Qatar
Population 2026
3,173,568
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.85%
- Density
- 276 per km²
- Land area
- 11,490 km²
- Capital
- Doha
- Currency
- Rial (QAR)
- Official languages
- AR-QA, ES
- Urban population
- 99.4%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 30,8302026
- Deaths
- 3,2662026
- Birth rate
- 9.5per 1,000
- Death rate
- 1.1per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.72
- Life expectancy
- 82.5At birth, years
- Median age
- 33.4
- Net migration
- 36,288
Age distribution
- 0–1415.0%
- 15–6483.3%
- 65+1.7%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $216B
- GDP per capita
- $72.5K
- GDP growth
- +2.9%
- Inflation
- 1.3%
- Unemployment
- 0.1%
- Exports
- $162B
- Imports
- $74.5B
- Tourism receipts
- 20.2%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture0.3%
- Industry57.0%
- Manufacturing7.9%
- Services47.0%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture1.6%
- Industry38.0%
- Services60.4%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah | 344,9392022 |
| 2 | Ar RayyānBaladiyat ar Rayyan | 272,4652026 |
| 3 | LusailAl Daayen | 198,6002026 |
| 4 | Az̧ Z̧a‘āyinAl Daayen | 54,3392026 |
| 5 | Umm GhuwaylīnahAl-Shahaniya | 39,4572024 |
| 6 | Umm Şalāl MuḩammadUmm Salal | 29,3912020 |
| 7 | Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat RāshidBaladiyat ar Rayyan | 27,5692024 |
| 8 | Al WakrahAl Wakrah | 26,4362026 |
| 9 | Nu‘ayjahBaladiyat ad Dawhah | 19,9752024 |
| 10 | Al KhawrAl Khor | 18,9232026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3,173,568 | 30.8K | 3.3K |
| 2020 | 2,803,375 | 28.2K | 3.0K |
| 2010 | 1,709,238 | 19.2K | 2.0K |
| 2000 | 644,993 | 11.2K | 1.2K |
| 1990 | 440,184 | 10.4K | 964 |
| 1980 | 275,923 | 7.8K | 931 |
| 1970 | 116,370 | 5.2K | 804 |
| 1960 | 36,025 | 1.6K | 412 |
| 1950 | 24,304 | 1.2K | 403 |