Population 15 years and above by nationality (Qatari/ non-Qatari), sex and age group (2012)

		QATARIS			NON-QATARIS		TOTAL
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
15 – 19	11,602	14,341	25,943	25,711	26,914	52,625	37,313	41,255	78,568
20 – 24	12,076	12,276	24,352	128,790	34,158	162,948	140,866	46,434	187,300
25 – 29	9,992	9,579	19,571	223,859	43,825	267,684	233,851	53,404	287,255
30 – 34	9,859	8,908	18,767	228,707	41,974	270,681	238,566	50,882	289,448
35 – 39	7,670	7,631	15,301	181,631	31,069	212,700	189,301	38,700	228,001
40 – 44	7,966	7,228	15,194	149,355	25,674	175,029	157,321	32,902	190,223
45 – 49	6,147	6,904	13,051	95,857	16,525	112,382	102,004	23,429	125,433
50 – 54	6,475	5,250	11,725	60,782	11,517	72,299	67,257	16,767	84,024
55 – 59	4,026	4,206	8,232	30,269	6,659	36,928	34,295	10,865	45,160
60 – 64	2,717	2,954	5,671	10,643	3,443	14,086	13,360	6,397	19,757
>65	4,253	3,953	8,206	9,419	3,745	13,164	13,672	7,698	21,370
Total Q.	82,783	83,230	166,013	1,145,023	245,503	1,390,526	1,227,806	328,733	1,556,539

Source: Labour Force Bulletin 2012

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Sampling frame of LFB 2012: Population Census 2010.

Sample size: 6895 households and 37629 individuals from: 1- Qatari households; 2- Non-Qatari regular (non-collective) households; 3- Non-Qatari small collective households (2 – 6 persons); 4- Non-Qatari large collective households (7 persons or more).

Reference period for data collection: April 2012.

Population of reference: all Qatari and non-Qatari households present in Qatar on the night of survey, living in normal and collective households.

The collective households are a group of persons not related to each other and sharing living conditions in a residential unit, I.e. labor camps, students living boarding schools, nurses in hospitals… etc. The survey covered the small collective households (includes less than 7 persons) and large collective households (includes 7 persons or more).

The survey did not cover short periods accommodation, i.e. hotels.

2. Institution which provides data

Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA)

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3. Data availability

The Statistics Authority conducted the first labor Force Sample Survey in 2001. Starting from 2006, the execution of these surveys came to be on annual basis.

Most Labour Force Surveys and publications related to the labour force are available on QSA’s website, in PDF format and can be downloaded from:

https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=Social&child=LaborForce

Annual Bulletin of the Labour Force survey 2012 is available in PDf and Excel formats:

https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=Social&child=LaborForce

See also Qatar Information Exchange, an interactive data base compiling data on the labour force taken from available surveys:

http://www.qix.gov.qa/portal/page/portal/qix/subject_area/Statistics?subject_area=183

Date of access: September 2013.