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Qatar

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
2,972,215 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 2,639,211in 2017[4]
Land area
11,490 km²[5]
Total area
11,437 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land border
Saudi Arabia[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official name
  • l’État du Qatar[11]

Parts of Qatar

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Through time

Population over time[3]
196020253M

36,010 in 1960, 2,972,215 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
196036,010
196139,680
196244,630
196350,380
196456,867
196564,065
196672,192
196781,439
196891,749
1969103,025
1970116,350
1971131,346
1972146,506
1973161,841
1974177,362
1975193,087
1976209,052
1977225,285
1978241,808
1979258,670
1980275,913
1981293,553
1982311,537
1983329,709
1984347,878
1985365,940
1986382,422
1987397,005
1988411,264
1989425,646
1990440,175
1991454,853
1992469,657
1993484,545
1994499,459
1995514,325
1996529,019
1997550,500
1998580,540
1999612,500
2000644,989
2001677,925
2002711,205
2003744,682
2004773,332
2005825,408
2006972,831
20071,208,595
20081,426,938
20091,608,903
20101,616,832
20111,624,761
20121,722,438
20131,916,426
20142,151,745
20152,344,557
20162,477,113
20172,545,820
20182,580,734
20192,638,657
20202,794,148
20212,504,910
20222,657,333
20232,656,032
20242,857,822
20252,972,215

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
QA[12]
ISO alpha-3
QAT[13]
ISO numeric
634[14]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Qatar (Q846), capital: Doha (revision 2562953759) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Qatar (Q846), population (revision 2562953759) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Qatar (Q846), area (revision 2562953759) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Qatar (Q846), official language: Arabic (revision 2562953759) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Qatar
  8. Wikidata: Qatar (Q846), currency: Qatari riyal (revision 2562953759) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Qatar (Q846), continent: Asia (revision 2562953759) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Qatar (Q846), official name (revision 2562953759) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Wikidata: Qatar (Q846), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562953759) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Qatar (Q846), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562953759) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Qatar (Q846), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562953759) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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