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Qatar: Non-Qatari population aged 10 and above by sex, 10-year age group and education level (census 2020)

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Non-Qatari males 10-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total
Illiterate 6 1,172 6,336 6,236 2,560 609 177 17,096
Reads and writes / Night school 10,255 17,649 71,266 53,922 23,682 5,447 2,029 184,250
Primary 36,468 30,305 109,402 88,832 35,105 9,007 1,358 310,477
Preparatory / Vocational 0 52,886 135,827 111,307 43,728 12,567 2,382 358,697
Secondary / Post. Secondary 0 51,015 154,229 122,579 53,902 16,760 2,771 401,256
University and above 0 24,735 179,031 162,818 77,717 29,009 6,499 479,809
Total males 46,729 177,762 656,091 545,694 236,694 73,399 15,216 1,751,585
Non-Qatari females 10-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total
Illiterate 8 10 35 41 38 74 118 324
Reads and writes / Night school 9,702 127 1,335 1,607 769 269 591 14,400
Primary 34,539 4,414 19,322 18,704 8,145 2,388 776 88,288
Preparatory / Vocational 0 25,084 35,789 32,600 12,505 3,845 1,482 111,305
Secondary / Post. Secondary 0 24,394 38,159 27,878 12,492 4,953 2,036 109,912
University and above 0 9,359 88,260 69,473 26,829 7,883 1,678 203,482
Total females 44,249 63,388 182,900 150,303 60,778 19,412 6,681 527,711
Non-Qataris (total) 10-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total
Illiterate 14 1,182 6,371 6,277 2,598 683 295 17,420
Reads and writes / Night school 19,957 17,776 72,601 55,529 24,451 5,716 2,620 198,650
Primary 71,007 34,719 128,724 107,536 43,250 11,395 2,134 398,765
Preparatory / Vocational 0 77,970 171,616 143,907 56,233 16,412 3,864 470,002
Secondary / Post. Secondary 0 75,409 192,388 150,457 66,394 21,713 4,807 511,168
University and above 0 34,094 267,291 232,291 104,546 36,892 8,177 683,291
Grand total 90,978 241,150 838,991 695,997 297,472 92,811 21,897 2,279,296

 

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.

 

  1. 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)

 

  1. Data availability

 

Data reprocessed from the Detailed Results of the Census of Population, Housing and Establishments (December 2020).

Census portal and page:

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/Census2020/results/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=General&child=Census

Presents main results and detailed results of the census (Excel and PDF formats)

 

Date of access: October 2023

 

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

 

Keywords: Qatar, Foreign Population, Education

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