Qatar Rural Population 1960-2024

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 2023 was 17,548, a 4.53% decline from 2022.
  • Qatar rural population for 2022 was 18,381, a 5.3% decline from 2021.
  • 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.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Rural Population
United States 55,937,486
Germany 18,784,632
Italy 16,468,986
Poland 14,594,364
France 12,422,661
United Kingdom 10,497,193
Japan 9,907,790
South Korea 9,589,588
Spain 8,923,913
Canada 7,272,932
Saudi Arabia 5,560,527
Austria 3,695,875
Australia 3,565,036
Argentina 3,516,356
Portugal 3,378,005
Czech Republic 2,767,136
Hungary 2,602,308
Slovak Republic 2,494,835
Chile 2,353,195
Switzerland 2,283,085
Greece 2,002,527
Ireland 1,869,935
Croatia 1,596,188
Panama 1,362,230
Netherlands 1,219,560
Sweden 1,186,635
UAE 1,163,057
Slovenia 931,346
Lithuania 899,076
Norway 883,411
Finland 794,473
Trinidad and Tobago 714,682
Israel 697,214
Denmark 684,197
New Zealand 679,786
Latvia 589,533
Oman 538,749
Cyprus 416,009
Estonia 412,452
Belgium 214,107
Puerto Rico 204,074
Barbados 193,378
Bahrain 150,497
Uruguay 144,763
Channel Islands 120,710
French Polynesia 116,482
Brunei 94,356
New Caledonia 73,097
Antigua and Barbuda 71,353
Bahamas 67,567
Aruba 59,245
Luxembourg 52,967
Seychelles 49,323
Isle of Man 39,405
Liechtenstein 33,798
St. Kitts and Nevis 32,905
Faroe Islands 30,371
Malta 27,987
Iceland 23,451
Qatar 17,548
Curacao 16,231
British Virgin Islands 15,848
Andorra 9,792
Guam 8,360
Greenland 6,858
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 3,959
Northern Mariana Islands 3,946
Palau 3,177
Turks and Caicos Islands 2,650
San Marino 728
Qatar Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 17,548 0.65 -4.64%
2022 18,381 0.68 -5.44%
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 %