Age groups	Qataris			Non-Qataris			Total
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Illiterate	425	1,566	1,991	17,096	324	17,420	17,521	1,890	19,411
Read and Write \ Night School	10,532	11,864	22,396	184,250	14,400	198,650	194,782	26,264	221,046
Primary	16,375	15,694	32,069	310,477	88,288	398,765	326,852	103,982	430,834
Preparatory \ Vocational	18,131	16,316	34,447	358,697	111,305	470,002	376,828	127,621	504,449
Secondary \ Post. Secondary	30,973	40,989	71,962	401,256	109,912	511,168	432,229	150,901	583,130
University and Above	42,976	40,415	83,391	479,809	203,482	683,291	522,785	243,897	766,682
Total	119,412	126,844	246,256	1,751,585	527,711	2,279,296	1,870,997	654,555	2,525,552

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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