Men far outnumber women in Qatar: census
Have no idea how accurate this is. But I think this report just confirms what we have all known for long...
Women are outnumbered nearly four to one by men in Qatar where a large expatriate community lives among a total population of 1.6 million, according to census results published on Wednesday.
The number of men at the end of August stood at some 1.25 million compared with 349,908 women, the statistics department said on its website.
It gave no reason for the difference between male and female numbers but this could be attributed to the huge influx of foreigners, many of whom come alone without their families.
The statistics did not give a breakdown of locals compared to foreigners but the former are estimated to total between 180,000 and 200,000.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iq6WfeuH8e3DDCR09tgKw...
that 400,000 is the number of Arabs living in Qatar, 200,000 native Qataris.
Wow - and take out all of us who are ex-pat wives and you've got about half of that available. Sorry, bachelors!:(
There should be more of these social workers from china to balance the numbers out.
Qatar features in the Guinness Book of World Records for this feat
The huge influx is of men is a requirement of several companies doing the Projects, and thus country too. But this is a real unbalance here. Stop bringing men from outside..
It is unavoidable situation..
NO wonder even the ugliest gal thinks she is Miss Universe
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come see, thursday-friday evenings rush around National, loads & loads of men stand, for God knows what reason. Maximum Nepalies.
Maybe I should have added: "If the oil and gas are still needed in 500 years?"
Being optimistic MD..
" Pele good, Maradona better, George BEST"
Yes, in 500 years!
There are many reasons why women population is lesser in Qatar.Influx of more and more low income group men is a major cause. However, the bigger problem is status of single expat women in Qatar even in higher income group.They automaticall become a target of financial exploitation.Many of highly educated single women leave Qatar because of this.Do you think this country can ever become a developed free country?
@ Donosa:
Well, there is no harm in marrying more than one man but what do u think, is it logical? manageable? Some ideas are very easy to throw but not logical.
For example, Who will be the father of kids?
Stone - there's a giant thread on that going on elsewhere ;)
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than if all men in qatar wanted to get married will have to share wives. What do we call that
(true ref what noms said)
true....and often the lechy men can be a put off too!
Smoke is that true? Under 7K a married man can't bring in his wife? A young couple could live on that... not fancily perhaps, but at least they'd be together!
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I'm going to say what you've all been thinking but are too polite to say.....
NO SHIT SHERLOCK!!!
well said smoke !! on the other hand, single & open minded working women don't wanna come in Qatar to work coz of its strict rules and sponsorship issues.
~noms~
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Yeah and whose fault is that? Enforce more shitty visa rules. Husbands with salaries below 7,000 cant bring in their wives, or many send their wives back home due to the living costs.
Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)
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LOL at Donosa. Si amiga.
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najamss, then it should be the other way around, women should have more husbands, as there are 4 men to each women....
There are nearly 100,000 Nepalis, 99.99% of them bachelors.
Thats why there is concept of more than 1 marriages..... So there should be equivalence in the society.....
thanks.
i just "felt" if i may, like there was more.
200, than it's 200.
Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.
.....yeah drsam...they are around 200,000.00
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To whoever wondered why there are so many "i want friend girl in qatar" posts here...
drsam,
we're between 200-225 thousand.
the article is pretty plausible. but 200.000 is too little. although i have no reference to back me up, qataris count for 350.000 to 400.000 out of 1.550.000 total population.
Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.
You mean 'an even worse time then I already get'???
...woooohooooo!!! Gives us plenty to chose from, right? ;)
and 12 to 1 on a thursday night at the sheraton.