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Ageing in the Gulf States
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Second and Third Generation Foreign Residents Born in Kuwait
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The Power of Micro-Level Data: Improving Precision in GCC Policy Design
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Arab Nationals in Saudi Arabia
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Indians in the Gulf: The Migration Question and the Way Forward
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Major Innovations in the Saudi Census 2022
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Migration and Climate Change: The Case of the GCC Countries
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GCC: Are Oil Prices No Longer a Driver of Population Growth?
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Migratory Flows of Russian-speaking Populations to the UAE
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Domestic Workers in the GCC: A Diverse Population
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Qataris Make Up Only a Quarter of All Births
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Five Decades of Semi- and Unskilled Labour Migration from Pakistan
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Saudi Arabia: Changes in Labour Force Structure?
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Explaining the "Demographic Imbalance" in the Gulf States
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Measuring the impact of Covid-19 on migrant workers in the GCC and Jordan
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Layers of Segmentation in GCCs Labour Markets: How Well do Migrant Women Fare?
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Reforming the sponsorship system in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: Opportunities and challenges as a result of COVID-19 and the fiscal crisis
Sophia Kagan and Ryszard Cholewinski*
Fertility Levels, Trends, and Differentials Among Kuwaiti Nationals
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Fertility of Nationals in Qatar - Its Levels, Trends and Differentials in the Early 21st Century
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Empowering Women and Fostering Fertility: Two Conflicting Policy Goals in Qatar?
Philippe Fargues
Literature Survey and Bibliography on Fertility in Qatar and the GCC
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Fertility in Qatar and in Other GCC States: Some Elements of Comparison
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Working and Living Conditions of Low-Income Migrant Workers in the Hospitality and Construction Sectors in the United Arab Emirates
Philippe Fargues, Nasra M. Shah, Imco Brouwer
Working and Living conditions of Low-Income Migrant Workers in the hospitality and construction Sectors in Qatar
Philippe Fargues, Nasra M. Shah, Imco Brouwer
The Legal Framework of the Sponsorship Systems of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A Comparative Examination
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Demography, Migration, and the Labour Market in Kuwait
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Oman’s Legal Framework of Migration
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Demography, Migration, and the Labour Market in Bahrain
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Demography, Migration, and the Labour Market in Oman
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Kuwait’s Legal Framework of Migration
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Demography, Migration and Labour Market in Saudi Arabia
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Qatar’s Legal Framework of Migration
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Migration to the Gulf: Policies in Sending and Receiving Countries
Philippe Fargues, Nasra M. Shah
Saudi Arabia’s Legal Framework of Migration
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Bahrain’s Legal Framework of Migration
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Demography, Migration, and the Labour Market in the UAE
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Possible Impact of Saudi Women Driving on Female Employment and Reliance on Foreign Workers
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Demography, Migration, and the Labour Market in Qatar
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United Arab Emirates’ Legal Framework of Migration
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Wage Protection Systems and Programmes in the GCC
Ray Jureidini
Dangers of Using Aggregated Data for Understanding Socio-Demographic Realities of the Gulf Region
Nasra M. Shah
Skilful Survival: Irregular Migration to the Gulf
Philippe Fargues, Nasra M. Shah
Qatar’s Legal Framework of Migration
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Taxing Remittances: Consequences for Migrant Labour Populations in the GCC Countries
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A Note on Syrian Refugees in the Gulf: Attempting to Assess Data and Policies
Françoise De Bel-Air
The Legal Framework of the Sponsorship Systems of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: a Comparative Examination
Maysa Zahra
Addressing Irregular Migration in the Gulf States
Philippe Fargues, Françoise De Bel-Air, Nasra M. Shah
Demography, Migration, and the Labour Market in Oman
Françoise De Bel-Air
Oman’s Legal Framework of Migration
Maysa Zahra
Demography, Migration, and the Labour Market in the UAE
Françoise De Bel-Air
Demography, Migration, and the Labour Market in Bahrain
Françoise De Bel-Air
United Arab Emirates’ Legal Framework of Migration
Maysa Zahra
Evaluating Financial Literacy training for Migrant Workers in the Gulf
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The Socio- political Background and Stakes of ‘Saudizing’ the Workforce in Saudi arabia: the Nitaqat policy
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Current progress in the Nationalisation programmes in Saudi arabia
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Bahrain’s Legal Framework of Migration
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Ethnography, Anthropology and Migration to the Arabian Peninsula: Themes from an Ethnographic Research Trajectory
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Recent Amnesty Programmes for Irregular Migrants in Kuwait and Saudi arabia: Some Successes and Failures
Nasra M. Shah
Demography, Migration, and Labour Market in Qatar
Françoise De Bel-Air
The Legal Framework of the Sponsorship Systems of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait: a Comparative Examination
Maysa Zahra
Saudi Arabian Investor Class Visas: An Overview
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The Story of Remittance Flows from the GCC Countries
George S. Naufal, Ismail H. Genc
Essential yet Invisible: Migrant Domestic Workers in the GCC
Bina Fernandez
Arab Gulf States: Recruitment of Asian Workers
Ray Jureidini
Arab Gulf States: An Assessment of Nationalisation Policies
Steffen Hertog
Data Discrepancies between the Census and Civil Registration Systems in Kuwait: Reasons, Implications and Solutions
Nasra M. Shah
Demography, Migration and Labour Market in Saudi Arabia
Françoise De Bel-Air
Saudi Arabia’s Legal Framework of Migration
Maysa Zahra
Kuwait’s Legal Framework of Migration
Maysa Zahra
Qatar’s Legal Framework of Migration
Maysa Zahra
The Demographic and Economic Framework of Migration in Kuwait
Françoise De Bel-Air

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Oman: Population by nationality (Omani/ non-Omani), sex and age group (2018)

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Omanis Expatriates Total
Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
0 – 4 201,339 193,006 394,345 17,056 16,293 33,349 218,395 209,299 427,694
5 – 9 165,418 159,972 325,390 15,254 14,458 29,712 180,672 174,430 355,102
10 – 14 122,946 118,769 241,715 11,748 10,944 22,692 134,694 129,713 264,407
15 – 19 110,514 107,073 217,587 9,180 8,034 17,214 119,694 115,107 234,801
20 – 24 117,762 113,540 231,302 107,899 25,162 133,061 225,661 138,702 364,363
25 – 29 125,905 122,600 248,505 364,552 56,083 420,635 490,457 178,683 669,140
30 – 34 117,206 115,224 232,430 397,328 65,671 462,999 514,534 180,895 695,429
35 – 39 94,110 93,627 187,737 288,281 49,176 337,457 382,391 142,803 525,194
40 – 44 66,645 67,005 133,650 185,632 35,649 221,281 252,277 102,654 354,931
45 – 49 44,462 42,279 86,741 132,771 22,561 155,332 177,233 64,840 242,073
50 – 54 32,861 34,053 66,914 81,545 13,538 95,083 114,406 47,591 161,997
55 – 59 28,491 31,290 59,781 47,076 7,799 54,875 75,567 39,089 114,656
60 – 64 20,370 24,865 45,235 23,709 3,472 27,181 44,079 28,337 72,416
65 – 69 15,892 18,463 34,355 5,588 1,700 7,288 21,480 20,163 41,643
70 – 74 12,307 13,517 25,824 1,631 782 2,413 13,938 14,299 28,237
75 – 79 10,178 11,010 21,188 647 393 1,040 10,825 11,403 22,228
80+ 13,335 13,202 26,537 465 393 858 13,800 13,595 27,395
Total 1,299,741 1,279,495 2,579,236 1,690,362 332,108 2,022,470 2,990,103 1,611,603 4,601,706

Source: NCSI
 
 
ANNEXED NOTE
 
1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Reference period: middle of the year.
Original data source: Royal Oman Police.

2. Institution which provides data 

National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI)

3. Data availability

NCSI. Population Statistics, Issue 8, 2018-2019
https://www.ncsi.gov.om/Elibrary/LibraryContentDoc/bar_population2018_ea9a7a9b-65d1-4b2a-856e-093d4406209d.pdf

Last date of access: 11 June 2019.

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