Qatar Population now 1.9 million (2009)
Doha,June 15 (QNA) - Qatar’s total population has gone up to 1.9 million, say the records available at the Ministry of Interior. It’s not 1.6 million as reported in the latest census report of the General Secretariat for Development and Planning, said Director-General of Public Security Staff, Major-General Saad bin Jassim al Khulaifi, on Sunday, according to Qatar Tribune newspaper. Participating in a panel discussion at the Forum on Labour Market Strategy organised by the GSDP al Khulaifi said that Qatar’s population was likely to touch two-million mark within a few months. "When the financial crisis gripped the world last year, we anticipated a slowdown in the construction activity as well as execution of other projects in Qatar. We thought that a sizeable number of expatriates will have to leave the country because of the slowdown in the economy.But Qatari projects remained the least affected and expatriates’ inflow into Qatar remained steady throughout the period leading to constant increase in the population," he remarked.
It's very easy for the Qatar Government to know the population of Qatar. Because they have a system of exit. So they can get the exact figures from the Nos of Qatar ID's and the number of entries and exits.
Question:How many of them are Indians,Pakistan, British,Arabs and Filipino?
Answer:I dont know
Question:How many of them have their own computer?
Answer: I dont know
Question:How many of them have their own internet connection?
Answer: I dont know
Question:How many of them are earning through this population with computers and internet connections?
Answer: This is the Question that I am sure of the answer and the answer are only Two. Qtel for their internet connection and Ahmad for his Qatarliving website
More Power to Q.L and to all of us!!! Q.L. is connecting this 1.9M people in one place.
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Qatar saw its population fall by more than 40,000 people in June from May, after witnessing growth for the first five months of the year. As of June 30, the country's population stood at 1.61 million.
Source: Gulf Times July 3, 2009
are required in this country. But as I believe you can see some of the expats keep trying to fail qatarisation process, as they worry to loose their jobs or prepared to bring their families/friend from abroad to fill it.
It is good to start to stop the growing population (by migration, not by birth) by forcing qatarisation, mainly to medium level jobs, where most of the QL members are from there, so QL will be a bit calmer... ;-)
are required in this country. But as I believe you can see some of the expats keep trying to fail qatarisation process, as they worry to loose their jobs or prepared to bring their families/friend from abroad to fill it.
It is good to start to stop the growing population (by migration, not by birth) by forcing qatarisation, mainly to medium level jobs, where most of the QL members are from there, so QL will be a bit calmer... ;-)
hey stop blaming on British....u have to feel sorry for them half of UK population r foreigners....whom are taking their jobs..............
Before deciding to kick anyone out of Qatar, do think the Qataries r ready to work in construction, cashier at megamart..cleaning the street or cleaning their houses...or .tax driver..??????
So what?
hey, i havent read the entire post, so i don't know if the point i'm about to make has already been brought up, but instead of sending expats away (like britexpat has so kindly suggested we do), why doesnt Qatar just start shifting things out of Doha...what i mean is, start moving schools, businesses, offices, shops, malls, houses, everything, out of Doha and into places like Al Khor, Messaied, Wakra, etc. Qatar can easily accomodate much more than 2 million people, but DOHA cannot. That's why you have all this traffic problems and overall congestion...
btw Britexpat, u crack me up...
We should start it now. I'm begining a aggressive drivers campaign that would force Qatar to punish violent drivers beyond the lame 'speed cameras'. You should begin one against the injustice to workers. Us expats should stand up for each other!
that brit driver just enter the r/a when i was inside (on the way to exit the r/a) and he drove very fast n tried to take me over from his way in my right side. I didn't see his car at all until I realised that I bang him and stop mine without even pressing a brake. It is so FAST.
It seems that he is just this minute driving a big engine suv like that as in uk most of them drive a mini car like mr. bean.
Lol and lol... it is better not to give a driving license to them. Lol again...
hi brit,
how many british expat living in qatar and how many non british and non former colony british expate living here. if there is only a few 10 british involved in accident in one year, its u british are involved in accident more than any nationality if calculate it is percentage level becouse u r few.
check with traffic department how many accident cases that involved british drivers under the influence of alcohol, u can get the clear picture.
i love british, but dont judge people according to their race
In my last company, a Brit held the record for the quickest accident after picking up a car - 1 minute..:o)
He took the car, drove to the exit, turned into the stret and bang!
Ofcourse it wasn't his fault.. No one had told him that the locals drive on the wrong side of the road..
"Stop issuing driving licenses to non British expatriates"
LOL, the first accident I have after five years here is due to I bang a british expat (maybe you) car, he's driving a 2-door new pajero with full insurance from his local employer. He took me over from the right side in the roundabout.
TAKE OVER FROM THE RIGHT IN THE ROUNDABOUT???
It's time to build the Doha metropolitian Intercity Railways, for the daily commuters from the suburbs of Raslaffan, Dukhan etc.
hamoudio1 like london has it's good points it also has its negative ones and qatar is the same
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BritExpat may have skirted the edges but he actually wasn't being racist. I kind of realized when I was being accused as well and I really didn't say anything racist only criticizing the UK. Britexpat was merely against countries that are non-British or not former British colonies, but as a New Yorker and thinking about London, of course there are tons of different races in Great Britain as well as the US and in other countries. We assumed wrongly that since he was talking about certain countries then he was talking about certain races. We can still be displeased with his singling out of certain countries.
I doubt that many people who choose to work abroad are racist. We all know what we're getting involved in and usually that is one of the reasons we choose to work in a place like Qatar. At least that's my view as a non-racist.
racism, i don't know, but your selective racial elimination, it quite evident:
"Get rid of Non British and non former British colony expatriates."
Where is racism in all this ?
Who is being Racist? Report him to me. I will deracify him....
it seems alot of visas will be cancelled and people deprted becoz of all this racist arguements going on
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and at the end nature will prevail but who spoiled the environment?
we have to go back to basics and bring back the nature to work in its own course.
Grow more plants and have more gardens, use less machines which dehydrate deadly gases......will make this planet a beautiful place to LIVE environmentally SAFE.
as long as reckless drivers LAND CRUISERS exist, population will be under control
I agree with you there. It does all depend on her in the end. Too many factors can influence the outcome, but I don't think the bees need to come here for it to be a sustainable economy. As you mentioned, maybe South America or Africa is the next booming place and bees may go there. In the end if Qatar can provide a comfortable living for people then people might stay for the long term. It's definately a nice community, if it were a little cooler I might tough it out for awhile longer.
The Gulf like other countries has to look for "sustained" development and also take into account the risks involved with uncontrolled growth.
Jhort,
I don't think that bees will come to the desert if flowers are available elsewhere!
if the world prosperous in more pleasant weathers, why should people come here?
If people no longer come here, who will maintain what is here?
I can’t predict the future, but one think I know, man kind can do a lot of things but cannot dominate the nature.
At the end nature will prevail!
positive views and approach towards booming population in Qatar.
Highest the population, Bigger the Economy!
mean that rental price is unlikely to go down anytime soon...?
The oil and gas will eventually run out so the Gulf nations in my opinion as well as other nations should have a balanced approach to their economy. If Qatar can establish other forms of revenue to support their GDP then I do think they can at least maintain a decent living standard. Perhaps if they instill more industry & agriculture along with their tourism and perhaps a financial sector. I think that is where the US & UK have falled short and why they have been impacted more then others with this crisis. Both countries seem to have gotten away from their industry and have become service based economies. There isn't enough deversity to support the economies especially with a place like London where everything is focused around the financial sector. Why do we need bankers and brokers when the entire system has gone to pot.
I also feel that it would be beneficial for Qatar to create, as much as possible, a man made micro climate by shipping in soil and focusing on planting. Plants will help to drop teh temperature of the country and allow for more rain. Just a thought, but you'll find that it rains more in teh outskirts then it does in Doha.
jhort,
coming back to the post's topic and to link it to yours, do you think that prosperity in the world would allow the Gulf to maintain their current development and what they like to call “local population growth”?!
Unless of course the desert will become some sort of tropical forest ;)
jhort,
coming back to the post's topic and to link it to yours, do you think that prosperity in the world would allow the Gulf to maintain their current development and they like to call “local population growth”?!
Unless of course the desert will become some sort of tropical forest ;)
A bit off topic, but given the greenhouse effect you never know how this will impact certain climates either. As the air currents across the globe change will that transform desert into tropical rain forests? Will North America become an artic climate no longer supported by the gulf stream? It is possible. Maybe not in our lifetime, but some day. They are having a particularly cold and wet summer in NY these days.
Economies are definately going global and Asia as well as South America will grow and lessen the gap between markets. Hopefully everyone will be free from starvation, will be educated and no longer suffer, but support each other.
I'm really surprised at your aggressiveness and stereo typing of Americans inappropriate. I in no way said that the US of A is some how better nor did I say that the food in the US is so good. In fact I don't think I even mentioned it at all. You should take the comments as what they are and not try to read your own interpretation into them. In fact I am far from being racist if you've ever paid attention to any of my other comments on this site. Racist towards who? Brits? I happen to be of English decent. What I say about the UK is my particular opinion of what I experienced living there. It happens to be the direct opposite of what I would say about Australia where I found the people to be very friendly and welcoming, the weather was beautiful and the food also very good. BTW, I happen to be from New York and living a good part of my life in NYC, most of my friends are not American but come from all over the world including the UK and Australia. If you had the opportunity to visit New York in particular you'd find it to be very much different from the other parts which you are referring to.
You will not find better restaurants in the world then in Manhattan, that is a fact, not to say that there aren't bad ones or also good ones in other countries. I generally don't comment on things based on hearsay but on actual experience or knowledge so you'll find that if I do give my opinion it's based on something.
Sorry to of offended you. Only a little good hearted banter which is usually welcomed by most Brits that I know.
jhort,
Nobody can predict the future, but just imagine a world that no longer oil and gas are the main source of energy; that South America’s countries are stable and prosperous; that Africa is finally been given the needed attention and is being justly developed with the use of their local resources... no need to mention Asia in general becoming more mature with robust economies and able to employ their own people; and Europe, North America and Australia, business as usual with some lessons learned from past mistakes...imagine a world like this? Do you possibly think that in such a world, the aggressive and harsh desertic climate will attract anybody here?
In that case, do you think that locals will be able to maintain (just maintain) all this unsustainable development?
In such world, I don't think that even the locals would like to stay here and we will probably witness a migration in the opposite direction, transforming “The Pearls", like you said, in huge ghost towns...
Now, as I said, nobody can predict the future, this is only a possible possibility!
it's a good point that you make. In 20 years time will the Pearl be a ghoast town (as it already is)? Will the local population produce enough offspring to replace a reduced but effective workforce? Will the remaining expats be getting flats for QR1000 per month?
popcorngirl and husband,
now that wasn't that nice and maybe not even necessary, left alone that Australia and the US have some of that in common (apart from being great countries with beautiful landscapes, weather and people)
jhort's observations may be offensive but it had humor (black, but still humor) and it was reacting to brit's - perhaps unintentionally - xenophobic comment!
Let’s rewind the tape and comment on the accuracy and politicized announcement of what the local authorities love to call (in this situation only) "Qatar population", when in fact the entire Qatari native population is of a small town, i.e. hundred something thousand. The remaining are almost all buliders of an average of 10 apartments per 1 Qatari (including the babies that are going to be born today) - that would be the actual real situation when (and if) all expats leave the country!
My time in America was spent avoiding snobby pretentious wankers like you. I would love to say American food was fresh; as it was it all tasted the same and most of it was not even American........oh that's right you don't have your own cuisine apart from McDonalds, Wendys etc.
I would rather have people who drive like old women then toss pots who risk my life (certainly not bothered if they crash and burn).
Laughed so much at your weather comment and yet hmmmmmmmm, isn't it supposed to be the Brits that complain about weather.
I actually think it is sad that Britian no longer rules you. You may be actually less racist and cynical and have a sense of humour.
Yawn, bet they were gald to get rid of you to!
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Mr.Arafin,
First of all sorry.A mistake happen.I liked to support your point of view and wanted to oppose Mr.Britexpart.Because he things British are jump from sky and we came from mother womb.i hope all are came from mother womb.so nobody can say they are greatful.In this world all are equal.See how his point of view, he thinks all exparts are slave and he only LORD.
What a shame to him.He dont want to accept all are equal.And wanted that all exparts should go away from this country and his people only to be lived here.
Since he is a consultant ,it is his duty nature to think all others are slave to him.
so Mr.Arafin i too support your points.
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Why does anyone believe this governmental department got it any more right than the other one. The reality is nobody really knows how many people are here and definately not by nationality.
Next week a different department will say the population is realy 2.4 milion a week later another will say still 1.2 million.
It is just like asking a question on QL, you get 100 different answers and usually none of them are really correct.
Hahahaha How could anyone take this seriously??
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kumaran are you referring to me? I dont quite catch your remarks towards me. I for one thing is referring to britexpat because as you can read in the thread, he wants british & its previous colony expats only, should make up the population here aside from the locals. my country is under their colony once upon a time but i dont agree with him, because everyone here was given the privilege to work; so i remarked get rid of britexpat to give him his own dose. as for the growth of population, well its inevitable, good to know this info though.
Mr.Abdulrahmanwael,
Well said , i accept your point of view.
kumaran qatar will always have expats. the citizens are still uncapable of living without the help( doctors-teachers-professors-technicians-labour workers)some of these jobs are on the way to be taken by qataris but others will always be in the hands of expats
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Arafin,
Britexpart do you want to say Britain is within middle east.Especially in Qatar?.Hope by name you are also Expat so once the boom will finish you will also go back some where to provide your consultancy work.
Ha ha ha.
If all exparts go, then Only Qatarians ,and no more traffic jam.
yawn, get rid of non sense BRIT EXPAT!!!!
1.9 million , but within next 10 years how much is the expectation , i expect one million to be add .
brit,
your selective elimination, is that brit humor?
I still think Qatar is hoping to get the Olympics with all of the banners and signs you still see displayed. Hoping that the other cities will concede and say, "you know what? In fact we don't want it, Doha should have it". But really we need to keep up the construction so that JHORT can keep bankrolling.
So, since the construction boom is over, the expats should be leaving in their droves, thus reducing the population..
Tell us something we don't already know. OK the tread is about population 1.9mil and not 1.6. What is there to discuss? It's a statistic. I guess we should all just say thanks for the update.
QL's you are going away from subject and trying to convince British/Italy are good drivers.Actually the population booms because of projects awarded by government.Did you forget about 16th Asian games period at DOHA.How many projects gone on simultaneiously and we had lot of nice stadium.
So population increse showes the healthyness of financial flow.Recent receesion it affect all over the world but , here we felt very very less damage only.so bravo about population.But our infrastructure should be improved for smooth traffic.
So Ql's your arguement should be based on the threads only dont show British and italy are the only best.
hope you will understand Ql friends. Best available all over the world.
So basically you're saying get rid of Filipinos?
Simple answer:
Get rid of Non British and non former British colony expatriates.
Maybe we can reduce the population a bit if we stop treating these H1N1 flu cases that keep arriving.
well with my visit to Italy I went to Venice, and I have to say the driving there was WONDERFUL, no accidents AT ALL ;-)
Not referring to heavy traffic or aggressivenss or drivers or speed of drivers, but everyone handles their car or moto very well and even if the traffic is heavy it moves smoothly slow traffic moves out of your way and everyone gets to where they're going in a timely manner no one gets PO'd or stressed.
I guess it's whether or not you can handle it.
majority of the brits now are living in poverty --- no money in the bank, no shelter --- why? they gambled too much on ricky hatton's last fight and i quote "empty the bank and put it one me" -- ricky hatton
the result? a brutal KO in 2...LOL
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy....Martin Luther King
Jhort, clearly you have never driven in Italy. Anyone who had would not make that comment.
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I was actually agreeing with you till you said that Italian are the best drivers ....
The UK is drab and boring and filled with snobby wankers, especially London. The food is amazingly fresh, but somehow the Brits seem to ruin it. The traffic is heavy, but they are very safe to the point of driving like old women. In my opinion I'd say the Germans or Italians are the best drivers. Traffic in both countries moves like clock work. The weather is bad most of the year and I can't see why anyone would ever want to live there let alone fight to keep that cold damp place. Should have stuck with letting the French rule them, at least then they would be more relaxed and fun. I lived in the best parts of London and couldn't wait to leave. YAWN
LOL sorry, but it's true
Population
Local cencus dictates, more Indians that anybody else.
Fact.
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OK.. Getting back to the topic at hand :)
PCG ,May be........ taste buds vary. What is tasty to your senses may not be so for mine and viceversa. But I love many kind of different cuisines. Since I don't have much idea about british cuisine except JG Sandwich cellar, I can't disagree or agree with what u say. But I only stated what I heard from other people.
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Curry is British. Your cooking as in 'Indian' is great and could not to be ruined by the British influence.
English food is not bland at all. Go there and see for yourself I was surprised how tasty it was.
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Curry is East Indian style of cooking.It can be light or pungent. And Brits have adopted the curry because they are fed up with bland cooking.
You're right.. we are getting away from the topic..
Qatar is becoming "over populated" and the only answer is to get rid of some expats :(
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I doubt this has anything to do with the thread, but the 'curry' was invented by the Brits to hide the off meat. They added spices to mask the smell and taste, so actually curry was invented by the Brits. Authentic Indian food is of course still Indian.
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Wasn't the Indian cuisine brought to Blighty during the raj and modified to the local taste ?
with your racist comments!
Indians make up for the biggest population here followed by Asian workers then so called "Westerners".
The Qatari population is little.
Saying all of that, all of us would not be here if we were not needed.
So let's not make a big deal of it.
We are helping Qatar get off the ground. We should be proud and grateful for that.
I know there are problems but on the whole, but the vast majority do make money over here.
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British cuisine consists of hot water a few little herbs thrown into it and a few boiled potatoes to go with it. And some creme,cheese or butter is added luxury.
And ofcourse not to forget a pinch of salt.
I thats why they readily take to Indian cuisines and other cuisines.
wow 1.9 million.im packing now,see u guys...
At least a million are from a small part of this world & sweetly called mallus
British shit.........
can't we get the percentage of certain nationalities
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SILVIA CALM DOWN
the number of 800k was synchronised for many years......
Good they did the census lately.
The number of locals were around 100k to 150k; in % is just 8%; same the case with UAE.
Mainly occupied by Indian, Pakistani, Filipines, Nepalis and SriLankans.......EU residents are in minority.
Out of 1.9 million population of qatar, 1.3 million are from india...(",)
MO RIN...YUN LANG!!!
lo0o0ol.........seems u been there before.
ur suggestion taken into account ........hehehehe :)
Silvia there's lots of rain, bad food and pale people. Best to avoid really .
Ça va pas, non?!!!!!
hehehe...............gypsy ur funny
and brit.....thnx for the info, since i never been to england my entire life. so wondering wht kind of life there.......
I agree. The French should not be allowed to drive...or leave France.
Yes there are "some" accidents, but most of the serious ones are caused by visitors especially the French.
Very wise suggestion...
I remember when we first came here it was around .8 M
wow more than 1 M in 11 yrs?
Out of this what % is Nationals?
meaning to say tht there is no accident happend in the road in england ? meaning to say tht u dont have to be worry about car insurance or life insurance, since tht British are the Best Drivers in the World and the streets is lot safer.......isnt?
so ZERO accident in england?????
OK.. We can amend that to read :
Get rid of Non British and non former British colony expats.
As far as the licences are concerned, everyone knows that the British are the Best Drivers in the World... So safer streets..
I would like to hire brit and mikylasmom..to be my personal driver.
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brit...y u sounds a little bit racism in ur last comment...
tell me why only non british expatriates not allowed to have the license? wht kind of non british expatriates u talked about tht are not allowed to have a license? r u sure thts the way to solved the problem? pls enlighten me
It would probably look like England Richierich. :P
I wonder how will it look like to saw a british to do the labor works.
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Get rid of the non British Expats
Stop issuing driving licenses to non British expats
problem solved!
With under 10% being locals...
Can't imagine how long it'll take for the expats to start a revolution because of unfair working conditions, racism, etc...
Yup, got about 17 escape plans ready in case that happens :P
sorry we did a mistake in counting as..."We thought that a sizeable number of expatriates will have to leave the country..."...hahahahaha...qatari's authorities in their best!!!
really??? 1.9 million???/
i cant imagine the traffic soon to be........not only the car traffic. the traffic of people also ....