1.3 million
ESTIMATED 2016 POPULATION
US$129,700
ESTIMATED QATARI GDP PER CAPITA
63
DOHA’S RANK IN AT KEARNEY’S
2017 GLOBAL CITIES INDEX25,800
NUMBER OF DOHA US$ MILLIONAIRES,
AS ESTIMATED BY PROPERTY FIRM
KNIGHT FRANKBOOTSTRAPPING
ITS RICHES
One day, the gas and oil will run out. The tiny nation is
preparing for that day by making Doha an Arabian
trailblazer, home to growing banks, a global wireless
carrier (Ooredoo), the region’s largest media group (Al
Jazeera), a major world airline (Qatar Airways) and the
2022 FIFA World Cup.
The Education City complex hosts branches of the
Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science,
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and
Texas A&M School of Engineering, among others. A
new rail transit system is scheduled to open in 2019.
Qatar has followed the United Arab Emirates
aggressively into the international airline business,
leveraging the Gulf’s position as an ideal hub for
Asia-to-Europe traffic. It now rivals Abu Dhabi but
remains well behind Dubai in the race to be the Gulf’s
pre-eminent city.
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