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POPULATION OF QATAR

Population size and its distribution as reflected by age and sex structures and geographical distribution, together with the characteristics related to educational and marital status are essential date for the setting up of economic and social development plans.

This page contains data related to size and distribution of population by age groups, sex as well as population density per zone and municipality as given by 2004 census.

The page also covers data related to education status, marital status and distribution of manpower into economically active and inactive persons. The down below links also covers data of handicapped persons.

The source of information presented in this page is the population and housing census carried out by C.S.O. in March 2004 in comparison with population census 1997.

Population By Municipality And Age Groups March 2004
Age Groups	Total	Mesaieed	Jeryan Al Betna	Al Jemailya	Al Ghuwairiya	Al Shamal	Al Khor	Umm Salal	Al Wakra	Al Rayyan	Doha
0	11555	101	39	79	14	70	203	598	867	4161	5423
1-4	46993	333	226	633	47	273	1357	2349	2765	17076	21934
5-9	56234	357	253	732	85	295	1510	2775	3167	20987	26073
10-14	52836	275	250	639	81	339	1323	2735	2876	19999	24319
15 - 19	42191	318	213	433	78	279	887	2457	2324	17086	18116
20 - 24	59567	1188	555	653	150	380	2345	2736	2471	25738	23351
25 - 29	84053	1642	1178	1131	361	554	4041	3684	3203	32665	35594
30 - 34	94809	2216	1132	1548	221	670	4380	4105	3584	35540	41413
35 - 39	85397	2061	970	1339	295	601	5076	3315	3068	29871	38801
40 - 44	75877	1769	646	1407	248	535	3707	2703	2764	27406	34692
45 - 49	59119	1113	547	734	221	352	3598	1596	1881	19244	29833
50 - 54	37353	765	333	512	181	270	1904	1151	1063	11347	19827
55 - 59	19875	425	197	239	94	125	665	505	599	5619	11407
60 - 64	9127	102	58	119	33	79	323	390	326	2793	4904
65 - 69	4309	0	41	49	19	52	116	232	224	1578	1998
70 - 74	2544	9	21	31	22	9	47	151	132	924	1198
75 - 79	1146	0	9	16	9	13	39	76	72	337	575
80 +	1044	0	10	9	0	19	26	47	55	489	389
Total	744029	12674	6678	10303	2159	4915	31547	31605	31441	272860	339847

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Economically Active Population (15 +) By Occupation And Economic Activity March 2004
Economic Activity	Occupation
Economic Activity	Elementary Occupation	Machine Operators	Craft & Trades	Agricultural Workers	Service & Sales Workers	Clerks	Technicians	Professionals	Legislators & Managers
Agriculture, Hunting And Forestry	5636	610	193	3183	64	113	33	366	2
Fishing	42	627	23	1105	26	0	0	0	2
Mining And Quarrying	2110	1276	2757	0	931	2177	2999	5229	518
Manufacturing	4001	3751	22892	0	1473	2387	2586	2337	611
Electricity, Gas, And Water Supply	397	334	1063	0	126	688	880	822	54
Construction	31338	12926	55747	0	1937	3674	2915	6619	1893
Wholesale And Retail Trade, Repair Of Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles And Personal And Hou	5330	4803	12020	0	15166	4668	5086	4380	2985
Hotels And Restaurants	1049	648	546	0	6188	1000	220	440	189
Transport, Storage And Communications	986	4787	1180	0	1737	2644	1789	1649	446
Financial Intermediation	272	12	21	0	51	1768	386	1560	696
Real Estate, Renting And Business Activities	3406	1021	945	0	1354	1016	1197	2249	670
Public Administration	15905	2924	2629	0	5841	10040	7221	7029	1849
Education	1202	518	163	0	243	1441	1098	14362	850
Health And Social Work	523	194	238	0	410	1458	4715	3841	175
Other Community, Social And Personal Services	2852	662	487	0	1640	886	1517	1856	230
Domestic Services	33382	15470	530	0	3674	151	102	49	0
Regional And International Organizations And Bodies	24	77	0	0	77	456	33	160	344
Total	108455	50640	101434	4288	40938	34567	32777	52948	11514

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Population (10 + ) By Educational Status And Age Groups March 2004
Age Groups	Educational Status
Age Groups	Total	Un Specified Level	Ph.D.	M.A. / M.Sc.	Higher Diploma	University	Diploma	Secondary	Preparatory	Primary	Read & Write	Illiterate
10 - 14	52836	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3270	22811	26031	724
15 - 19	42191	0	0	0	0	0	157	7387	23381	8813	1671	782
20 - 24	59567	6	0	1	125	4797	1699	21232	12116	6288	9934	3369
25 - 29	84053	18	43	246	272	16292	3839	17012	13410	8069	19178	5674
30 - 34	94809	20	61	526	287	17798	4979	16552	13818	8710	24541	7517
35 - 39	85397	25	202	705	723	17303	4269	12411	11623	7180	21870	9086
40 - 44	75877	10	255	693	450	14201	3710	11184	9660	7570	19195	8949
45 - 49	59119	4	320	521	239	10328	2965	8271	7595	5953	14884	8039
50 - 54	37353	5	402	400	302	6247	1587	5092	4111	3316	9080	6811
55 - 59	19875	3	245	248	146	3279	822	2063	1820	1498	4739	5012
60 - 64	9127	1	104	122	66	1424	198	858	652	826	1829	3047
65 - 69	4309	0	26	2	3	362	64	291	133	381	798	2249
70 - 74	2544	0	3	0	2	245	6	92	57	94	448	1597
75 +	2190	1	31	0	1	16	24	130	46	69	382	1490
Total	629247	93	1692	3464	2616	92292	24319	102575	101692	81578	154580	64346

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POPULATION AND THEIR PERCENTAGES BY MUNICIPALITY MARCH 1986- MARCH 1997- MARCH 2004
Municipality	March 1986		March 1997		March 2004
Municipality	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Doha	217294	58.9	264009	50.6	339000	45.6
AL Rayyan	91996	24.9	169774	32.5	273000	36.7
AL Wakra	17245	4.7	24283	4.7	31000	4.2
Umm Slal	11161	3.0	18392	3.5	32000	4.3
AL Khor	8993	2.4	17793	3.4	32000	4.3
AL Shamal	4380	1.2	4059	0.8	5000	0.7
AL Ghuwiairiya	1629	0.4	1716	0.3	2000	0.3
AL Jemailiya	7217	2.0	9836	1.9	11000	1.4
Jaryan AL batna	2727	0.7	4521	0.9	7000	0.9
Mesaieed	6437	1.7	7640	1.5	12000	1.6
Total	369079	100.0	522023	100.0	744000	100.0

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Economically Active Population (15 +) By Employment Status and Age Groups March 2004
Age Groups	Employment Status
Age Groups	Total	Other	Employee	Own Account Worker	Employer
15 - 19	2304	0	2283	21	0
20 - 24	36035	0	35920	26	89
25 - 29	69757	24	69299	148	286
30 - 34	81836	10	81151	195	480
35 - 39	74483	26	73735	361	361
40 - 44	65486	19	64662	336	469
45 - 49	51351	19	50487	357	488
50 - 54	31556	24	31143	102	287
55 - 59	15720	0	15295	215	210
60 - 64	5967	19	5738	77	133
65 - 69	1818	0	1714	28	76
70 - 74	880	0	800	30	50
75 +	368	19	277	8	64
Total	437561	160	432504	1904	2993

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Sources & links:
Qatar Economic Review 2005, Qatar National Bank
The Planning Council
Qatar Census 2004