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	Qataris	Arabs			Asians	Europeans	Others	Others	Total births	% of Qatari births in total
		GCC Arabs	Non-GCC Arabs	Total
1981	3,002	348	1,820	2,168	1,992	28	2	30	7,192	41.7
1982	3,457	403	2,103	2,506	2,034	31	3	34	8,031	43.0
1983	3,416	426	2,304	2,730	2,072	33	10	43	8,261	41.4
1984	3,812	457	2,331	2,788	1,976	27	10	37	8,613	44.3
1985	3,857	594	2,538	3,132	2,176	33	27	60	9,225	41.8
1986	4,034	638	2,942	3,580	2,284	30	14	44	9,942	40.6
1987	3,991	674	3,055	3,729	2,150	29	20	49	9,919	40.2
1988	4,472	744	3,376	4,120	2,207	22	21	43	10,842	41.2
1989	4,513	726	3,518	4,244	2,099	34	18	52	10,908	41.4
1990	4,724	800	3,421	4,221	2,027	28	22	50	11,022	42.9
1991	4,691	700	2,685	3,385	1,632	25	23	48	9,756	48.1
1992	5,016	620	2,731	3,351	2,033	24	35	59	10,459	48.0
1993	5,389	580	2,816	3,396	1,982	26	29	55	10,822	49.8
1994	5,373	558	2,619	3,177	1,953	27	31	58	10,561	50.9
1995	5,344	519	2,563	3,082	1,872	36	37	73	10,371	51.5
1996	5,306	491	2,623	3,114	1,813	42	42	84	10,317	51.4
1997	5,312	460	2,691	3,151	1,866	59	59	118	10,447	50.8
1998	5,446	439	2,678	3,117	2,091	44	83	127	10,781	50.5
1999	5,574	398	2,669	3,067	2,082	40	83	123	10,846	51.4
2000	5,612	406	2,800	3,206	2,323	40	69	109	11,250	49.9
2001	5,855	399	3,185	3,584	2,559	37	83	120	12,118	48.3
2002	5,924	355	3,270	3,625	2,493	63	95	158	12,200	48.6
2003	6,193	394	3,481	3,875	2,622	45	121	166	12,856	48.2
2004	6,488	383	3,482	3,865	2,581	101	155	256	13,190	49.2
2005	6,260	345	3,539	3,884	2,722	117	418	535	13,401	46.7
2006	6,563	393	3,844	4,237	2,996	127	197	324	14,120	46.5
2007	7,178	435	4,188	4,623	3,407	198	275	473	15,681	45.8
2008	7,355	498	4,840	5,338	3,912	253	352	605	17,210	42.7
2009	7,664	544	5,235	5,779	4,484	319	405	724	18,651	41.1
2010	7,733	593	5,573	6,166	4,838	359	408	767	19,504	39.6
2011	7,592	591	6,244	6,835	5,333	382	481	863	20,623	36.8
2012	6,953	629	7,048		5,829	421	540	961	21,423	32.5
2013	7,807	666	7,851	8,517	6,325	460	599	1,059	23,708	32.9
2014	7,954	694	8,728	9,422	6,762	610	695	1,305	25,443	31.3
2015	8,244	678	9315	9,993	7116	551	718	1,269	26,622	31.0

Source: Vital Statistics- Annual Bulletin of Births and Deaths, MDPS.

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Characteristics of data and definitions

The data covers the Qatari births in Qatar and abroad, as well as foreign births in Qatar.
According to Law No. 5, 1982 on the Vital Registration System, vital registration data are transmitted by the Ministry of Health
to the Ministry of Development Planning & Statistics for tabulations and processing.
Late registered births are recorded on the year of registration.

The nationality group which the newborn belongs to is collected according to the nationality of the father/ head of the household.

2. Institution which provides data

Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS).

3. Period of data coverage:

January 1st-December 31st, given years.

4. Data availability

Vital Statistics Annual Bulletins of Births and Death are available in PDF and Excel formats on MDPS website, for the years 1984 to 2015.
http://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=Population&child=BirthsDeaths
A selection of data is also published as part of the Annual Statistical Abstracts, in PDF and Excel formats.
http://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Population/BirthsDeaths/2015/3_Vital_Statistics_2015.xlsx

Last date of access: June 2017.

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