Qatar’s population has surged by 13.2 percent over the last year, official data showed, as the Gulf state recruits thousands of overseas workers ahead of hosting the football World Cup next month to cope with an unprecedented influx of fans. The wealthy energy producer’s population stood at 2.94 million after some 370,000 additional people moved to Qatar over the last year, based on data collected in September and released by Qatar’s statistics authority last week. Low-income migrant workers and other foreigners make up the majority of the country’s population while Qatari nationals number aro…