Qatar took 10 years to become the fuel’s largest producer in 2006 and even less time after that to build a $250-billion (U.S.) sovereign wealth fund. With a population of 2.4 million people, it tapped the third-biggest gas reserves to become the wealthiest nation per capita.
Qatar’s gross domestic product in 2014 was $134,182 for each resident compared with $49,537 in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, with a population 12 times as large, according to the World Bank...............................................Full Article: Source
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