The National Planning Council has released the 126th issue of (Qatar; Monthly Statistics) bulletin; a series of statistical newsletters released on a monthly basis. In this issue, they highlighted the most important statistical changes that occurred in the country during June 2024 in addition to extracts from the results of the 2020 Census.
Among the notable changes in this issue is a monthly decrease in the total number and value of sold properties by 11.5 percent and 11.2 percent, respectively, compared to May 2024. This was accompanied by a monthly decrease of 30.6 percent in the value of traded stocks, 14 percent in the total number of traffic accidents, and 17.6 percent in the total number of traffic accident fatalities, compared to May 2024.
The demographic statistics revealed that the total population of Qatar has increased from 2.656 million in June 2023 to 2.858 million in June 2024, at an annual increase rate of change of 7.6 percent, and decreased monthly by 7.2 percent, compared to May 2024.
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garding Vital Statistics, 2434 live births were registered in June 2024. There is also an increase in the total Qatari live births by 0.2 percent in comparison to the previous month. On the other hand, 188 deaths were recorded during the same period, a decrease of 17.9 percent compared to May 2024.
Moreover, June 2024 witnessed a monthly decrease of 14 percent and 32.3 percent of total marriage contracts and total divorce certificates. The total number of marriage contracts reached 349 marriage contracts, while the total number of divorce certificates reached 126 cases.
As for the Social Security statements, it reached 77 Million Qatari Riyals in June 2024 for 14362 beneficiaries, recording a monthly decrease of 0.5 percent for the value of Social Security and a monthly decrease of 0.1 percent for the number of beneficiaries of Social Security.
As for the Banking Sector, the Total Broad Money Supply (M2) recorded about 732 Billion Qatari Riyals during June 2024, an annual increase of 4.7 percent compared w
ith June 2023. On the other hand, cash equivalents; including Commercial Bank Deposits, attained for 1032 Billion Qatari Riyals during June 2024. The figure has recorded an annual increase of 8 percent compared to June 2023, when deposits recorded approximately 955 Billion Qatari Riyals.
Regarding the data on building permits issued, the total number of permits has reached 543 permits during June 2024, recording a monthly decrease of 30.6 percent and an annual decrease of 15.3 percent.
The total number of registered new vehicles during June 2024 has reached 6333 new vehicles. The figure showed a monthly decrease of 28.9 percent and it showed an annual decrease of 3.9 percent.
Traffic accident cases excluding the accidents without injuries reached a total of 647 traffic cases during June 2024, showing a monthly decrease of 14 percent and an annual increase of 4.5 percent. Light injuries are accounted for most traffic accident cases during the same month, with 92 percent, followed by severe injuries by 6 per
cent. However, 14 deaths were recorded, equivalent to only 2 percent of total traffic accident cases.
As for tourism, the total number of inbound visitors reached about 316 thousand, recording a monthly increase of 0.9 percent, compared to May 2024, and recorded an annual increase of 12.2 percent, compared to June 2023. The highest number of visitors was from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at 47 percent. As for visitors by type of port, the visitors via Air make up the highest percentage with 55 percent of the total number of visitors.
Source: Qatar News Agency