ACOG - Qatar  - IBM

Geography

Location: Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia

Area:
total area: 11,000 sq km
land area: 11,000 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Connecticut

Land boundaries: total 60 km, Saudi Arabia 60 km

Coastline: 563 km


People

Population: 533,916 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 30% (female 81,443; male 80,591)
15-64 years: 68% (female 104,921; male 258,135)
65 years and over: 2% (female 2,941; male 5,885)

Population growth rate: 2.74% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 22.72 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 3.59 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 8.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 20.4 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.03 years
male: 70.45 years
female: 75.5 years

Total fertility rate: 4.63 children born/woman

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

Religions: Muslim 95%

Languages: Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language

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


Government

Names:
conventional long form: State of Qatar
conventional short form: Qatar

Type: traditional monarchy

Capital: Doha

Independence: 3 September 1971 (from UK)

Constitution: provisional constitution enacted 2 April 1970


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $10.7 billion

National product real growth rate: -1%

National product per capita: $20,820

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 1,520,000 kW
production: 4.5 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 8,415 kWh



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