Qatar - Demographic

Demographic

Main article: Demographics of Qatar
Year Population
1908 est. 22,000
1939 est. 28,000
late 1960s 70,000
1986 369,079
1997 522,023
2000 744,483
2001 769,152
2002 793,341
2003 817,052
2004 840,290
2005 863,051
2006 885,359
2007 1,207,229
2008 1,524,789
2009 1,309,000
2010 1,696,563
2011 1,692,262

Out of the total population of approximately 1.5 million (May 2008 est.), the make up of ethnic groups is as follows: Qatari (Arab) 20%; other Arab 20%; Indian 20%; Filipino 10%; Nepali 13%; Pakistani 7%; Sri Lankan 5%; other 5%. Arabic, English, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil,Telugu, Kannada, Tagalog, Urdu, and Punjabi are the most widely spoken languages..

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