Households			Labour camps			Public Housing			TOTAL
	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total
Doha	115.622	90.937	206.559	53.792	812	54.604	925	347	1.272	170.339	92.096	262.435
Al Rayyan	69.772	59.059	128.831	39.315	15	39.330	1.451	112	1.563	110.538	59.186	169.724
Al Wakrah	10.934	9.935	20.869	3.414	0	3.414	0	0	0	14.348	9.935	24.283
Umm Slal	9.141	7.643	16.784	1.608	0	1.608	0	0	0	10.749	7.643	18.392
Al Khor	5.619	3.546	9.165	8.592	5	8.597	0	0	0	14.211	3.551	17.762
Al Shamal	2.239	1.458	3.697	362	0	362	0	0	0	2.601	1.458	4.059
Al-Ghuwairiah	1.071	315	1.386	330	0	330	0	0	0	1.401	315	1.716
Al-Jemailiah	4.120	2.317	6.437	3.370	0	3.370	16	13	29	7.506	2.330	9.836
Jarian Al-Bathna	1.551	896	2.447	2.001	0	2.001	0	0	0	3.552	896	4.448
Masi’id	2.369	2.024	4.393	3.158	0	3.158	0	0	0	5.527	2.024	7.551
Total	222.438	178.130	400.568	115.942	832	116.774	2.392	472	2.864	340.772	179.434	520.206

Source: census 1997, QSA

 

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 and April 21st, 2010 respectively.
Implementation method: censuses are based on de jure method; i.e. registering people according to their usual place of residence at time of census.
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.
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.
Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) present within the State’s borders during time of reference.

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

2. Institution which provides data

Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA), Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics
(http://www.qsa.gov.qa/eng/index.htm for website in English; http://www.qsa.gov.qa/Ar/index.htm for website in Arabic)

3. Data availability

Released parts of censuses (1986; 1997; 2004; 2010) are available on the website of the QSA, in published form in PDF format.
https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=General&child=Census

Date of access: 5 June 2014.

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