• A monthly increase in total number of live births by 2.8% in July 2024 compared to previous month.
• A monthly increase in total net tonnage of vessels by 3.7% compared to June 2024.
• A monthly increase in total new vehicles registered in July 2024 by 22.1% compared to June 2024.
The National Planning Council has released the 127th issue of (Qatar; Monthly Statistics) bulletin; a series of statistical newsletters released on a monthly basis. In this issue, we highlighted the most important statistical changes that occurred in the country during July 2024 in addition to extracts from the results of the 2020 Census.
Among the notable changes in this issue is the monthly increase in total commercial bank deposits and facilities by 0.1% and 0.9%, respectively (compared to June 2024), and annual increase of 11.3% and 7.4%, respectively (compared to July 2023). In addition, there was a monthly increase in the value of traded stocks by 5.2% (compared to June 2024), along with an increase in the General Market Index (point) by 1.9% (compared to June 2024).
The demographic statistics revealed that the total population of Qatar has increase from 2.704 million at July 2023 to 2.788 million at July 2024 at an annual increase rate of change of 3.1%, and decreased monthly by 2.5% (compared to June 2024).
Regarding to Vital Statistics, 2501 live births have been registered during July 2024. Also, an increase in the total Qatari live births by 2.2% comparing to last month. On the other hand, 221 deaths were recorded during the same period, an increase of 17.6% compared to June 2024.
Moreover, July 2024 witnessed a monthly decrease of 0.3% of total marriage contracts while it witnessed a monthly increase of 93.7% of total divorce certificates. The total number of marriage contracts reached 348 marriage contracts and the total number of divorce certificates reached 244 cases.
As for the Social Security statements, reached 77 Million Qatari Riyals in July 2024, for 14385 beneficiaries, Recording a monthly increase of 0.3% for the value of social security and a monthly increase of 0.2% for the number of beneficiaries of Social Security.
As for the Banking Sector; Total Broad Money Supply (M2) recorded about 727 Billion Qatari Riyals during July 2024, an annual increase of 6.4% compared with July 2023. On the other hand, cash equivalents; including Commercial Bank Deposits, attained for 1033 Billion Qatari Riyals during July 2024. The figure has recorded an annual increase of 11.3% compared to July 2023, when deposits recorded approximately 928 Billion Qatari Riyals.
Regarding the data of buildings permits issued, the total number of permits has reached 741 permits during July 2024, recording a monthly increase of 36.5% and an annual increase of 16.9%.
The total number of registered new vehicles during July 2024 has reached 7733 new vehicles. The figure showed a monthly increase of 22.1% and it showed an annual increase of 25.8%.
Traffic accidents cases without counting the accidents without injuries, a total of 602 traffic cases were recorded during July 2024, showing a monthly decrease of 7.0% and an annual increase by 1.2%. Light injuries are accounted for most traffic accidents cases during the same month, with 95%, followed by severe injuries by 4%. However, 6 deaths were recorded, equivalent to only 1% of total traffic accidents cases.
As for tourism, the total number of inbound visitors reached about 317 thousand, recording a monthly increase of 0.4% (compared to June 2024) and recorded an annual increase of 10.2% (compared to July 2023). The highest number of visitors was from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at 46%. As for visitors by type of port, the visitors via Air make up the highest percentage with 59% of the total number of visitors.
