National and non-national populations aged 15 and above by sex, and sex ratios in GCC countries (national statistics, latest year or period available)
| Nationals | Non-nationals | Total population | ||||||
| Country | date/ period | sex | numbers | men per 100 women | numbers | men per 100 women | numbers | men per 100 women |
| Bahrain (1) | April 2010 | males | 194.643 | 101 | 447.078 | 293 | 641.721 | 186 |
| females | 192.822 | 152.425 | 345.247 | |||||
| Kuwait (2) | December 2013 | males | 610.545 | 97 | 1.772.413 | 187 | 2.382.958 | 151 |
| females | 631.954 | 950.232 | 1.582.186 | |||||
| Oman(3) | mid-2013 | males | 720.955 | 102 | 1.354.994 | 569 | 2.075.949 | 220 |
| females | 705.865 | 238.153 | 944.018 | |||||
| Qatar (4) | Q4 2013 | males | 89.995 | 99 | 1.314.251 | 493 | 1.404.246 | 393 |
| females | 90.616 | 266.805 | 357.421 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia (5) | January 2013 | males | 6.569.143 | 102 | 5.713.631 | 287 | 12.282.774 | 145 |
| females | 6.469.156 | 1.988.687 | 8.457.843 | |||||
| United Arab Emirates* (6) | mid-2010 | males | 293.981 | 100 | 5.076.366 | 420 | 5.370.347 | 357 |
| females | 293.571 | 1.209.178 | 1.502.749 | |||||
| GCC Total** | males | 8.479.262 | 101 | 15.678.733 | 326 | 24.157.995 | 183 | |
| females | 8.383.984 | 4.805.480 | 13.189.464 | |||||
Sources: national institutes of statistics, latest year available as of November 2013.
* our estimates.
** Total provides the sum of population numbers at different dates between April 2010 and end of 2013. 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.
2- Sources of data:
(1) Bahrain Central Informatics Organisation (CIO), Census 2010;
(2) Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI); http://gulfmigration.eu/kuwait-population-by-nationality-kuwaiti-non-kuwaiti-sex-and-age-group-december-2013/
(3) National Centre for Statistical Information (NCSI), Bulletin of Population Statistics n°3, 2013;
(4) Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA), Quarterly Labor Force Survey Q4 2013. Also available in GLMM database: http://gulfmigration.eu/population-15-years-and-above-by-nationality-qatari-non-qatari-sex-and-age-group-2012/
(5) Saudi Arabia Central Department for Statistics and Information (CDSI), Labour Force Survey 2013 (Round 1); http://gulfmigration.eu/population-aged-15-and-above-by-nationality-saudi-non-saudi-sex-and-education-level-2013/
(6) UAE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), our estimates from: http://www.uaestatistics.gov.ae/EnglishHome/ReportDetailsEnglish/tabid/121/Default.aspx?ItemId=1914&PTID=104&MenuId=1