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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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Population (10 + ) By Educational Status And Age Groups
March 2004
Age Groups Educational Status
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
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
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