Qatar's population has passed the 2.6 million mark as the emirate draws in thousands of workers to build the infrastructure for the 2022 football World Cup, AFP reported Wednesday (November 2nd).
The tiny Gulf state has seen a more than four-fold increase in its population since 2000 as oil and gas revenues have fueled a rapid economic transformation.
A total of 2,611,522 people were resident in the emirate in October, according to figures released by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics.
Qatar counts almost two million male residents, many of them migrant workers, and just 637,866 women.
The figures did not give a breakdown for the proportion of expatriate residents but estimates suggest they make up as much as 90% of the population.
