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🇶🇦 Qatar

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3QAT
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2QA
UN M49 numeric634
IOC codeQAT
Official nameState of Qatar
Native name(s)ara: official: دولة قطر; common: قطر
Alt spellingsQA, State of Qatar, Dawlat Qaṭar
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionWestern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalDoha
Area (km²)11,586
Lat / Lng25.5000, 51.2500
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)SAU
Top-level domain.qa, قطر.
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 74

Demographics

Population (World Bank)2,972,215 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)82.522 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Qatari; m: Qatari; fra: f: Qatarienne; m: Qatarien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)215,559,615,384.615 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)72,524.907 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)0.13 (2025)
CurrenciesQAR: name: Qatari riyal; symbol: ر.ق

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195024,283
195125,067
195225,887
195326,738
195427,616
195528,536
195629,524
195730,637
195831,968
195933,656
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
20091,586,050
20101,709,229
20111,810,950
20121,907,117
20132,032,641
20142,218,372
20152,427,331
20162,599,372
20172,706,709
20182,761,142
20192,797,921
20202,803,375
20212,814,982
20222,892,455
20232,979,082

Full raw record (JSON)

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      "common": "Catar"
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      "official": "Государство Катар",
      "common": "Катар"
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