The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics released the eighth issue of (Qatar: Monthly Statistics) bulletin which includes a number of brief population, social and economic statistics that took place in last August. The bulletin statistics show that Qatar’s population reached 2.077 million in August, a rise of 8.2% compared to July when it attained 1.919 million. The figures indicate that the number of marriages in August increased by 35.9%, since it amounted to 261 after it was 192, whereas the number of divorces went up by 24.2% and attained 77 in August compared to 62 in July. August’s total number of births rose by 16.8% to reach 1880. The total number of Qatari births reached 539, including 244 males. The number of deaths in the country slumped by 12.9% to reach 162 in August including 51 Qatari nationals. As for traffic accidents, Fatal accidents, reported to the entire traffic departments, reached 19 cases (deaths). Major and minor accidents amounted to 43 and 536 respectively. The bulletin indicates that Madinat Khalifa Traffic Department was the highest in recording traffic accidents which amounted to 5452, whereas Al-Shamal Traffic Department recorded the highest number of deaths (seven cases) resulted from traffic accidents over the last month. Traffic violations amounted to 140 thousand in August, an increase of 12.9% compared to last July when it recorded over 124 thousand traffic violations. Economically, the bulletin points out that the August CPI attained 118.9 points, a rise of 0.8% compared to July, caused by the increase of the prices of goods and services last month, except the ones for medical care and health services. The bulletin shows that the number of commercial registration certificates rose by 34% in August, recording 840 registers, after it was 627 in last July. It is noteworthy that (Qatar: Monthly Statistics) bulletin is released on a monthly basis from the outset of February, 2014.  It is meant to identify the developments and changes that occur in the social and economic aspects in Qatar. For further information and data click here  , QALAM