Labourers dominate Qatar population profile

from ArabianBusiness.com

Qatar’s rapid economic growth during the past few years has transformed the country’s geo-demographic profile, latest statistics show.

The most striking change has been in the number of labourers which has risen from just 25 percent of the population up to 2004 to 57 percent in 2008, according to a new study by Qatar Statistics Authority.

The new figures also show that, compared to a high concentration of population in Doha during the 1980s, the industrial areas of Al Khor and Al Wakra have emerged as two densely populated areas in Qatar over the past four years, The Peninsula reported on Wednesday.

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