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GCC: Total populations in the six GCC states (mid-year figures, 2000-2021).

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  Bahrain Kuwait* Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE
2000 637,582 2,217,258 2,401,256 613,969 20,476,393  
2001 661,317 2,309,102 2,477,687 643,364 20,979,425  
2002 710,554 2,419,928 2,537,742 676,498 21,494,813  
2003 764,519 2,546,684 2,340,815 713,859 22,022,864  
2004 823,744 2,753,656 2,415,576 798,059 22,563,886  
2005 888,824 2,991,189 2,508,837 906,123 23,329,584  
2006 960,425 3,182,960 2,577,062 1,042,947 24,121,890  
2007 1,039,297 3,399,637 2,743,499 1,218,250 24,941,298  
2008 1,103,496 3,441,813 2,867,428 1,448,479 25,787,025  
2009 1,178,415 3,484,881 3,173,917 1,638,626 26,660,857  
2010 1,228,543 3,582,054 2,773,479 1,715,098 27,563,432 8,264,070
2011 1,195,020 3,697,292 3,295,298 1,732,717 28,376,355 8,394,019
2012 1,208,964 3,823,728 3,623,001 1,832,903 29,195,895 8,526,425
2013 1,253,191 3,965,144 3,855,206 2,003,700 29,380,130 8,661,345
2014 1,314,562 4,091,993 3,992,893 2,216,180 29,997,101 8,798,841
2015 1,370,322 4,239,006 4,159,102 2,437,790 30,890,736 8,938,974
2016 1,423,726 4,411,124 4,414,051 2,617,634 31,787,580 9,121,167
2017 1,501,116 4,500,476 4,559,963 2,724,606 32,612,846 9,304,277
2018 1,503,091 4,621,638 4,601,706 2,760,170 33,413,660 9,366,828
2019 1,483,756 4,776,407 4,617,927 2,799,202 34,218,169 9,503,738
2020 1,472,204 4,670,713 4,481,042* 2,833,679 35,013,414 9,282,410
2021 1,504,365 4,385,717 4,479,373 2,748,162 34,110,821 NA

*: end of year figures

NA: No data available as of 4 October 2022.

 

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 20 October 2022).

(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: Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA), Population and Social Statistics 2021

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Population/Population/2021/Population_social_1_2021_AE.xls

(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: Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC), “Population” section.

https://fcsc.gov.ae/en-us/Pages/Statistics/Statistics-by-Subject.aspx#/%3Fyear=&folder=Demography%20and%20Social/Population/Population&subject=Demography%20and%20Social.

Total resident population: Emiratis+foreign residents holding an UAE ID card, added to the non-resident population (seasonal workers staying less than 1 year).

https://fcsc.gov.ae/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=%2Fen-us%2FLists%2FD_StatisticsSubjectV2%2FAttachments%2F1390%2FSP-15%20Methodology%20for%20Population%20Statistics.pdf

NA: No data available for 2021 as of 4 October 2022.                                                                                                     

Last date of access: 4 October 2022.                                                                       

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