# Population in Qatar

Population in Qatar was 2.97 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `qa`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/qatar
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/qatar.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=qa

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 2,972,215 |
| 2024 | 2,857,822 |
| 2023 | 2,656,032 |
| 2022 | 2,657,333 |
| 2021 | 2,504,910 |
| 2020 | 2,794,148 |
| 2019 | 2,638,657 |
| 2018 | 2,580,734 |
| 2017 | 2,545,820 |
| 2016 | 2,477,113 |
| 2015 | 2,344,557 |
| 2014 | 2,151,745 |
| 2013 | 1,916,426 |
| 2012 | 1,722,438 |
| 2011 | 1,624,761 |
| 2010 | 1,616,832 |
| 2009 | 1,608,903 |
| 2008 | 1,426,938 |
| 2007 | 1,208,595 |
| 2006 | 972,831 |
| 2005 | 825,408 |
| 2004 | 773,332 |
| 2003 | 744,682 |
| 2002 | 711,205 |
| 2001 | 677,925 |
| 2000 | 644,989 |
| 1999 | 612,500 |
| 1998 | 580,540 |
| 1997 | 550,500 |
| 1996 | 529,019 |
| 1995 | 514,325 |
| 1994 | 499,459 |
| 1993 | 484,545 |
| 1992 | 469,657 |
| 1991 | 454,853 |
| 1990 | 440,175 |
| 1989 | 425,646 |
| 1988 | 411,264 |
| 1987 | 397,005 |
| 1986 | 382,422 |
| 1985 | 365,940 |
| 1984 | 347,878 |
| 1983 | 329,709 |
| 1982 | 311,537 |
| 1981 | 293,553 |
| 1980 | 275,913 |
| 1979 | 258,670 |
| 1978 | 241,808 |
| 1977 | 225,285 |
| 1976 | 209,052 |
| 1975 | 193,087 |
| 1974 | 177,362 |
| 1973 | 161,841 |
| 1972 | 146,506 |
| 1971 | 131,346 |
| 1970 | 116,350 |
| 1969 | 103,025 |
| 1968 | 91,749 |
| 1967 | 81,439 |
| 1966 | 72,192 |
| 1965 | 64,065 |
| 1964 | 56,867 |
| 1963 | 50,380 |
| 1962 | 44,630 |
| 1961 | 39,680 |
| 1960 | 36,010 |