Qataris			Non-Qataris			Total
Census year	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total
1986	49,684	50,070	99,754	200,641	72,997	273,638	250,325	123,067	373,392
1997	75,881	75,792	151,673	277,905	106,896	384,801	353,786	182,688	536,474
2004	95,703	96,883	192,586	450,411	155,064	605,475	546,114	251,947	798,061
2010	120,736	122,337	243,073	1,164,003	292,359	1,456,362	1,284,739	414,696	1,699,435
Mid-2015	152,700	154,248	306,948	1,692,960	449,600	2,142,560	1,845,660	603,848	2,449,508

Source: GLMM calculations on the basis of QSA/ MDPS data
 
 
ANNEXED NOTE
 
1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Reference periods for each census: 
1970: unknown; the nights of March 16th, 1986; March 1st, 1997; March 16th, 2004, April 21st, 2010 and April 20th, 2015.
Implementation method:  de facto, as well as de jure methods.
Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals), present within the country’s
borders during night of reference.
– 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.
– 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.

Prior to census 2010, only a sample of foreign residents was covered in censuses.

2015: No population data disagregated by nationality was published, based on census results.
We estimated the total population of Qatar by nationality and sex, using:
1. 2015 Labour Force Survey (Q2): Figures of population aged 15 and above, by nationality (period of reference: mid-2015) 
Sampling frame of LFS 2015: Population Census 2010.
Sample size: 44,756 persons, in 6,953  households: 1- Qatari households; 2- Non-Qatari regular (non-collective) and collective households;
Reference period for the labour force data: the week prior to data collection day.
Population of reference: all Qatari and non-Qatari households present in Qatar on the night of survey,
living in normal and collective households.

2.  MDPS. Women and Men in the State of Qatar- A Statistical Profile, Doha: MDPS, 2016.  
Figures of population aged 0-14 by nationality (national/ non-national) and sex (period of reference: mid-2015). 
The figures were estimated on the basis of the percentage distribution of population by broad age groups,
sex and nationality for mid-2015 (Table 1/3, p. 18).

2. Institution which provides data 

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

3. Data availability 

Released parts of censuses (1986; 1997; 2004; 2010, 2015), as well as some analytical volumes,
are available on the website of the MDPS, in PDF format.
https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=General&child=Census
https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/Pages/default.aspx

Labour Force Survey Q2-2015:
https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2015/Q2/LF-Q2-2015-AE-MDPS.pdf

MDPS. Women and Men in the State of Qatar- A Statistical Profile, Doha: MDPS, 2016.
https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=Social&child=GenrealSocialStatistics.

Last date of access: December 2017.

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