Qatar's population rose from 529,019 in 1996 to 2.97M in 2025.
Qatar · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Qatar's population growth rose from 2.8 % in 1996 to 3.9 % in 2025.
Qatar's population density rose from 43.0 in 1994 to 231.2 in 2023.
Qatar's population, female (% of total) fell from 32.2 % in 1996 to 28.9 % in 2025.
Qatar's urbanisation rose from 95.4 % in 1996 to 99.4 % in 2025.
Qatar's urban population rose from 504,623 in 1996 to 2.95M in 2025.
Qatar's rural population fell from 24,396 in 1996 to 19,042 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.7 %126th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −3.9 %165th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +13.0 %216th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −3.5 %35th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.7 yrs95th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.1 pts179th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.0 pts1st of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts217th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.1 pts217th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts217th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −21.3 %25th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −1.1 pts1st of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0 %140th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs27th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs43rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs12th of 217