Official statistics showed that citizens from one year old to 29 years old outnumber the expatriates; but the number of citizens in the older age groups is lower compared to the expatriates, reports Al-Rai daily. The latest statistical report from the Central Statistics Bureau revealed that 862,171 out of 1,420,836 citizens belong to the age group one to 29 years old or 60 percent of the total; compared to the number of expatriates in the same group – 685,585 out of 2,796,064 or 24.5 percent.
On the other hand, the number of citizens in the older age groups is lower than the expatriates as 105,417 citizens belong to the age group 30 to 34 years old compared to 148,989 expatriates. In the age group 35 to 39 years old, the number of citizens is 89,932 compared to 352,477 expatriates. In the 40s age group, the number of citizens is almost six times that of their expatriate counterparts; as the number of citizens in the 40 to 44 years old group totaled 73,841 compared to 426,758 expatriates and 71,620 citizens in the 45 to 49 years old group compared to 423,968 expatriates.
The situation is almost the same with the 50 to 54 years old group with 60,107 citizens compared to 302,941 expatriates; and the 55 to 59 years old group with 50,639 citizens compared to 200,962 expatriates in which the number of expatriates is four to five times higher than the citizens. The difference is smaller in the older groups, in which the number of expatriates is three times higher than the citizens – 38,667 citizens compared to 126,433 expatriates in the 60 to 64 years old group.
The number of expatriates in the 65 to 69 years old group is 2.5 times higher than the citizens – 28,897 citizens compared to 71,248 expatriates. The figures in the much older age group are almost the same; except the 70 to 74 years old group in which the number of expatriates is almost twice the citizens – 17,661 citizens compared to 33,215 expatriates. In the 75 to 79 years old group; there are 11,089 citizens compared to 13,315 citizens while the 80 years old and above group consists of 10,795 citizens compared to 10,173 expatriates.
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