Qatar
Population growth in Qatar
Population growth in Qatar: 3.16% a year in 1950 and 2.24% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 2.24% a year
- Since 1950
- −0.91 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 38 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- 1% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1% a year in 2100, between -4.06% a year and 5.45% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 22.14% a year in 2006, the lowest -0.9% a year in 2020.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Qatar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.24 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 3.68 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 1.72 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | -0.9 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 1.29 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 1.36 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 2.64 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 5.51 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 8.28 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 9.79 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 7.6 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 5.07 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 5.28 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 6.31 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 8.74 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 12.61 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 21.35 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 22.14 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 9.75 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 3.08 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 4.5 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 4.7 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 4.89 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 5.08 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 5.26 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 5.46 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 5.16 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 2.75 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 2.88 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 2.99 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 3.08 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 3.16 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 3.24 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 3.32 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 3.4 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 3.48 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 3.58 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 3.91 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 4.92 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 5.21 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 5.53 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 5.82 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 6.08 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 6.32 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 6.6 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 6.9 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 7.27 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 7.7 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 8.21 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 8.81 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 9.54 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 10.41 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 11.49 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 12.84 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 11.4 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 11.81 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 12.05 | 2 |
| 1966 | 12.06 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 11.81 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 12.04 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 12.2 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 12.03 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 11.45 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 7.79 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 5.67 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 4.59 | 2 |
| 1957 | 3.9 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 3.5 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 3.31 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 3.24 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 3.22 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 3.25 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 3.2 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 3.16 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Qatar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.36-4.69–7.37 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 2.02-5.53–8.81 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 1.65-5.99–9.33 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 1.32-4.16–10.35 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 1.2-3.92–10.3 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 1.09-4.27–9.79 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 1-3.79–9.34 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 1.01-3.96–9.34 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 1.03-4.04–9.21 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 1.05-3.73–9.41 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 1.06-3.43–9.42 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 1.08-3.74–9.49 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 1.09-4–8.94 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 1.11-4.03–8.7 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 1.12-3.82–9.25 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 1.13-3.7–9.09 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 1.14-3.34–8.82 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 1.14-3.38–8.64 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 1.15-3.38–8.67 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 1.15-3.16–8.51 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 1.16-3.11–8.76 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 1.16-3.02–8.38 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 1.16-3.18–8.37 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 1.16-3.14–8.02 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 1.16-2.79–8.13 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 1.15-2.85–8.08 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 1.15-2.79–8.09 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 1.15-2.9–8.09 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 1.15-2.79–7.91 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 1.15-2.89–8.21 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 1.15-2.93–8.13 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 1.16-3.13–8.06 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 1.15-3.24–7.85 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 1.15-3.25–8.09 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 1.15-3.38–7.86 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 1.15-3.42–7.84 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 1.15-3.5–7.76 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 1.15-3.57–7.63 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 1.15-3.55–7.92 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 1.16-3.61–7.43 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 1.16-3.9–7.45 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 1.16-4.13–6.93 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 1.15-3.99–7.52 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 1.15-3.63–7.3 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 1.15-3.88–7.13 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 1.15-3.46–6.99 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 1.15-3.79–7.15 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 1.14-3.69–7.1 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 1.14-4.03–7.13 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 1.14-3.86–7.1 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 1.14-3.77–7.19 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 1.13-4.28–7.1 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 1.13-4.15–7 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 1.13-4.02–6.85 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 1.12-4.29–6.49 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 1.12-3.87–6.45 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | 1.11-4.13–6.41 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | 1.12-3.99–6.54 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | 1.11-3.91–6.28 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | 1.11-4.4–6.62 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | 1.1-4.22–6.34 | -0 |
| 2085 | 1.1-4.53–6.33 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | 1.09-4.49–6.57 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | 1.09-4.36–6.16 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | 1.09-4.23–6.33 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | 1.08-4.5–6.44 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | 1.08-4.02–6.15 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | 1.07-4.18–6.2 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | 1.06-4.24–6.09 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | 1.06-4.35–5.84 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | 1.05-4.3–6.1 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | 1.05-4.46–5.99 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | 1.04-4.55–5.72 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | 1.03-4.21–5.68 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | 1.02-4.11–5.79 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | 1.01-4.58–5.7 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | 1-4.06–5.45 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- 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