Qatar 
Facts
Population: 907,229 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 23.1% (male 106,853/female 102,713)
15-64 years: 72.9% (male 455,631/female 206,099)
65 years and over: 4% (male 26,689/female 9,244) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.386% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 15.56 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 4.82 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 13.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 2.211 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 2.887 male(s)/female
total population: 1.852 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 17.46 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.14 years
male: 71.6 years
female: 76.82 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 2.75 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.09% (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA.
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA.
Nationality: noun: Qatari(s)
adjective: Qatari.
Ethnic groups: Arab 40%, Indian 18%, Pakistani 18%, Iranian 10%, other 14%.
Religions: Muslim 77.5%, Christian 8.5%, other 14% (2004 census).
Languages: Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89%
male: 89.1%
female: 88.6% (2004 census).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $26.37 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 7.1% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $29,800 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 0.1%
industry: 77.2%
services: 22.6% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 508,000 (2006 est.).
Population below poverty line: NA%.
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.2% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 3.2% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $22.51 billion
expenditures: $16.89 billion; including capital expenditures of $2.2 billion (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: fruits, vegetables; poultry, dairy products, beef; fish.
Industries: crude oil production and refining, ammonia, fertilizers, petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement, commercial ship repair.
Industrial production growth rate: 10% (2003 est.).
Electricity - production: 12.4 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 11.53 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $33.25 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel.
Exports - partners: Japan 36.9%, South Korea 19.4%, Singapore 8.2% (2005).
Imports: $12.36 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals.
Imports - partners: France 11.4%, Japan 10.4%, US 10.3%, Germany 8.3%, Saudi Arabia 7.2%, UK 6.9%, Italy 6.5%, South Korea 5.5%, UAE 4.8% (2005).
Debt - external: $25.7 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $NA.
Currency (code): Qatari rial (QAR).
Exchange rates: Qatari rials per US dollar - 3.64 (2006), 3.64 (2005), 3.64 (2004), 3.64 (2003), 3.64 (2002).
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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(Independent, online), Doha
http://qatarjournal.com/
(Independent daily), Doha
http://www.qatar-tribune.com/
Qatar in the News
Does Arab television generate anti-Americanism or is it political, economic and cultural factors? Whatever the reasons, the image of America in the Middle East today is as low as it has probably ever been.
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