COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Qatar Population
Qatar population: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1980, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,97 m | 114.393 |
| 2024 | 2,86 m | 201.790 |
| 2023 | 2,66 m | -1.301 |
| 2022 | 2,66 m | 152.423 |
| 2021 | 2,50 m | -289.238 |
| 2020 | 2,79 m | 155.491 |
| 2019 | 2,64 m | 57.923 |
| 2018 | 2,58 m | 34.914 |
| 2017 | 2,55 m | 68.707 |
| 2016 | 2,48 m | 39.113 |
| 2015 | 2,44 m | 222.000 |
| 2014 | 2,22 m | 212.000 |
| 2013 | 2,00 m | 171.000 |
| 2012 | 1,83 m | 100.000 |
| 2011 | 1,73 m | 18.000 |
| 2010 | 1,72 m | 76.000 |
| 2009 | 1,64 m | 85.000 |
| 2008 | 1,55 m | 402.000 |
| 2007 | 1,15 m | 184.000 |
| 2006 | 968.000 | 147.000 |
| 2005 | 821.000 | 101.000 |
| 2004 | 720.000 | 60.000 |
| 2003 | 660.000 | 30.000 |
| 2002 | 630.000 | 18.000 |
| 2001 | 612.000 | 18.000 |
| 2000 | 594.000 | 22.000 |
| 1999 | 572.000 | 22.000 |
| 1998 | 550.000 | 21.000 |
| 1997 | 529.000 | 17.000 |
| 1996 | 512.000 | 11.000 |
| 1995 | 501.000 | 6.000 |
| 1994 | 495.000 | 3.000 |
| 1993 | 492.000 | 2.000 |
| 1992 | 490.000 | 5.000 |
| 1991 | 485.000 | 8.000 |
| 1990 | 477.000 | 69.000 |
| 1989 | 408.000 | 16.000 |
| 1988 | 392.000 | 15.000 |
| 1987 | 377.000 | 15.000 |
| 1986 | 362.000 | 17.000 |
| 1985 | 345.000 | 19.000 |
| 1984 | 326.000 | 20.000 |
| 1983 | 306.000 | 21.000 |
| 1982 | 285.000 | 20.000 |
| 1981 | 265.000 | 20.000 |
| 1980 | 245.000 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesQatar recorded 2,97 m people in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the population increased by 114.393.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 46 observations from 1980 to 2025, the average was 1,23 m; the minimum was 245.000 in 1980 and the maximum was 2,97 m in 2025.
Qatar ranks 138 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
It is also below the available average for the High income group.
Demographic scale and market size.