"Hayk's Arrow" Armenian Strategic Center

Qatar

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Population

These figures count different groups and years. They should not be added.

Community estimate

500–600

Year not stated

Attributed estimate

Official figure

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Comparable official figure not verified

Qatar · Community estimate: Community sources

Published population figure: About 500–600

Population reference period
Year not stated
Source published
Not stated
Latest source check

Population reference year and publication date not stated

What the figure measures
Broad Armenian community estimate published by Armenia’s Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs; no counting method is supplied.
Qatar · Official figure: Official sources

Published population figure: Comparable official figure not verified

Population reference period
Year not stated
Source published
Not stated
Latest source check

Comparable reference period not verified

What the figure measures
This review did not verify a comparable host-country official Armenian-origin or ethnic-group total. Citizenship and birthplace counts are not substitutes for the full community; this does not establish that official data are absent.

Data limitation: The Office gives no population reference year or publication date. The church entry concerns a regional pastoral jurisdiction, not a verified purpose-built Armenian church in Doha.

Qatar: Country sources

Institution sources are listed with their entries.

Main locations
Doha

The Office describes a small community and lists a national department and Mesrobian supplementary school. A 2024 church report places Qatar within the UAE and Qatar Armenian prelacy. A presidential report published 7 November 2025 documents a meeting with local community representatives at Armenia’s embassy in Doha.

Community institutions

Qatar: Coverage and source notes

Only three core records are included where sources support them. The school has a dated 2019 reference, with current operation unverified; the national department remains an undated listing. The church record describes regional jurisdiction. No local Armenian media publication was verified; its absence is not asserted.

Directory sources checked:

This is a selected guide, not a complete inventory or a ranking of influence. A direct source documents what an institution publishes about itself; it does not independently verify every claim or establish uninterrupted operation. Directory listings and historical records carry their stated limits. Dates identify the publication, documented activity or report reference period, as described in the entry. Missing source dates are shown explicitly. Inclusion does not imply partnership or endorsement.

Armenian organizations 1

Organizations1

Armenian National Department of Qatar

Qatar

Directory listing

Qatar · Armenian National Department of Qatar: About and sources

The Diaspora Office lists a national department organizing community life. Its current composition and activities were not independently verified.

Source date not stated

Sources

Schools and Armenian-language learning 1

Education1

Mesrobian Armenian supplementary school

Qatar

Directory listing

Qatar · Mesrobian Armenian supplementary school: About and sources

The Office lists Mesrobian as a supplementary Armenian school. A presidential report published 18 November 2019 documents a meeting with its pupils and parents. Current teaching, timetable and enrolment remain unverified.

Date / reference period:

Sources

Churches and religious institutions 1

Churches1

Armenian Apostolic pastoral jurisdiction — UAE and Qatar Prelacy

Qatar; regional prelacy based in the UAE

Direct source

Qatar · Armenian Apostolic pastoral jurisdiction — UAE and Qatar Prelacy: About and sources

A 2024 church report identifies the UAE and Qatar prelate welcoming Catholicos Aram I in Doha. No separate Armenian church building or regular service schedule was verified.

Source published:

Dated activity evidence ·

The church report documents the catholicos’s arrival in Doha, welcomed by the regional prelate and community members. Activity source

Evidence check and limits

MECC republishes the Catholicosate’s report. Later community meetings were announced here, not documented as completed.

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Sources

Media and community publications 0

Media0

No sourced records have been added in this category yet.

Qatar: Topics for further observation

These are proposed research topics, not findings about the community.

  • Verify dated population evidence and the present reach of local institutions.
Qatar: How to read the figures

A census count, an ancestry response and a community estimate measure different populations. Dates and definitions remain attached to each figure. The covered-country sum uses selected reference values, range midpoints and stated boundaries for “more than” or “up to”; it is not a synchronized population count or a statistical confidence interval. Undated and historical estimates are not current resident counts. The independently published worldwide estimate must not be added to the country sum.

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