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Qatar

2,972,215

Latest official population · 2025

Annual change+114.39K2024 to 2025
Growth since 2000+360.8%from 644.99K
Life expectancy82.5 years2024
Fertility rate1.72births per woman · 2024
Urban population99.4%2025
RegionMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanHigh income

The population pulse

How the population changes.

Births and deaths show natural change. Migration shows how movement across borders also changes the population.

Birth rate9.5births per 1,000 · 2024
Death rate—deaths per 1,000 · latest
Natural balance—births minus deaths per 1,000
Net migration—net people estimate · latest

UN medium projection

What could Qatar look like in 2050?

If current demographic patterns evolve along the UN's medium scenario, the population could be 4.16M in 2050—36.6% larger than the 2024 UN estimate.

A projection is a scenario, not a prediction or live count.
  1. 20243.05M
  2. 20504.16M
  3. 21007.27M
Median age in 205032.3years
Births in 205049.15Kduring the year
Deaths in 20504.02Kduring the year
Life expectancy85.9years in 2050

Long view

Population through time

Official World Bank annual observations, shown at decade intervals with the latest published year.

  1. 196036.01K
  2. 1970116.35K
  3. 1980275.91K
  4. 1990440.18K
  5. 2000644.99K
  6. 20101.62M
  7. 20202.79M
  8. 20252.97M
SourceWorld Bank Open DataPopulation total · SP.POP.TOTL
Latest population year2025Official annual observation
Future sourceUN WPP 2024Medium projection · 2024–2100
DeliveryValidated dataChecked 11/8/2026

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