(MENAFN- Gulf Times) There was a fall in Qatar's population in June, according to a Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics report.
Against the all-time high of 2,374,860 recorded on May 31, there has been a fall of more than 30,000 in the latest figure released by the ministry yesterday.
The country's latest population stands at 2,344,557.
The male and female population in May was also the highest in the country's history. They were 1,781,882 males and 592,978 females in May. Now, the population of male stands at 1,777,116 while that of female at 567,441.
The falling trend is expected to continue at least until the end of September. Usually, the country's population comes down during the four months starting from June 1 to September 30, when apparently a significant numbers of residents travel out. A similar fall is also usually witnessed in the month of December as well.
As per the data published on the ministry's website, there was a similar fall during the period in all four preceding years.
While the May 2014 figures were 2,174,035, the number fell to 2,151,745 in the following month last year.
Similarly, the population which stood at 1,963,124, on May 31, 2013 fell to 1,916,426 on June 30, 2013.
The pattern was no different either in 2012 as well. While it was 1,795,828 in May, it fell to 1,722,438 the next month.
In 2011, the June population figure was 1,624, 761, against the previous month's 1,703,498.
The latest figures show except for 2014, the fall in population between May and June in all previous years was much bigger than this year's figure.
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