Qatar
Life expectancy in Qatar
Life expectancy in Qatar: 50.8 years in 1950 and 82.4 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 82.4 years
- Since 1950
- +31.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 27 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 90.9 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 90.9 years in 2100, between 84 years and 98.3 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 83 years in 2019, the lowest 50.8 years in 1950.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Qatar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 82.4 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 81.9 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 81.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 80.4 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 83 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 82.7 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 82.5 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 82.2 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 81.8 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 81.4 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 81 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 80.5 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 80 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 79.4 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 78.8 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 78.3 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 77.7 | 69 |
| 2006 | 77.3 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 76.9 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 76.5 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 76.1 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 75.8 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 75.5 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 75.3 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 75.1 | 66 |
| 1998 | 74.9 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 74.7 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 74.6 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 74.4 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 74.2 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 74.1 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 73.9 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 73.7 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 73.4 | 64 |
| 1989 | 73.1 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 72.8 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 72.5 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 72.2 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 71.8 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 71.5 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 71.1 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 70.7 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 70.3 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 69.9 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 69.5 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 69.1 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 68.6 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 68.2 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 67.7 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 67.2 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 66.6 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 66.1 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 65.5 | 56 |
| 1970 | 64.9 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 64.3 | 56 |
| 1968 | 63.6 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 62.9 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 62.2 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 61.4 | 54 |
| 1964 | 60.7 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 60 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 59.2 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 58.5 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 57.8 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 57.1 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 56.3 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 55.6 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 54.9 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 54.2 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 53.5 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 52.8 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 52.1 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 51.5 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 50.8 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Qatar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 82.581.6–83.4 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 82.781.3–83.9 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 82.881.2–84.4 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 8381.2–84.8 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 83.181.1–85.2 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 83.380.9–85.5 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 83.480.9–85.8 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 83.681–86 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 83.781–86.5 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 83.981–86.6 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 8481.1–87 | 75 |
| 2035 | 84.280.9–87.1 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 84.381–87.3 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 84.481–87.6 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 84.681–87.8 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 84.781–87.9 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 84.881–88.1 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 8581.1–88.5 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 85.181.3–88.7 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 85.281.1–88.9 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 85.381.3–89.2 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 85.481.3–89.3 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 85.681.4–89.4 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 85.781.3–89.6 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 85.881.3–89.9 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 85.881.3–90 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 85.981.2–90.3 | 77 |
| 2051 | 8681.4–90.3 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 86.181.3–90.5 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 86.281.4–90.8 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 86.381.6–90.9 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 86.481.6–91.1 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 86.581.6–91.2 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 86.681.6–91.3 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 86.781.7–91.5 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 86.881.8–91.9 | 78 |
| 2060 | 86.981.7–91.9 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 8781.9–92 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 87.182–92.3 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 87.282–92.3 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 87.281.9–92.5 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 87.382.1–92.7 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 87.482–92.7 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 87.582.2–93.1 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 87.682.3–93.2 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 87.782.3–93.3 | 79 |
| 2070 | 87.782.4–93.5 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 87.882.4–93.6 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 87.982.3–93.6 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 8882.5–93.9 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 88.282.3–94.2 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 88.382.6–94.2 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 88.482.6–94.3 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 88.582.7–94.6 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 88.682.7–94.7 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 88.782.8–94.7 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 88.883.1–95.1 | 80 |
| 2081 | 88.983.1–95.2 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 8983–95.3 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 89.183–95.4 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 89.283–95.7 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 89.383.1–95.8 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 89.483.4–96 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 89.583.6–96.2 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 89.783.6–96.4 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 89.883.6–96.5 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 89.983.8–96.6 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 9083.8–96.9 | 81 |
| 2092 | 90.183.7–97.1 | 81 |
| 2093 | 90.284–97.1 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 90.384.1–97.4 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 90.484–97.5 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 90.584–97.6 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 90.684.1–97.7 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 90.783.9–97.8 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 90.884–98 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 90.984–98.3 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending6.5% of GDP in 2022
- Military spending in US dollars$16.1B in 2022
- Military spending per person$5,428 in 2022
- Military share of state spending26.9% of government spending in 2022
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.07% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1.05 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2025