Qatar
Urban population in Qatar
Urban population in Qatar: 30% in 1950 and 99.4% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 99.4%
- Since 1950
- +69.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 15 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 99.9%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 99.9% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Qatar |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 99.4 |
| 2024 | 99.3 |
| 2023 | 99.3 |
| 2022 | 99.2 |
| 2021 | 99.2 |
| 2020 | 99.2 |
| 2019 | 99.1 |
| 2018 | 99.1 |
| 2017 | 99 |
| 2016 | 99 |
| 2015 | 98.9 |
| 2014 | 98.9 |
| 2013 | 98.8 |
| 2012 | 98.7 |
| 2011 | 98.6 |
| 2010 | 98.5 |
| 2009 | 98.4 |
| 2008 | 98.1 |
| 2007 | 97.9 |
| 2006 | 97.6 |
| 2005 | 97.3 |
| 2004 | 97.1 |
| 2003 | 96.8 |
| 2002 | 96.6 |
| 2001 | 96.5 |
| 2000 | 96.3 |
| 1999 | 96.1 |
| 1998 | 95.9 |
| 1997 | 95.7 |
| 1996 | 95.4 |
| 1995 | 95.1 |
| 1994 | 94.7 |
| 1993 | 94.3 |
| 1992 | 93.9 |
| 1991 | 93.4 |
| 1990 | 92.9 |
| 1989 | 92.4 |
| 1988 | 91.8 |
| 1987 | 91.1 |
| 1986 | 90.4 |
| 1985 | 89.6 |
| 1984 | 88.3 |
| 1983 | 86.9 |
| 1982 | 85.4 |
| 1981 | 84.1 |
| 1980 | 83 |
| 1979 | 82.2 |
| 1978 | 81.6 |
| 1977 | 81 |
| 1976 | 80.5 |
| 1975 | 80 |
| 1974 | 79.5 |
| 1973 | 78.9 |
| 1972 | 78.4 |
| 1971 | 77.7 |
| 1970 | 77 |
| 1969 | 76.2 |
| 1968 | 75.3 |
| 1967 | 74.4 |
| 1966 | 73.3 |
| 1965 | 72.2 |
| 1964 | 71 |
| 1963 | 69.7 |
| 1962 | 68.3 |
| 1961 | 66.7 |
| 1960 | 65 |
| 1959 | 63 |
| 1958 | 60.6 |
| 1957 | 57.7 |
| 1956 | 54.6 |
| 1955 | 51.1 |
| 1954 | 47.3 |
| 1953 | 43.3 |
| 1952 | 39 |
| 1951 | 34.6 |
| 1950 | 30 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Qatar |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 99.4 |
| 2027 | 99.4 |
| 2028 | 99.5 |
| 2029 | 99.5 |
| 2030 | 99.5 |
| 2031 | 99.6 |
| 2032 | 99.6 |
| 2033 | 99.6 |
| 2034 | 99.6 |
| 2035 | 99.7 |
| 2036 | 99.7 |
| 2037 | 99.7 |
| 2038 | 99.7 |
| 2039 | 99.8 |
| 2040 | 99.8 |
| 2041 | 99.8 |
| 2042 | 99.8 |
| 2043 | 99.8 |
| 2044 | 99.8 |
| 2045 | 99.8 |
| 2046 | 99.9 |
| 2047 | 99.9 |
| 2048 | 99.9 |
| 2049 | 99.9 |
| 2050 | 99.9 |
Good to know
- 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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- 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