ArabianBusiness.com - Middle East Business News
Sunday, 22 November 2009 02:15 UAE time

YOUR DIRECTORY /

| Share |

Qatar's population falls to 1.61m in June

by This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  on Thursday, 02 July 2009

The Gulf state of Qatar saw its population fall by more than 40 thousand people in June from May, after witnessing growth for the first five months of the year, official data showed on Thursday.

As of June 30, the country's population stood at 1.61 million people, compared with 1.65 million in May, data released by the Qatar Statistics Authority showed.

In the beginning of June, the authority said Qatar's population grew 6.5 percent to 1.65 million in the first five months of the year from 1.55 million in December 2008.

Qatar is the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas and the majority of its population is comprised of foreign workers. (Reuters)


advertisement

| Share |


READERS' COMMENTS

Disclaimer: The views expressed here by our readers are not necessarily shared by ArabianBusiness.com or its employees.

Click here to post a comment


Add your Comment
All posts are sent to the administrator for review and are published only after approval. ArabianBusiness.com reserves the right to remove any comment at any time for any reason. Please keep your responses appropriate and on topic.
Arabian Business would like to point out that only comments relevant to the story will be published. Any containing personal insults or inappropriate language will not be approved.
Name *
Remember me on this computer
Email *
(Your email address will not be published)
City
Country
Subject *
Comment *
Notify me of further comments


Please click post only once - your comment will not be published immediately.


MORE FROM ARABIANBUSINESS.COM

TOP IN MIDDLE EAST POLITICS & ECONOMICS

  1. Sheikh Mohammed reshuffles ICD, Dubal boards
  2. Saudi cenbank to review USD peg if conditions change
  3. Bahrain's inflation remains flat in October
  4. Surge in Bahrain non-oil exports
  5. GCC helping to lead global economic recovery

TOP MIDDLE EAST BUSINESS STORIES

  1. Dubai replaces head of DIFC
  2. UAE expects to see up to 3% economic growth in 2010
  3. Westwood extends lead after Race to Dubai's Day 3
  4. Abu Dhabi Int’l Airport records 7% growth in Oct
  5. UAE bags communication award

ALSO IN MIDDLE EAST POLITICS & ECONOMICS

  1. UAE expects to see up to 3% economic growth in 2010
  2. Power play
  3. UAE will not drop US dollar peg – cenbank chief
  4. Dubai may see growth of 5% in 2009 - Alabbar
  5. Dubai to act tough on employees’ salary defaulters - paper

LATEST MIDDLE EAST BUSINESS NEWS

  1. Sport: Westwood extends lead after Race to Dubai's Day 3
  2. Financial Markets: Saudi index down, banks and petchems weigh
  3. Real Estate: Merger technical talks to conclude in a month - Emaar
  4. Banking & Finance: Dubai's Abraaj eyes property investments
  5. Banking & Finance: Emirates NBD launches bank’s new brand identity

SHARE PRICE CHECK

RELATED STORIES

Qatar Statistics Authority
| 24 stories
  1. Falling rents drive down Qatar price index in Sept
    25 Oct '09 | News
  2. Qatar apartment rents fall 17% in 2009
    27 Sep '09 | News
  3. Qatar men outnumber women 4 to 1 - census
    3 Sep '09 | News

 EMAIL ALERTS

  1. Qatar Statistics Authority

  2. Politics & Economics


Tell us your story

UPCOMING ISSUE


 

READER COMMENTS

  1. UAE announces Eid and National Day holidays 02
    21 Nov ' 09 at 10:22
    Is it any wonder that Emiratis are reluctant to work in the private sector? One day extra and no request for early payment of salaries.   More  »
  2. RTA to lease out last batch of retail outlets available on Red Line 01
    21 Nov ' 09 at 14:10
    What happened of Last Minute and their 28 outlets - one on each station?   More  »
  3. Dubai plans start-up help for expat entrepreneurs 01
    21 Nov ' 09 at 11:37
    this is great news really makes sense, especially since Small & Medium Enterprises actually make UAE. I sincerely hope that this is...   More  »

Read all user comments >

Gitex 2009

MORE FROM ARABIANBUSINESS.COM

JOBS

SPECIAL REPORTS

SURVEYS & REPORTS

PROPERTY