Qatar by Numbers

zafirah
By zafirah

Source: Qatar Foundation

By Blosted• 17 Nov 2012 02:44
Blosted

England and Qatar and UAE are now officially districts of India...

By truthteller• 16 Nov 2012 21:22
truthteller

Actually, 24% population is not indians..they are from UK..it means that united kerala...its not part of india..because they always said from kerla...not from india..so they are not indians...

By piffer• 27 Sep 2012 11:25
piffer

yeah these indians dont use deodorants.....

which "others" use so often to hide their smelly ..... lol on that adleeq?It is a pity u find fault in the labour class when they are actually living a very hard life.

By imm Caribbean• 22 Sep 2012 22:37
imm Caribbean

Indians and nepali workers are exploited big time.imagine working 7 days a week 12 hrs a day for a 600 QR a month.

Like seriously!!?

The best part is that they a cool with that..

By imm Caribbean• 22 Sep 2012 22:36
imm Caribbean

Indians and nepali workers are exploited big time.imagine working 7 days a week 12 hrs a day for a 600 QR a month.

Like seriously!!?

The best part is that they a cool with that..

By Dhingra• 21 Sep 2012 16:16
Dhingra

:)

By Bachus• 19 Sep 2012 17:11
Bachus

Brilliant idea QSeller, but then who would do their work?

By anonymous• 19 Sep 2012 15:21
anonymous

Ban Indians for a 5 years to level up the stats :)

By anonymous• 17 Sep 2012 12:46
anonymous

Let's be just, the source (Statistics Authority) don't even know how to use the signs for smaller than or larger than properly! Now, who would think that they know how to do the statistics right? I won't.

By anonymous• 17 Sep 2012 12:09
anonymous

Compared to some of the other reports I've seen, this is actually quite close. May be an estimate from the previous census but I think it's close enough.

And take it from me as an American... the CIA website is not a great source to even bother looking at! Qatar would know about Qatar than the CIA knows knows about it's 15% unemployment and poor population!

By AboHamza• 16 Sep 2012 13:44
AboHamza

The figures are very shocking to me. May be because i'm not living in Qatar.

By anonymous• 16 Sep 2012 00:17
anonymous

thanks for sharing

By adeeleq• 15 Sep 2012 21:50
adeeleq

Lol at Giselle. So true!!! But i need to understand is Kerala a part of India or a separate India? :)

By Bachus• 15 Sep 2012 16:34
Bachus

Does anyone have any idea of the religious breakdown? Presumably the majority of Arabs and Pakistanis are Muslim, the majority of Napaleese are Buddhists, and the majority of Filipinos are Christians. What about the Indians and Sri Lankans?

By the monk• 15 Sep 2012 16:04
the monk

at Giselle... :P

By Giselle Panettiere• 15 Sep 2012 15:44
Giselle Panettiere

are you kidding me?! like seriously?! when we know there is half the population that would literally die in their presence because of their highly toxic fumes.

By Giselle Panettiere• 15 Sep 2012 15:42
Giselle Panettiere

they are exploited???!!! Indians are exploited?!?!? not because it's out of their will... they want to be exploited. As far as I have heard all Indians follow a saying that if one slaps your right cheek, present the other.

By Giselle Panettiere• 15 Sep 2012 15:38
Giselle Panettiere

one of the several reasons why I face being hit by a car at least twice a day!

By britexpat• 15 Sep 2012 00:08
britexpat

I remember the old days. Mame Sahib did not need preponderant, since she smelled so naturally sweet. Also, the Panka Walla made sure that she didn't sweat too much..

By anonymous• 14 Sep 2012 15:59
anonymous

is the British era did not introduced to them the proper hygiene and the so called deodorant?

By RyanCanuck• 14 Sep 2012 15:20
RyanCanuck

^You're talking about the dudes who spend all day working in the sun. I doubt you'd smell like roses in the same situation.

By anonymous• 14 Sep 2012 15:10
anonymous

i truly loved the indians out there specially their scent and hygiene. Nomasti.

By memphis7• 14 Sep 2012 12:54
memphis7

and by "others", they mean the gay community :P

jk guys

By zafirah• 14 Sep 2012 12:15
zafirah

memphis7 lol!

By fun3ny• 14 Sep 2012 11:44
fun3ny

A great salute to all Indians and Qatar. I like them very much. Indians are humble and highly talented people in every field. You can see tea boy to higher level professionals. They all simple,hard working and dependable peoples. In my opinion due to their humbleness/inferiority complex, every where they are exploited.

By zafirah• 13 Sep 2012 21:53
zafirah

wish I can join Brit and LP :)

By britexpat• 13 Sep 2012 19:50
britexpat

Thanks LP.. I'll do that and bring the HP Sauce as well :O)

By anonymous• 13 Sep 2012 19:48
anonymous

Sure, brit. You can always PM me, I haven't blocked you yet.

By RyanCanuck• 13 Sep 2012 19:38
RyanCanuck

Are beach BBQs possible in Qatar? That would be tubular.

By britexpat• 13 Sep 2012 19:12
britexpat

Cool.. We "others" should get together for a barbeque some time ..

By anonymous• 13 Sep 2012 19:06
anonymous

We, including you, brit, are "Other".

By britexpat• 13 Sep 2012 19:01
britexpat

What about Canadians ?

By pilkclaire• 13 Sep 2012 18:43
pilkclaire

Pakistanis only 4% ?

By anonymous• 13 Sep 2012 18:39
anonymous

Or: expatriates ruin their country.

By RyanCanuck• 13 Sep 2012 18:19
RyanCanuck

^But the Qataris could kick you out at any moment. So a better way to phrase it would be 'expatriates run their country'.

By ydlov12• 13 Sep 2012 17:57
Rating: 2/5
ydlov12

So basically we (expats) run the country. Literally.

By RyanCanuck• 13 Sep 2012 14:37
RyanCanuck

friendlyme, are you mistaking Filipinos for Chinese?

By zafirah• 13 Sep 2012 13:50
zafirah

for the 'tip' on the less < sign... :-)

By friendlyme• 13 Sep 2012 13:37
friendlyme

This percentage forecast is 99% wrong. As I have seen a lot of Chinese people everywhere in malls. Please provide any link.

By smoke• 13 Sep 2012 13:32
smoke

Its a good thing the Indians here are not allowed to breed with Qataris...there's no saying what the numbers will be then.

By SABA RAUF THAKUR• 13 Sep 2012 13:28
SABA RAUF THAKUR

Indians are always on top.

By Bachus• 13 Sep 2012 12:29
Bachus

Lots of Iranians got nationality in the 1970s and early 80s. Just like plenty from other Gulf countries and Pakistan did during this period. Citizenship was pretty easy to come by back then.

Is there a percentage of wannabes?

By dudboyseller• 13 Sep 2012 12:27
dudboyseller

Yes, Iranians did get nationalities and one big example would be the owner of Villagio (words of mouth info)

By smoke• 13 Sep 2012 12:03
smoke

to make it easy to remember < looks like an L shape for 'less' :P

By Bachus• 13 Sep 2012 11:56
Bachus

TFS to the OP.

This explains ALOT.

By memphis7• 13 Sep 2012 10:54
memphis7

So that's why there's no development

By ishu369• 13 Sep 2012 10:23
ishu369

Statistics from the Mars sent by "curiosity" shows 15% indians there. this is apart from the tea shop in the moon.

Lol... Indians everywhere

By anonymous• 13 Sep 2012 09:55
anonymous

I would not trust the CIA either!

By ash2ash• 13 Sep 2012 09:52
ash2ash

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/qa.html

By palmer• 13 Sep 2012 09:14
palmer

Yes it does need updating as me and my family are here wiki sort it out or i'l start saying are you taking the mikipedia

By vilia• 13 Sep 2012 08:57
vilia

interesting qatari = 15% in Qatar :)

By zafirah• 13 Sep 2012 08:50
zafirah

i agree with you... mee too need to go back to school.

:-)

By zafirah• 13 Sep 2012 08:46
zafirah

I am confused too of the signs "" ....

By anonymous• 13 Sep 2012 08:45
anonymous

< less than, > more than!!!

So, the source is an official one, Qatar Statistics Authority? They should go back to school!!!

By anonymous• 13 Sep 2012 08:43
anonymous

"they said LESS than >300 thousand..." > = more than, so can equate to the sum without specific numbers, so long as you have a starting point higher than 300,000, but the population would be well over 2,000,000. Paul R is right though, it should be less than 300,000. Mistake in the image? Should the symbol '>' really be '

By anonymous• 13 Sep 2012 08:42
anonymous

Thanks

By zafirah• 13 Sep 2012 08:30
zafirah

have not seen it myself though... as it was just shared to me as well.

By osamabawab• 13 Sep 2012 08:13
osamabawab

TFS, i am one of the 13% :)

By anonymous• 13 Sep 2012 08:06
anonymous

i have been over the QF website end to end and can't find these numbers or this chart anywhere. Can anyone tell me where the numbers originated? The statistics authority don't seem to offer this information and their total population figure is slightly different. There has been no census since 2010 so the numbers must be an estimate and in that case then it would be very helpful to know who did the estimating.

I know the CIA World Factbook numbers are dramatically different.

By anonymous• 13 Sep 2012 07:45
anonymous

Yes, that's what I mean. Apprently there have been a number of amnesties in the past where long-term residents (usually from Iran and other local countries) have been give full Qatari citizenship. This still happens as a result of outstanding contribution to the community although very infrequently and not much talked about.

By RyanCanuck• 13 Sep 2012 07:32
RyanCanuck

^By 'Qatarised', do you mean they are full Qataris? With Qatari passports? From what I understand (which isn't much) foreigners cannot become full Qataris.

By anonymous• 13 Sep 2012 07:26
anonymous

You are right but "Qatar Citizens" includes the other Arab (non-Qatari) people hwo have been Qatarised.

By RyanCanuck• 13 Sep 2012 07:12
RyanCanuck

^Have to agree with you there. Indian people are always very happy and polite. And who can turn down anything with curry in it?! :)

By denttin• 13 Sep 2012 07:11
denttin

Any way I LOVE INDIA ALWAYS,I LOVE INDIAN PEOPLE AND FOOD!Their contribution is vast everywhere.

By Paul R• 13 Sep 2012 07:09
Rating: 3/5
Paul R

Thanks.

By zafirah• 13 Sep 2012 07:04
zafirah

they said LESS than >300 thousand...

By Paul R• 13 Sep 2012 06:50
Paul R

If the total population is 1795828 and Qataris are 15%, then they account for 269374?

By Eagley• 13 Sep 2012 05:11
Eagley

That's why the Indian food there is the best ever, the real McCoy! :0)

By RyanCanuck• 13 Sep 2012 00:46
Rating: 2/5
RyanCanuck

That Wiki needs to be updated.

By RyanCanuck• 13 Sep 2012 00:45
Rating: 3/5
RyanCanuck

^That's awesome. I love Indian food! :D

By jiane karyll• 13 Sep 2012 00:28
jiane karyll

Indians have the highest population in qatar. No wonder why.

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