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Official country name: State of Qatar
National capital: Doha
Location: Occupying a peninsula on the west coast of the Gulf, bordered on the south by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Area: 11,000 km2


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Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, fish
National currency: Qatari riyal (QRL)
Principal exports: LNG, petroleum & products, fertilizers, steel
Principal imports: Machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals
   
Year: 2009
Population: 0.86 million (2008)
Population growth (annual %): 3.4%
Adult literacy rate: 93.1% (2007)
Life expectancy at birth (total years, 2007): 75.5
GDP growth (annual %): 9% (2009)
GDP current: US$91.76 billion (2008)
GDP per capita: US$106,610 (2008)
   
Exports of goods & services: US$41.76 billion (2009)
Imports of goods & services: US$22.28 billion (2009)
Current account balance
(% of GDP):
10.8% (2009)
Inflation (annual %): -4.3%
Official exchange rate: QRL per US$ 2009 3.64
   
OFID Ministerial Council Member: HE Mr. Yousef Hussain Kamal, Minister of Economy and Finance and Chairman of the Ministerial Council of OFID, Ministry of Economy and Finance
OFID Governing Board Representative:  
OFID Governing Board Alternate: Mr. Ismail O. Al-Daffa, Director, International Economic & Financial Cooperation Department, Ministry of Finance