	31 March 2016	1,316,147	2,978,024	30.6	69.4
Oman (3)	20 April 2016	4,419,193	20 April 2016	2,412,624	2,006,569	54.6	45.4
Qatar (4)	April  2015	2,404,776	April  2010	243,019	2,161,757	10.1	89.9
Saudi Arabia (5)	mid-2014	30,770,375	mid-2014	20,702,536	10,067,839	67.3	32.7
United Arab Emirates (6)	mid-2010	8,264,070	mid-2010	947,997	7,316,073	11.5	88.5
Total*		51,467,147		26,253,067	25,214,080	51.0	49.0

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.

Figures for Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are estimates.

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), Homepage as of 20 April 2016, http://www.paci.gov.kw/en/
(3) National Centre for Statistical Information (NCSI), homepage as of 20 April 2016, http://www.ncsi.gov.om/NCSI_website/N_default.aspx;
(4) Qatar Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, census 2015 (total population); Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA), Census 2010, http://gulfmigration.eu/population-by-nationality-qatari-non-qatari-census-1970-2010/;
(5) Saudi Arabia Central Department for Statistics and Information (CDSI), estimates. http://www.cdsi.gov.sa/
(6) UAE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), estimates. http://www.uaestatistics.gov.ae/EnglishHome/ReportDetailsEnglish/tabid/121/Default.aspx?ItemId=1914&PTID=104&MenuId=1

Date of access: 20 April 2016

 

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