Population: 518,478 (July 1991), growth rate 5.3% (1991)

Birth rate: 21 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 3 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 35 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 24 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 74 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 4.0 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Qatari(s); adjective--Qatari

Ethnic divisions: Arab 40%, Pakistani 18%, Indian 18%, Iranian 10%, other 14%

Religion: Muslim 95%

Language: Arabic (official); English is commonly used as second language

Literacy: 76% (male 77%, female 72%) age 15 and over can read and write (1986)

Labor force: 104,000; 85% non-Qatari in private sector (1983)

Organized labor: trade unions are illegal

NOTE: The information regarding Qatar on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Qatar People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Qatar People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.