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Qatar: Population aged 15 and above by nationality (Qatari/non-Qatari), sex and relation to labour force (2020)

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Qataris Non-Qataris Total
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
In the labour force Employed 67,148 46,195 113,343 1,644,955 288,408 1,933,363 1,712,103 334,603 2,046,706
Unemployed Unemployed Worked Before 280 183 463 475 1,302 1,777 755 1,485 2,240
Unemployed Never Worked Before 694 990 1,684 381 479 860 1,075 1,469 2,544
Paid trainee 118 29 147 679 480 1,159 797 509 1,306
Total ILF 68,240 47,397 115,637 1,646,490 290,669 1,937,159 1,714,730 338,066 2,052,796
Outside the labour force Student 19,786 28,413 48,199 46,038 45,100 91,138 65,824 73,513 139,337
Homemaker 0 23,641 23,641 0 141,081 141,081 0 164,722 164,722
Retired 11,188 6,915 18,103 0 0 0 11,188 6,915 18,103
Unable to work 481 810 1,291 1,471 817 2,288 1,952 1,627 3,579
Not seeking work 617 998 1,615 10,857 5,795 16,652 11,474 6,793 18,267
Total OLF 32,072 60,777 92,849 58,366 192,793 251,159 90,438 253,570 344,008
Total population 100,312 108,174 208,486 1,704,856 483,462 2,188,318 1,805,168 591,636 2,396,804

Source: census 2020, PSA

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions
Qatar conducted population censuses in 1970, 1986, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2015 (a “simplified” census) and in 2020.
Reference period for census 2020: December 2020.
Implementation method: Census 2020 was based on administrative records, supplemented by an online self-enumeration platform,
completed with field enumeration.
Population of reference: All Qatari and non-Qatari individuals residing in the country at the time of the survey.

2. Institution which provides data

Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA)
(https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx;
https://www.psa.gov.qa/ar/pages/default.aspx).

3. Data availability

Census 2020′ website:
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/Census2020/Pages/default.aspx;
https://www.psa.gov.qa/ar/statistics1/statisticssite/census/census2020/pages/default.aspx
Detailed results of the Census of Population, Housing and Establishments (December 2020) (Excel and PDF formats)
https://bit.ly/cenfinalx
https://bit.ly/cenfinal
Main results of the General Census of Population, Housing and Establishments 2020
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/census2020/res/Documents/Census_2020_Res_Summary_En.pdf
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/census2020/res/Documents/Census_2020_Res_Summary_Ar.pdf

Date of access: August 2022.

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