QATARI			NON-QATARI			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
2006	38,684	19,447	58,131	415,235	57,767	473,002	453,919	77,214	531,133
2007	40,322	21,223	61,545	686,430	79,608	766,038	726,752	100,831	827,583
2008	42,770	24,815	67,585	1,002,388	97,928	1,100,316	1,045,158	122,743	1,167,901
2009	45,242	25,402	70,644	1,092,844	97,983	1,190,827	1,138,086	123,385	1,261,471
2010*	46,168	24,908	71,076	1,070,973	128,134	1,199,107	1,117,141	153,042	1,270,183
2011	49,228	25,145	74,373	1,068,083	127,789	1,195,872	1,117,311	152,934	1,270,245
2012	55,609	26,992	82,601	1,117,577	140,404	1,257,981	1,173,186	167,396	1,340,582
2013	60,877	30,256	91,133	1,284,838	163,169	1,448,007	1,345,715	193,425	1,539,140
2014	62,202	31,282	93,484	1,419,940	173,247	1,593,187	1,482,142	204,529	1,686,671
2015	64,101	34,322	98,423	1,628,620	226,395	1,855,015	1,692,721	260,717	1,953,438
2016	65,023	36,394	101,417	1,716,529	234,467	1,950,996	1,781,552	270,861	2,052,413

Source:  Labour Force Sample Surveys, 2006 to 2009 and 2011 to 2016; *: census 2010
 
 
ANNEXED NOTE
 
1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Census 2010:
 
Reference period for census 2010: the night of April 21st, 2010.
Implementation method: census is based on de jure method; i.e. registering people according to their usual place of residence at time of census.
Populations in transit or visiting Qatar as tourists, as well as residents of public housing or visitors staying in a household for less than two months after night of reference were excluded.
Populations away from usual residence in Qatar for reasons of duty, or on a visit abroad for less than two months, as well as individuals with no personal housing within Qatar staying
with a household for more than two months, are counted in their usual/ present residence during census night.
Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) present within the State’s borders during time of reference, including in labour camps.

Labour force Sample Surveys: 

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.
In 2013, the Survey was conducted on a quarterly basis.

Labor Force	Sampling	Sample size		Reference
Sample Surveys	frame	(households)	individuals	period
2006	based on independent samples drawn from distinct frames of specially constructed PSUs	5,492	31,439	March 2006
2007	nd	5,492	31,439	October 2007
2008	nd	6,104	nd	December 2008
2009	nd	6,109	35,839	October 2009
2011	nd	6,920	35,839	March 2011
2012	Census 2010	6,895	37,629	April 2012
2013	Census 2010	c. 7000	n.d.	Quarterly
2014	Census 2010	8,351	53,363	Quarterly
2015	Census 2010	6,953	44,756	Quarterly
2016	Census 2010	9,199	60,016	Quarterly

Reference period for the labor force data: the week prior to the reference date for data collection.
Population of reference: all Qatari and non-Qatari households of the following types: i. Qatari households; ii. Non-Qatari households;

iii. Small labor gatherings; iv. Large labor gatherings, present in Qatar on the night of survey/ periods of reference
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.

 Employed population:
Persons aged 15 years an above, who during the week preceding the survey:
a) Perform a work for a wage, salary, profits or household gains, whether it was in cash or in kind.
b) Are temporarily not employed, however, they still have an official relation with their work

 2. Institution which provides data 

Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics
(http://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/pages/default.aspx)

 3. Data availability 

The Statistics Authority conducted the first labour Force Sample Survey in 2001. Starting from 2006, the execution of these surveys came to be on annual basis.
Quarterly publications of Labour Force Surveys’ data are also available since 2012.
2015′ and earlier Labour Force Surveys can be downloaded from MDPS’s website, in PDF and Excel format:
http://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=Social&child=LaborForce

Last date of access: May 2018.

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