Bahrain		Kuwait*		Oman*		Qatar		Saudi Arabia		UAE
	Nationals	Non-nationals	Nationals	Non-nationals	Nationals	Non-nationals	Nationals	Non-nationals	Nationals	Non-nationals	Nationals	Non-nationals
15-19	65,131	15,759	149,268	90,990	227,832	31,740	27,939	55,507	1,846,634	558,615	N.A.	N.A.
20-24	60,117	40,216	131,548	97,930	216,648	87,278	32,216	157,544	2,072,516	479,156	N.A.	N.A.
25-29	59,118	83,410	128,715	328,728	240,436	265,487	28,769	302,062	2,068,030	1,014,557	N.A.	N.A.
30-34	55,354	150,800	109,945	436,503	240,680	351,198	21,730	455,512	1,877,577	1,278,369	N.A.	N.A.
35-39	49,355	140,937	98,890	437,924	219,904	315,012	19,206	357,260	1,677,696	1,952,622	N.A.	N.A.
40-44	44,150	101,469	82,386	401,272	169,599	213,590	15,702	339,477	1,357,837	1,907,528	N.A.	N.A.
45-49	36,076	72,608	71,942	298,113	114,285	140,193	15,753	179,219	1,153,834	1,434,971	N.A.	N.A.
50-54	33,030	48,502	61,855	211,985	76,267	89,276	15,127	144,655	925,199	867,812	N.A.	N.A.
55-59	33,050	28,061	51,605	124,160	62,243	48,390	13,623	65,697	727,311	534,984	N.A.	N.A.
60-64	26,884	14,675	38,425	57,178	52,032	23,839	9,884	30,951	504,441	305,112	N.A.	N.A.
Total	462,265	696,437	924,579	2,484,783	1,619,926	1,566,003	199,949	2,087,884	14,211,075	10,333,726	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 & Foreign Labour, National Labour, Foreign Labour

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