Number of sold properties in January increased by 309 properties, registering a monthly increase of 18.4 percent compared to December 2017, said the 49th edition of Qatar Monthly Statistics released yesterday.
The total population of Qatar has increased from 2.58 million during January 2017 to more than 2.64 million at end of January 2018, registering an annual increase of 2.6 percent.
The demographic statistics showed that the total population of Qatar has increased from 2.58 million during January 2017 to more than 2.64 million at end of January 2018, registering an annual increase of 2.6 percent.
According to the figures released by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, 2,231 live births were registered during January 2018 while 209 death cases were recorded. A total of 304 marriages were registered during January, whereas the total number of divorces reached 105 cases. In regard to social security value, January 2018 witnessed a significant decrease in number of social security beneficiaries as it reached 13,845 individuals, whereas the total value of social security reached QR77.9bn.
In regard to electricity and water consumption rates, the bulletin showed that the total electricity utilisation value during January 2018 was 2,316.4 GWh showing a monthly decrease of 0.03 percent compared with last month. The bulletin also showed that the total value of water consumption has reached 38392.9 thousand cubic meters during the same month attaining a monthly decrease of 2.9 percent as compared with last month.
Total number of building permits reached 941 permits during January 2018, and thus recorded a monthly increase of 34.2 percent in comparison with the previous month December 2017.
A total of 580 traffic cases were recorded during January 2018, showing in a monthly decrease of 6.9 percent compared to 623 traffic cases in December 2017.
The bulletin also highlighted that the total number of registered vehicles has reached 6,283 new vehicles during January 2018. The figure has registered a monthly increase of 21.1 percent compared to last December 2017, as the total number of registered vehicles was 5,189 new vehicles.
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Total broad money supply (M2) recorded about QR598.9bn during the month of January 2018 showing an annual increase of 19.6 percent compared with January 2017 from last year. On the other hand, cash equivalents (including deposits) were QR803.2bn during January 2018.
The Peninsula
