Saudi Arabia: Working age population (aged 15 and above) by nationality (Saudi/non-Saudi), sex and age group (May 2015)

Age		Saudis			Non-Saudis			Total
group	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
15-19	1,050,956	1,064,519	2,115,475	236,285	219,108	455,393	1,287,241	1,283,627	2,570,868
20-24	1,020,230	1,024,617	2,044,847	249,439	189,598	439,037	1,269,669	1,214,215	2,483,884
25-29	924,827	944,985	1,869,812	471,434	248,924	720,358	1,396,261	1,193,909	2,590,170
30-34	807,581	839,633	1,647,214	912,106	377,718	1,289,824	1,719,687	1,217,351	2,937,038
35-39	698,730	731,399	1,430,129	1,216,840	468,836	1,685,676	1,915,570	1,200,235	3,115,805
40-44	582,648	602,429	1,185,077	997,021	358,765	1,355,786	1,579,669	961,194	2,540,863
45-49	483,249	492,622	975,871	738,665	149,295	887,960	1,221,914	641,917	1,863,831
50-54	384,714	381,643	766,357	469,502	72,913	542,415	854,216	454,556	1,308,772
55-59	299,909	296,156	596,065	272,053	49,388	321,441	571,962	345,544	917,506
60-64	212,810	212,266	425,076	131,673	32,106	163,779	344,483	244,372	588,855
65+	373,715	393,946	767,661	78,379	39,740	118,119	452,094	433,686	885,780
Total	6,839,369	6,984,215	13,823,584	5,773,397	2,206,391	7,979,788	12,612,766	9,190,606	21,803,372

source: Labour Force Survey 2015 (Round 1).

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Sampling frame of LFS 2015 Round 1: Population Census 2010.
Sample size: 33500 households
Reference period: May 2015.
Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) residing in the Kingdom during the period of reference.
The ultimate sampling unit is the household.

The data include:
(a) Person in the labour force: a person aged 15 years and over, employed or unemployed.

(b) Person out of the labour force: A person aged 15 years and over who is not included in the labour force, among which: the persons staying home for domestic activities,
the students, the retired, the self sufficients, the ones unable to enrol in labour, who are not working and do not look for employment for any other reason.

2. Institution which provides data

Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI), Ministry and Economy and Planning

3. Data availability

Surveys conducted since 1999 are available on the website of the CDSI (http://www.cdsi.gov.sa/), in PDF format. Tables are also sometimes available in Excel format.
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/814 (website English version)
https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/814
The technical notes and tables of contents are displayed in the PDF version, in Arabic only. The tables are in both languages.
Since 2007, Statistical Yearbooks have introduced a section on “Labour Statistics”, which presents a selection of tables from Manpower Surveys.
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/46

Date of access: October 2015.