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<text id=93CT1164>
<title>
Qatar--People
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Qatar
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 499,115 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 2.84% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 19.61 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 3.53 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: 12.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 22.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 72.25 years</l>
<l> male: 69.73 years</l>
<l> female: 74.68 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 3.88 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Qatari(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Qatari</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: Arab 40%, Pakistani 18%, Indian 18%, Iranian
10%, other 14%
</p>
<p>Religions: Muslim 95%
</p>
<p>Languages: Arabic (official), English commonly used as a
second language
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1986)</l>
<l> total population: 76%</l>
<l> male: 77%</l>
<l> female: 72%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 104,000 85% non-Qatari in private sector (1983)
</p></body></article></text>