Qatar: Population aged 15 and above by type of household and residence (private household, labour camps, etc.), sex and education level (2020)

	Households			Labour camps			Institutions			Total
	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total
Illiterate	1,164	1,877	3,041	16,351	5	16,356	0	0	0	17,515	1,882	19,397
Read and Write \ Night School	12,547	8,532	21,079	164,029	553	164,582	51	0	51	176,627	9,085	185,712
Primary	25,145	51,726	76,871	253,998	6,522	260,520	41	2	43	279,184	58,250	337,434
Preparatory \ Vocational	97,523	112,539	210,062	279,183	15,078	294,261	122	4	126	376,828	127,621	504,449
Secondary \ Post. Secondary	128,794	132,302	261,096	302,979	18,573	321,552	456	26	482	432,229	150,901	583,130
University and Above	281,658	213,854	495,512	239,035	29,994	269,029	2,092	49	2,141	522,785	243,897	766,682
Total	546,831	520,830	1,067,661	1,255,575	70,725	1,326,300	2,762	81	2,843	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.

Household: a household is defined as an individual or group of individuals who may or may not be relatives. They live together and make common provisions
for food, accommodation and other essentials for living. Anyone who is usually living in the housing unit of the household under enumeration is considered
a member of that household (including the servants).

Labour camps (or Labour gatherings)
Small gatherings: A group of persons of the same gender (male of female) usually staying in the housing unit. They live as a group (collectively) but there is no
relationship between them and they do not form a living household. Their number ranges between 2 and 6 persons
Large gatherings: A group of persons of the same gender usually staying in housing units. They live as a group (collectively) but there is no relationship
between them and they do not form a living household. They are seven or more persons who usually belong to one organization (company, establishment, etc).

Institutions or public housing: It is the collective living quarters (e.g. internal wards in hospitals, dormitories for students, jails, etc.) where individuals reside
for a specific purpose. The inmates do not form a family or census household but they have common circumstances to be in public housing.

See the PSA’s “Manual of Statistical Definitions, Concepts & Terms” pertaining to the censuses:
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/dictionary/Pages/default.aspx.

GLMM’s elaboration, based on census 2020’s data.

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.