Qatar Population on Monday is 1,580,050
This gave me a grin – as of a certain date, Qatar has a number, not an approximate number, a fairly fixed number – for its population.
You know what? I believe it. I have seen the way the computers here operate; they seem to have some inter-operability, and quick ways of accessing information back and forth between departments. I can believe they are tallying people leaving, people coming, people being born, people dying, as fast as the data can be entered.
I wouldn’t have believed it six years ago. I believe they have this capability now. They must have made a significant investment in this infrastructure, and it’s continuous upgrade.
From today’s Peninsula
Doha: The population of Qatar till Monday is 1,580,050, according to statistics released by Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) yesterday. These data represent the number of individuals of all ages (Qataris and non-Qataris) within the state on Monday, excluding Qataris and residents who were outside the borders of the State at the time of the statement monitoring. The total number of males according to these data, is 1, 225,487 compared to 354,563 females.
These figures indicate a decline in population within the state with 86,803 people compared to last October, which recorded the highest rise in population during the year. It is noteworthy that QSA started presenting data on its website showing total population at the end of each month since October last year.
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Keep the population at that number please please .
We cant move here in Kuwait ,too many cars helpppppppppp.
It’s too late, Daggero . . . . the number of cars in Qatar has increased dramatically. Qatar has tightened up considerably on issuing driver’s licenses – at least to expats – and the drop in populations is probably helping a little, but the big need is for home-school transportation and home-work transportation. Without good public transportation, the roads will continue to be a disaster during peak traffic times. Oh, and I forgot to mention the constant heavy-truck traffic, carrying cement, cement blocks, loads of rubble, etc. Very scary.
on an entirely different note…I like that it’s snowing on your blog! Makes me feel Christmas-y 😉
I like it, too! 🙂 WordPress does it every December. I think I could turn it off if I wanted, but I like it!