Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 99.4% in Qatar and 84.6% in Saudi Arabia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Qatar, by 14.8 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of people · UN

QatarSaudi ArabiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Qatar has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Qatar ranked 15 and Saudi Arabia ranked 51 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Qatar at 99.9% and Saudi Arabia at 87.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Qatar	Saudi Arabia
2025	99.4	84.6
2024	99.3	84.5
2023	99.3	84.3
2022	99.2	84.1
2021	99.2	84
2020	99.2	83.8
2019	99.1	83.6
2018	99.1	83.5
2017	99	83.3
2016	99	83.1
2015	98.9	83
2014	98.9	82.8
2013	98.8	82.6
2012	98.7	82.4
2011	98.6	82.3
2010	98.5	82.1
2009	98.4	81.9
2008	98.1	81.6
2007	97.9	81.4
2006	97.6	81.2
2005	97.3	81
2004	97.1	80.8
2003	96.8	80.5
2002	96.6	80.3
2001	96.5	80.2
2000	96.3	80
1999	96.1	79.8
1998	95.9	79.6
1997	95.7	79.4
1996	95.4	79.2
1995	95.1	78.9
1994	94.7	78.7
1993	94.3	78.3
1992	93.9	78
1991	93.4	77.6
1990	92.9	77
1989	92.4	76.3
1988	91.8	75.6
1987	91.1	74.8
1986	90.4	73.9
1985	89.6	72.9
1984	88.3	71.9
1983	86.9	70.6
1982	85.4	69.3
1981	84.1	67.9
1980	83	66.4
1979	82.2	64.9
1978	81.6	63.3
1977	81	61.7
1976	80.5	60.1
1975	80	58.4
1974	79.5	56.8
1973	78.9	55.1
1972	78.4	53.2
1971	77.7	51.2
1970	77	49.2
1969	76.2	47.1
1968	75.3	45
1967	74.4	42.9
1966	73.3	40.9
1965	72.2	39
1964	71	37.2
1963	69.7	35.6
1962	68.3	34.1
1961	66.7	32.8
1960	65	31.4
1959	63	30.2
1958	60.6	29
1957	57.7	27.8
1956	54.6	26.7
1955	51.1	25.6
1954	47.3	24.6
1953	43.3	23.7
1952	39	22.8
1951	34.6	22
1950	30	21.3

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Qatar	Saudi Arabia
2026	99.4	84.8
2027	99.4	84.9
2028	99.5	85.1
2029	99.5	85.2
2030	99.5	85.4
2031	99.6	85.5
2032	99.6	85.6
2033	99.6	85.8
2034	99.6	85.9
2035	99.7	86
2036	99.7	86.2
2037	99.7	86.3
2038	99.7	86.4
2039	99.8	86.5
2040	99.8	86.6
2041	99.8	86.7
2042	99.8	86.8
2043	99.8	86.9
2044	99.8	87
2045	99.8	87.1
2046	99.9	87.2
2047	99.9	87.3
2048	99.9	87.3
2049	99.9	87.4
2050	99.9	87.5

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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