Qatar
Median age in Qatar
Median age in Qatar: 17.6 years in 1950 and 33.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 33.2 years
- Since 1950
- +15.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 106 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 33.7 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 33.7 years in 2100, between 0 years and 40 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 33.2 years in 2023, the lowest 16.3 years in 1957.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Qatar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 33.2 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 32.5 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 32 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 31.6 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 31.2 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 30.8 | 29 |
| 2017 | 30.5 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 30.3 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 30.1 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 30 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 29.9 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 29.9 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 30.1 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 30.3 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 29.8 | 27 |
| 2008 | 29.1 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 29.1 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 29.6 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 30 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 30.1 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 29.9 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 29.5 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 29.1 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 28.9 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 28.8 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 28.8 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 28.9 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 28.7 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 28.2 | 24 |
| 1994 | 27.8 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 27.5 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 27.2 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 27 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 26.9 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 26.8 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 26.7 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 26.7 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 26.6 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 26.1 | 22 |
| 1984 | 25.3 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 24.6 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 23.9 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 23.2 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 22.5 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 21.9 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 21.3 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 20.8 | 21 |
| 1976 | 20.3 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 20 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 19.8 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 19.9 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 20.3 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 21.3 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 22.8 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 23.5 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 23.1 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 22.6 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 22.1 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 21.6 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 20.9 | 21 |
| 1963 | 20.1 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 19.1 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 17.9 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 17 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 16.5 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 16.3 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 16.3 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 16.4 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 16.6 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 16.8 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 17 | 22 |
| 1952 | 17.2 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 17.4 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 17.6 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Qatar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33.633.2–33.3 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 33.532.4–32.8 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 33.431.9–32.4 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 33.331.4–32.1 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 33.231–31.9 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 33.230.7–31.7 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 33.130.5–31.5 | 32 |
| 2031 | 3330.3–31.4 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 32.830.2–31.3 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 32.730.1–31.3 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 32.530.2–31.4 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 32.330.2–31.4 | 33 |
| 2036 | 32.230.4–31.5 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 32.130.5–31.7 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 32.130.7–31.8 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 32.130.9–32 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 32.231–32.2 | 34 |
| 2041 | 32.231.2–32.3 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 32.231.3–32.3 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 32.231.5–32.4 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 32.331.7–32.5 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 32.331.9–32.6 | 35 |
| 2046 | 32.332–32.7 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 32.332.2–32.8 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 32.332.3–32.8 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 32.332.5–32.9 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 32.332.7–33.1 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 32.332.9–33.2 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 32.333–33.3 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 32.333.1–33.4 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 32.333.2–33.4 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 32.333.3–33.3 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 32.333.3–33.4 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 32.333.2–33.6 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 32.333.1–33.7 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 32.333–33.8 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 32.333–34 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 32.333–34.2 | 38 |
| 2062 | 32.333–34.4 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 32.333–34.6 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 32.432.9–34.8 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 32.433–34.9 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 32.433.1–35.1 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 32.433.2–35.2 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 32.533.3–35.3 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 32.533.4–35.5 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 32.533.6–35.7 | 39 |
| 2071 | 32.533.7–35.9 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 32.633.9–36 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 32.634.1–36.2 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 32.734.2–36.4 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 32.734.3–36.6 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 32.734.4–36.8 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 32.834.6–37 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 32.834.8–37.2 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 32.935.1–37.4 | 40 |
| 2080 | 32.935.5–37.6 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 32.935.7–37.8 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 3335.9–38 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 3336–38.2 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 33.136.2–38.4 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 33.136.6–38.6 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 33.137–38.7 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 33.238.8–38.9 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 33.239–62.4 | 41 |
| 2089 | 33.339.1–53.3 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 33.30–39.2 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 33.439.3–49.7 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 33.427.2–39.3 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 33.439.4–54.7 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 33.539.5–77 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 33.532.1–39.6 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 33.539.7–40.9 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 33.639.8–83.3 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 33.639.9–91.7 | 42 |
| 2099 | 33.740–43 | 42 |
| 2100 | 33.70–40 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- 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