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Qatar
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Qatar – People Groups
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People Groups
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Population Indig % Evangel % Adherent Progress Scale Primary Religion Primary Language Pho Map Txt
Americans, U.S.13,00028.00 %87.00 %5 ChristianityEnglishP
Americans, U.S.
 T
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken528,000Y0.08 %0.50 %1 IslamArabic, Gulf SpokenP
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken
M
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken of Qatar
T
Arab, Egyptian52,0004.00 %8.00 %4 IslamArabic, Egyptian SpokenP
Arab, Egyptian
 T
Arab, Lebanese253,0000.50 %3.00 %1 IslamArabic, North Levantine SpokenP
Arab, Lebanese
 T
Arab, Palestinian350,0000.08 %2.00 %1 IslamArabic, North Levantine SpokenP
Arab, Palestinian
M
Arab, Palestinian of Qatar
T
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi26,0000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamArabic, Hijazi SpokenP
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi
M
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi of Qatar
T
Arab, Saudi - Najdi52,0000.10 %0.20 %1 IslamArabic, Najdi SpokenP
Arab, Saudi - Najdi
 T
Arab, Sudanese52,0000.80 %1.20 %1 IslamArabic, Sudanese SpokenP
Arab, Sudanese
M
Arab, Sudanese of Qatar
T
Arab, Syrian253,0000.10 %2.00 %1 IslamArabic, North Levantine SpokenP
Arab, Syrian
M
Arab, Syrian of Qatar
T
Armenian7,8008.00 %94.00 %4 ChristianityArmenian, WesternP
Armenian
 T
Baloch, Southern52,0000.01 %0.01 %1 IslamBalochi, SouthernP
Baloch, Southern
 T
British25,0008.00 %57.00 %4 ChristianityEnglishP
British
  
Deaf5,400Y5.91 %2 IslamLanguage unknownP
Deaf
 T
Filipino, Tagalog117,0006.00 %70.00 %4 ChristianityTagalogP
Filipino, Tagalog
  
French7,9001.00 %76.00 %3 ChristianityFrenchP
French
 T
German5,2002.00 %65.00 %3 ChristianityGerman, StandardP
German
  
Han Chinese, Mandarin9005.00 %8.00 %4 Non-ReligiousChinese, MandarinP
Han Chinese, Mandarin
  
Malayali73,0002.00 %6.00 %2 HinduismMalayalamP
Malayali
M
Malayali of Qatar
 
Muhamasheen, Akhdam245,000Y0.20 %2.00 %1 IslamArabic, Gulf SpokenP
Muhamasheen, Akhdam
M
Muhamasheen, Akhdam of Qatar
T
Persian261,0000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamPersian, IranianP
Persian
 T
Sinhalese52,0001.20 %3.00 %1 BuddhismSinhalaP
Sinhalese
 T
Tamil (Hindu traditions)26,0003.00 %5.00 %4 HinduismTamilP
Tamil (Hindu traditions)
 T
Turk4,8000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamTurkishP
Turk
 T
Urdu166,0000.00 %0.01 %1 IslamUrduP
Urdu
 T
Total People Groups:   24 2,628,000 3     13      24 7 19
Unclassified / Other Individuals 67,000  
UN Country Population (2022) 2,695,000  
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Qatar – People Progress

% of People Groups [1]
 
% of Population in People Group [1] [2]
 
Progress Level Peoples % of Peoples Population % of Population [2]
  1 - Unreached 13 54.2 % 2,295,000 87.3 %
  2 - Minimally reached 2 8.3 % 78,000 3.0 %
  3 - Superficially reached 2 8.3 % 13,000 0.5 %
  4 - Partially reached 6 25.0 % 229,000 8.7 %
  5 - Significantly reached 1 4.2 % 13,000 0.5 %
Totals 24   2,628,000  


NOTES:
  1. Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
  2. % of Population in People Group:  The percentage of the population that lives in a people group at each progress level. Not every person living in an unreached people group is necessarily unreached.
Qatar – Languages
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Language
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# Unreached
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Online
Arabic, Egyptian Spokenarz10Complete
Arabic, Gulf Spokenafb22Portions
Arabic, Hijazi Spokenacw11Portions
Arabic, Najdi Spokenars11Portions
Arabic, North Levantine Spokenapc33Portions
Arabic, Sudanese Spokenapd11NT
Armenian, Westernhyw10Complete
Balochi, Southernbcc11NT
Chinese, Mandarincmn10Complete
Englisheng20Complete
Frenchfra10Complete
German, Standarddeu10Complete
Language unknownxxx10Unspecified
Malayalammal10Complete
Persian, Iranianpes11Complete
Sinhalasin11Complete
Tagalogtgl10Complete
Tamiltam10Complete
Turkishtur11Complete
Urduurd11Complete
Totals: 20 24 13   19 15 17 18 17
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Qatar – Religions
Major Religions [1] [3]
Evangelicals: 0.8 %
(subset of Christianity)
 
% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends [4]

NOTES:
  1. Major Religions: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
  2. Christianity Segments: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
  3. Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
  4. % Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends:  Source Operation World Editions 1986, 1993, 2001, 2010.
    Zero percent data values may mean unknown or unavailable.
Qatar – Possible Ministry Involvement
  • Below are lists of ministries that may work in Qatar. Ministries in the Qatar section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the Africa, North and Middle East section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
  • The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.
Ministries in Qatar   Ministries in Africa, North and Middle East
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Qatar – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links
 
Statistics
Population 2,628,000
Percent Urbanization 99 %
Total People Groups 24
Unreached People Groups 13
Region Africa, North and Middle East
10/40 Window Yes
Official National Language Arabic, Standard
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Professing Christian 6.2%  [1]
Percent Evangelical 0.8%  [2]
Country Progress Level 2
Persecution Ranking 34 (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index 0.856 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links
Operation World
Window International Country Profile
Ethnologue Language Listing
State Department Religious Freedom Report
World Factbook

Notes
[1]  Calculated by summing the major religion data for the people groups in the country.
[2]  Calculated by summing the Evangelical data for the people groups in the country.
 
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