DOHA: The population of Qatar crossed 2.70 million mark at end of February 2018 from 2.67 million during same month last year, registering an increase of 1 percent, according to the 50th edition of Qatar Monthly Statistics bulletin released yesterday by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics.
The number of sold properties reached 330, registering a monthly increase of 6.8 percent compared to January 2018. A total of 471 traffic cases were recorded during February, showing in a monthly decrease of 18.8 percent compared to January. At the same instance, 15 death cases were recorded during February. The total number of 1,857 live births were registered during February, while 205 death cases were recorded in February.
The total number of registered marriages was 290 marriages, whereas the total number of divorces reached 87 divorce cases. The total electricity utilisation value during February was 2148.2 GWh witnessing a monthly decrease of 7.3 percent as compared with last month. The bulletin also showed that the total value of water consumption witnessed a monthly decrease of 8.8 percent as compared with last month.
As for the buildings permits information, the bulletin showed that total number of permits reached 640 permits in February, recording a monthly decrease of 32 percent in comparison with January. The bulletin also highlighted that the total number of registered vehicles has reached 5,319 new vehicles.
