The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics released the 13th edition of (Qatar: Monthly Statistics) bulletin which includes a number of year-on-year social and economic changes  in addition to statistical data recorded in January 2015. The bulletin data show that January population in Qatar attained 2.225 million people, a decrease of 0.45% compared to December 2014 where it was 2.235 million, and increased by 10.4% vis-à-vis last year’s January. The bulletin data also indicates total marriage contracts, registered in January, fell slightly by 0.3% compared to December 2014, whereas they slumped to 10.3% compared to January 2014. Divorce cases in January rose by 29.8% compared to last December, and reached 15.1% vis-à-vis January 2014. For the first time the bulletin presents the country’s tourism statistics. Tourists number increased in January 2015 to over 300 thousand after it was around 283 thousand during last year’s January. Tourists from GCC countries made up the highest proportion of total tourists, they represented approximately 130 thousand in last January. With regard to road accidents, the bulletin points out the number of deaths, charted in the entire traffic departments, accounted for 31 cases in January. Serious accidents amounted to 79, whereas minor ones came to 612. Traffic violations grew to roughly 151 thousand after they were about 133 thousand in December 2014. Radar-related violations constituted the highest proportion by 96 thousand violations. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) attained 103.4 points in January, a rise of 3.4% compared to December. This is the first result to use 2013 as the base year. The Business Confidence Index grew to 22.3 points in Q4 2014 after it attained 19 points in Q3 of the same year. The bulletin marks that the number of commercial registration certificates fell to 1041 in January, after they were 1071 in last year’s December.It is noteworthy that (Qatar: Monthly Statistics) bulletin is released on a monthly basis from 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, kindly visit the MDPS website: www.mdps.gov.qa and QALAM website: www.qalm.gov.qa. To download Qatar Monthly Statistics, Feb 2015 Edition, click here