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Nearly all Qataris profess Islam. Besides ethnic Arabs, much of the population migrated from various nations to work in the country's oil industry. Arabic serves as the official language, but many residents understand English.
Expatriates form the majority of Qatar's residents. The petrochemical industry has attracted people from all around the world. Most of the expatriates come from South Asia and from surrounding non-oil-rich Arab nations. Because the expatriates are overwhelmingly male, Qatar has the most heavily skewed sex ratio in the world, with 1.88 males per female (as of 2006, source: CIA Factbook). This is true to a lesser extent in the other Gulf Arab countries as well.
Population: |
885,359 (July 2006 est.) |
Age structure: |
0-14 years: 23.4% (male 105,546/female 101,371)
15-64 years: 73% (male 446,779/female 199,133)
65 years and over: 3.7% (male 24,059/female 8,471) (2006 est.) |
Median age: |
total: 31.7 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 22.7 years (2006 est.) |
Population growth rate: |
2.5% (2006 est.) |
Birth rate: |
15.56 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
Death rate: |
4.72 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
Net migration rate: |
14.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 2.24 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 2.84 male(s)/female
total population: 1.87 male(s)/female (2006 est.) |
Infant mortality rate: |
total: 18.04 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 73.9 years
male: 71.37 years
female: 76.57 years (2006 est.) |
Total fertility rate: |
2.81 children born/woman (2006 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.09% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
NA |
Nationality: |
noun: Qatari(s)
adjective: Qatari |
Ethnic groups: |
Arab 40%, Indian 18%, Pakistani 18%, Iranian 10%, other 14% |
Religions: |
Muslim 95% |
Languages: |
Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language |
Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89%
male: 89.1%
female: 88.6% (2004 est.) |
Source: The World Factbook, Wikipedia
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