Qatar Urban Population 1960-2024

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Qatar urban population for 2023 was 2,698,843, a 0.83% increase from 2022.
  • Qatar urban population for 2022 was 2,676,741, a 0.3% increase from 2021.
  • Qatar urban population for 2021 was 2,668,826, a 2.57% decline from 2020.
  • Qatar urban population for 2020 was 2,739,268, a 1.62% decline from 2019.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Urban Population
United States 278,977,409
Japan 114,608,860
Germany 65,697,635
United Kingdom 57,852,807
France 55,747,567
Argentina 43,138,225
Italy 42,292,160
South Korea 42,123,031
Spain 39,449,423
Canada 32,824,829
Saudi Arabia 31,386,498
Australia 23,073,508
Poland 22,091,485
Chile 17,276,395
Netherlands 16,659,928
Belgium 11,608,485
Sweden 9,349,997
Israel 9,059,486
Greece 8,358,768
UAE 8,353,814
Czech Republic 8,106,553
Hong Kong 7,536,100
Portugal 7,147,342
Hungary 6,987,564
Switzerland 6,566,767
Singapore 5,917,648
Austria 5,436,508
Denmark 5,262,755
Finland 4,789,791
Norway 4,636,183
New Zealand 4,543,314
Kuwait 4,310,108
Oman 4,105,635
Ireland 3,392,447
Uruguay 3,278,345
Panama 3,105,857
Puerto Rico 3,001,617
Slovak Republic 2,931,905
Qatar 2,698,843
Croatia 2,257,012
Lithuania 1,972,821
Bahrain 1,335,012
Latvia 1,292,217
Slovenia 1,189,591
Estonia 953,736
Cyprus 844,129
Trinidad and Tobago 820,255
Macao 704,149
Luxembourg 615,639
Malta 525,227
Iceland 370,149
Brunei 358,168
Bahamas 345,056
New Caledonia 194,843
French Polynesia 192,390
Guam 164,592
Curacao 131,631
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 100,958
Barbados 88,617
Seychelles 70,450
Andorra 70,296
Cayman Islands 69,310
Bermuda 63,489
Channel Islands 54,636
Greenland 50,007
Aruba 47,032
Northern Mariana Islands 45,850
Isle of Man 45,305
Turks and Caicos Islands 43,412
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 41,163
Monaco 36,297
San Marino 32,914
Gibraltar 32,688
Antigua and Barbuda 22,945
Faroe Islands 22,899
British Virgin Islands 15,690
Palau 14,881
St. Kitts and Nevis 14,850
Liechtenstein 5,786
Qatar Urban Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 2,698,843 99.35 0.82%
2022 2,676,741 99.32 0.30%
2021 2,668,826 99.28 -2.61%
2020 2,739,268 99.24 -1.64%
2019 2,784,440 99.19 1.51%
2018 2,742,800 99.14 2.06%
2017 2,686,753 99.08 4.46%
2016 2,569,604 99.02 7.28%
2015 2,389,099 98.95 8.73%
2014 2,189,397 98.87 8.51%
2013 2,010,770 98.79 6.68%
2012 1,880,829 98.70 5.57%
2011 1,778,949 98.60 5.26%
2010 1,687,819 98.50 6.38%
2009 1,583,479 98.34 11.08%
2008 1,417,399 98.14 16.13%
2007 1,206,233 97.92 19.61%
2006 991,419 97.67 18.18%
2005 826,610 97.40 9.02%
2004 755,305 97.09 4.08%
2003 725,081 96.87 5.02%
2002 689,594 96.69 5.13%
2001 655,113 96.51 5.17%
2000 622,108 96.31 5.40%
1999 589,414 96.11 5.64%
1998 557,106 95.89 5.61%
1997 526,690 95.66 4.27%
1996 504,686 95.36 3.08%
1995 489,366 95.00 3.25%
1994 473,716 94.61 3.40%
1993 457,865 94.20 3.55%
1992 441,898 93.76 3.70%
1991 425,860 93.29 3.84%
1990 409,813 92.79 3.99%
1989 393,799 92.25 4.14%
1988 377,815 91.67 4.32%
1987 361,848 91.06 4.59%
1986 345,625 90.40 4.73%
1985 329,647 90.10 5.10%
1984 313,264 89.96 5.40%
1983 296,784 89.81 5.72%
1982 280,294 89.66 6.00%
1981 263,965 89.51 6.26%
1980 247,938 89.36 6.53%
1979 232,274 89.21 6.73%
1978 217,154 89.14 7.07%
1977 202,324 89.06 7.48%
1976 187,749 88.99 7.94%
1975 173,411 88.91 8.50%
1974 159,275 88.83 9.17%
1973 145,322 88.76 9.96%
1972 131,543 88.68 10.93%
1971 117,923 88.60 12.31%
1970 104,264 88.35 12.42%
1969 92,083 88.10 11.94%
1968 81,718 87.85 12.28%
1967 72,275 87.59 12.42%
1966 63,835 87.32 12.30%
1965 56,448 87.05 12.28%
1964 49,925 86.78 12.47%
1963 44,072 86.50 12.61%
1962 38,851 86.10 12.25%
1961 34,372 85.69 10.24%
1960 31,027 85.28 %