Qatar Economic Outlook Issue Number 13

Qatar Economic Outlook 2021 - 2023 
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Evolution of Qatar’s Population 
Censuses
During the past four decades, the State of 
Qatar has witnessed an economic and social 
development renaissance, accompanied by 
a massive increase in the population, which 
increased by more than 650% during the 
period 1986 - 2020 (see box (1-9)).
The data of general census for population, 
housing and establishments 2020 the State 
of Qatar revealed that the total population 
amounted to some 2.846 million people; the 
proportion of males constituted 71%, while 
the percentage of females was 29% - a 
gender imbalance indicative of the large 
number of foreign low-skilled laborers 
resident in the country. Compared to the 
2010 census, the total population increased 
by 67.5%, wherein the number of males 
increased by 58.4% and females by 95.7%; 
Of the total growth rate (67.5%) of total 
population, the increase in males contributed 
by 44.1 percentage points, while the increase 
of females contributed by 23.4 percentage 
points. The increase is also reflected in 
population growth in the municipalities of Al 
Rayyan and Doha by 25.5 and 22.9 
percentage points, respectively.
The number of the economically active 
population (15 years and above) reached 
about 2.05 million; the percentage of Qataris 
constituted 5.6%, while the percentage of 
non-Qataris was 94.4%. Compared to the 
2010 census, the total number of 
economically 
active 
individuals 
has 
increased by 61.3%: the number of Qataris 
increased by 59.2% and non-Qataris by 
61.4%. Here, the increase of Qataris 
contributed by 3.3 percentage points, while 
the increase of non-Qataris contributed by 
57.9 percentage points of the total growth 
rate (61.3%)
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. The increase also came from 
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For more information Box (2-5) in Part2 
the growth of unskilled and semi-skilled non-
Qatari workers by 16.9 percentage points