Doha: The total number of inbound visitors reached about 316,000 in June, recording a monthly increase of 0.9 percent (compared to May 2024) and an annual increase of 12.2 percent (compared to June 2023).
The highest number of visitors was from GCC countries 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.
The National Planning Council has released the 126th issue of Qatar Monthly Statistics bulletin. In this issue, the council 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 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 total number of traffic accidents, and 17.6 percent in total number of traffic accident fatalities (compared to May 2024).
The demographic statistics revealed that the total population of Qatar has increase from 2.656 million at June 2023 to 2.858 million at June 2024 at an annual increase of 7.6 percent, and decreased monthly by 7.2 percent (compared to May 2024).
Regarding vital statistics, 2,434 live births were registered during June 2024. It also saw an increase in the total Qatari live births by 0.2 percent compared to last 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 in 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.
Value of total social security reached QR77m in June 2024 and number of beneficiaries stood at 14,362, recording a monthly decrease of 0.5 percent in the value of social security and a monthly decrease of 0.1 percent in the number of beneficiaries. In the banking sector, total Broad Money Supply (M2) was at about QR732bn during June 2024, an annual increase of 4.7 percent compared with June 2023. On the other hand, cash equivalents, including commercial bank deposits, attained for QR1,032bn during the month. The figure has recorded an annual increase of 8 percent compared to June 2023, when deposits recorded approximately QR955bn.
Regarding the data of buildings 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 reached 6,333. The figure showed a monthly decrease of 28.9 percent and it showed an annual decrease of 3.9 percent. Traffic accidents cases without counting the accidents without injuries, a total of 647 traffic cases were recorded during June 2024, showing a monthly decrease of 14 percent and an annual increase of 4.5 percent.
