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

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Qatari males 10-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total
Illiterate 0 0 3 2 4 17 399 425
Reads and writes / Night school 7,900 196 215 165 231 386 1,439 10,532
Primary 11,200 1,677 676 741 750 638 693 16,375
Preparatory / Vocational 0 12,907 1,434 1,291 749 658 1,092 18,131
Secondary / Post. Secondary 0 10,660 7,437 5,206 3,946 2,731 993 30,973
University and above 0 4,854 15,028 10,012 7,234 4,485 1,363 42,976
Total males 19,100 30,294 24,793 17,417 12,914 8,915 5,979 119,412
Qatari females 10-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total
Illiterate 0 0 1 2 1 18 1,544 1,566
Reads and writes / Night school 7,477 126 222 337 483 1,176 2,043 11,864
Primary 11,193 970 512 674 717 948 680 15,694
Preparatory / Vocational 0 11,521 1,161 960 814 762 1,098 16,316
Secondary / Post. Secondary 0 12,143 10,581 7,814 5,729 3,993 729 40,989
University and above 0 4,757 13,122 10,546 7,126 4,108 756 40,415
Total females 18,670 29,517 25,599 20,333 14,870 11,005 6,850 126,844
Qataris (total) 10-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total
Illiterate 0 0 4 4 5 35 1,943 1,991
Reads and writes / Night school 15,377 322 437 502 714 1,562 3,482 22,396
Primary 22,393 2,647 1,188 1,415 1,467 1,586 1,373 32,069
Preparatory / Vocational 0 24,428 2,595 2,251 1,563 1,420 2,190 34,447
Secondary / Post. Secondary 0 22,803 18,018 13,020 9,675 6,724 1,722 71,962
University and above 0 9,611 28,150 20,558 14,360 8,593 2,119 83,391
Grand total 37,770 59,811 50,392 37,750 27,784 19,920 12,829 246,256

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, National Population, Education

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