Qatar: Estimates of total population by sex and annual demographic growth rates (1986-2022)

  Total population Annual growth rates (%)
  males females total males females total
1986 250,328 123,067 373,395  
1987 256,844 127,006 383,850 2.6 3.2 2.8
1988 263,958 131,251 395,209 2.7 3.3 2.9
1989 271,685 135,886 407,571 2.9 3.5 3.1
1990 279,800 140,979 420,779 2.9 3.7 3.2
1991 288,600 145,772 434,372 3.1 3.3 3.2
1992 297,992 150,579 448,571 3.2 3.2 3.2
1993 308,458 155,509 463,967 3.5 3.2 3.4
1994 319,379 160,951 480,330 3.5 3.4 3.5
1995 331,111 166,440 497,551 3.6 3.4 3.5
1996 343,472 172,104 515,576 3.7 3.3 3.6
1997 353,787 182,687 536,474 3.0 6.0 4.0
1998 370,742 190,248 560,990 4.7 4.1 4.5
1999 388,602 198,168 586,770 4.7 4.1 4.5
2000 407,148 206,821 613,969 4.7 4.3 4.5
2001 427,316 216,048 643,364 4.8 4.4 4.7
2002 450,351 226,147 676,498 5.3 4.6 5.0
2003 476,513 237,346 713,859 5.6 4.8 5.4
2004 546,116 251,943 798,059 13.6 6.0 11.1
2005 637,070 269,053 906,123 15.4 6.6 12.7
2006 754,298 288,649 1,042,947 16.9 7.0 14.1
2007 905,747 312,503 1,218,250 18.3 7.9 15.5
2008 1,111,176 337,303 1,448,479 20.4 7.6 17.3
2009 1,265,146 373,480 1,638,626 13.0 10.2 12.3
2010 1,296,110 414,988 1,715,098 2.4 10.5 4.6
2011 1,288,590 444,127 1,732,717 -0.6 6.8 1.0
2012 1,355,199 477,704 1,832,903 5.0 7.3 5.6
2013 1,477,632 526,068 2,003,700 8.6 9.6 8.9
2014 1,652,037 564,143 2,216,180 11.2 7.0 10.1
2015 1,840,643 597,147 2,437,790 10.8 5.7 9.5
2016 1,975,536 642,098 2,617,634 7.1 7.3 7.1
2017 2,046,047 678,559 2,724,606 3.5 5.5 4.0
2018 2,048,206 711,964 2,760,170 0.1 4.8 1.3
2019 2,064,276 734,926 2,799,202 0.8 3.2 1.4
2020 2,025,902 807,777 2,833,679 -1.9 9.5 1.2
2021 1,970,649 777,513 2,748,162 -2.8 -3.8 -3.1
2022 2,121,336 810,905 2,932,241 7.4 4.2 6.5

Source: Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA)

               

ANNEXED NOTE               

               

  1. Characteristics of data and definitions

 

The table provides intercensal estimates of Qatar’s total resident population (nationals and non-nationals) based on census results (1986; 1997; 2004; 2010, 2015 and 2020), civil registration of births and deaths, and registration of entries and exits.

Annual growth rates: author’s calculation.         

 

  1. Institution which provides data

 

Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA)

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx

 

  1. Period of data coverage:

 

Mid-year estimates, given years.

 

  1. Data availability

 

The population data is available in the Population and Social Statistics Bulletin (Annual issue, 2022).

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Population/Population/2022/Population_social_1_2022_AE.xls

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Population/Population/2022/Population_social_1_2022_AE.pdf

 

Date of access: October 2023

 

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.             

 

Keywords: Qatar, Foreign & National Populations