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Qatar: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
2.97 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+4.0%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.4%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20313.19Forecast
20303.17Forecast
20293.14Forecast
20283.11Forecast
20273.07Forecast
20263.02Forecast
20252.97
20242.86
20232.66
20222.66
20212.50
20202.79
20192.64
20182.58
20172.55
20162.48

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Penn World Table1970–2019
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2023
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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