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Men make up three quarters of Qatar's population
The figures represent a 51,678 increase over the month of November
- By Habib Toumi, Bahrain Bureau Chief, Gulf News
- Published: 16:07 January 2, 2010
- Image Credit: Supplied
- Out of a total population of Qatar of 1,631,728 at the end of the year, men, both Qataris and non-Qataris, numbered 1,254,092 while women were 377,636.
Manama: Men make up three quarters of the total population of Qatar, official figures have indicated.
Out of a total population of Qatar of 1,631,728 at the end of the year, men, both Qataris and non-Qataris, numbered 1,254,092 while women were 377,636, the official statistics authority said.
The figures represent a 51,678 increase over the month of November. However, they do not include the Qataris who were outside the country at the end of December.
The disproportionately high male figure is attributed to the presence of hundreds of thousands of foreign workers employed in the booming construction sector, mainly bachelors or unaccompanied husbands from the Asian continent.
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