Qatar Rural Population 1960-2023

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Qatar rural population for 2021 was 19,409, a 8.09% decline from 2020.
  • Qatar rural population for 2020 was 21,117, a 7.36% decline from 2019.
  • Qatar rural population for 2019 was 22,795, a 4.75% decline from 2018.
  • Qatar rural population for 2018 was 23,932, a 4.28% decline from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Rural Population
United States 56,843,442
Germany 18,682,511
Italy 16,937,284
Poland 15,070,539
France 12,708,476
United Kingdom 10,669,915
Japan 10,221,684
South Korea 9,617,303
Spain 8,982,440
Canada 7,017,013
Saudi Arabia 5,569,435
Austria 3,672,325
Argentina 3,559,798
Australia 3,503,340
Portugal 3,422,889
Czech Republic 2,709,018
Hungary 2,694,980
Slovak Republic 2,515,539
Chile 2,374,855
Switzerland 2,263,233
Greece 2,124,201
Ireland 1,816,369
Croatia 1,642,337
Panama 1,358,683
Netherlands 1,302,355
Sweden 1,225,108
UAE 1,189,467
Slovenia 939,634
Norway 901,946
Lithuania 889,294
Finland 798,128
Trinidad and Tobago 713,019
Denmark 688,752
Israel 686,007
New Zealand 676,747
Latvia 595,103
Oman 585,672
Cyprus 412,374
Estonia 407,066
Belgium 218,295
Puerto Rico 209,130
Barbados 193,336
Bahrain 151,858
Uruguay 150,653
Channel Islands 119,131
French Polynesia 115,331
Brunei 95,515
New Caledonia 76,092
Antigua and Barbuda 70,492
Bahamas 67,855
Aruba 59,803
Luxembourg 53,305
Seychelles 41,716
Isle of Man 39,540
Liechtenstein 33,390
St. Kitts and Nevis 32,893
Faroe Islands 30,367
Malta 26,912
Iceland 22,560
Qatar 19,409
Curacao 16,703
British Virgin Islands 15,897
Andorra 9,596
Guam 8,501
Greenland 7,078
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 4,192
Northern Mariana Islands 4,013
Palau 3,338
Turks and Caicos Islands 2,782
San Marino 803
Gibraltar 0
Kuwait 0
Bermuda 0
Cayman Islands 0
Monaco 0
Singapore 0
Hong Kong 0
Macao 0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0
Qatar Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2021 19,409 0.72 -8.43%
2020 21,117 0.77 -7.65%
2019 22,795 0.81 -4.87%
2018 23,932 0.87 -4.37%
2017 25,002 0.92 -2.22%
2016 25,562 0.99 0.34%
2015 25,474 1.06 1.61%
2014 25,068 1.13 1.35%
2013 24,731 1.22 -0.40%
2012 24,831 1.30 -1.56%
2011 25,222 1.40 -1.82%
2010 25,685 1.50 -4.23%
2009 26,795 1.66 -0.31%
2008 26,878 1.86 4.64%
2007 25,660 2.08 8.20%
2006 23,641 2.33 6.74%
2005 22,100 2.60 -2.41%
2004 22,638 2.91 -3.50%
2003 23,444 3.13 -0.63%
2002 23,592 3.31 -0.53%
2001 23,718 3.49 -0.47%
2000 23,829 3.69 -0.25%
1999 23,888 3.90 -0.01%
1998 23,891 4.11 -0.04%
1997 23,901 4.34 -2.80%
1996 24,579 4.64 -4.72%
1995 25,767 5.00 -4.55%
1994 26,967 5.39 -4.39%
1993 28,176 5.80 -4.24%
1992 29,395 6.24 -4.10%
1991 30,626 6.71 -3.96%
1990 31,862 7.21 -3.80%
1989 33,097 7.75 -3.65%
1988 34,327 8.33 -3.48%
1987 35,543 8.94 -3.21%
1986 36,703 9.60 1.32%
1985 36,221 9.90 3.49%
1984 34,977 10.04 3.81%
1983 33,670 10.19 4.11%
1982 32,314 10.34 4.40%
1981 30,922 10.49 4.67%
1980 29,512 10.64 4.92%
1979 28,094 10.79 5.95%
1978 26,470 10.87 6.30%
1977 24,853 10.94 6.71%
1976 23,241 11.02 7.17%
1975 21,632 11.09 7.72%
1974 20,024 11.17 8.39%
1973 18,412 11.25 9.19%
1972 16,795 11.32 10.16%
1971 15,173 11.40 9.90%
1970 13,743 11.65 10.01%
1969 12,434 11.90 9.53%
1968 11,304 12.15 9.87%
1967 10,242 12.41 10.00%
1966 9,267 12.68 9.88%
1965 8,395 12.95 9.87%
1964 7,606 13.22 10.06%
1963 6,878 13.50 9.22%
1962 6,272 13.90 8.88%
1961 5,739 14.31 6.87%
1960 5,358 14.73 %