Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Qatar vs United Arab Emirates chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Qatar was 1.73 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Qatar vs the United Arab Emirates population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Qatar	UAE
1960	6.53	6.5
1961	6.53	6.49
1962	6.53	6.49
1963	6.53	6.5
1964	6.53	6.49
1965	6.53	6.5
1966	6.52	6.5
1967	6.46	6.51
1968	6.39	6.53
1969	6.31	6.52
1970	6.23	6.52
1971	6.15	6.52
1972	6.07	6.5
1973	6.01	6.46
1974	5.94	6.41
1975	5.86	6.35
1976	5.78	6.29
1977	5.69	6.22
1978	5.58	6.15
1979	5.46	6.06
1980	5.33	5.95
1981	5.2	5.81
1982	5.04	5.66
1983	4.9	5.48
1984	4.76	5.3
1985	4.64	5.13
1986	4.57	5
1987	4.54	4.88
1988	4.51	4.77
1989	4.41	4.65
1990	4.23	4.51
1991	3.99	4.25
1992	3.85	4.09
1993	3.77	3.82
1994	3.67	3.76
1995	3.56	3.28
1996	3.44	3.06
1997	3.33	2.83
1998	3.21	2.77
1999	3.12	2.79
2000	3.07	2.73
2001	3.08	2.62
2002	3.01	2.54
2003	2.93	2.49
2004	2.79	2.38
2005	2.64	2.23
2006	2.51	1.96
2007	2.44	1.79
2008	2.37	1.52
2009	2.25	1.58
2010	2.14	1.57
2011	2.07	1.54
2012	2.04	1.53
2013	2.03	1.53
2014	2.03	1.48
2015	1.98	1.42
2016	1.86	1.37
2017	1.83	1.35
2018	1.76	1.29
2019	1.73	1.25
2020	1.68	1.29
2021	1.61	1.16
2022	1.74	1.15
2023	1.73	1.2
2024	1.72	1.21
2025	1.7	1.21
2026	1.69	1.21
2027	1.68	1.21
2028	1.67	1.22
2029	1.66	1.22
2030	1.66	1.23
2031	1.65	1.23
2032	1.64	1.24
2033	1.64	1.25
2034	1.64	1.25
2035	1.63	1.26
2036	1.63	1.26
2037	1.63	1.27
2038	1.63	1.28
2039	1.63	1.28
2040	1.63	1.28
2041	1.63	1.29
2042	1.63	1.29
2043	1.63	1.3
2044	1.63	1.3
2045	1.63	1.31
2046	1.63	1.31
2047	1.63	1.31
2048	1.63	1.32
2049	1.62	1.32
2050	1.62	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	UAE
1960	44.2%	37.8%
1961	42.5%	36.7%
1962	40.5%	35.8%
1963	38.7%	35.1%
1964	37.2%	34.5%
1965	36.2%	33.9%
1966	35.3%	33.2%
1967	34.7%	32.1%
1968	34.2%	31.2%
1969	33.9%	30.6%
1970	35.1%	29.8%
1971	36.9%	29%
1972	37.5%	28.3%
1973	37.4%	27.8%
1974	36.7%	27.4%
1975	35.7%	27.2%
1976	34.6%	26.9%
1977	33.3%	26.8%
1978	32.1%	26.9%
1979	31%	27.1%
1980	30%	27.4%
1981	29.2%	28%
1982	28.6%	28.8%
1983	28.1%	29.5%
1984	27.6%	30.2%
1985	27.2%	30.7%
1986	27%	31.2%
1987	27.2%	31.2%
1988	27.2%	30.9%
1989	27.1%	30.3%
1990	27%	29.6%
1991	26.8%	28.8%
1992	26.6%	28.1%
1993	26.4%	27.4%
1994	26.2%	26.7%
1995	26.1%	25.9%
1996	25.9%	25.2%
1997	25.5%	24.3%
1998	24.8%	23.1%
1999	24.1%	22%
2000	23.5%	20.8%
2001	23%	19.8%
2002	22.5%	18.9%
2003	22.2%	18.3%
2004	22.2%	17.8%
2005	22.5%	17.5%
2006	20.2%	17.2%
2007	16.4%	17%
2008	14.6%	16.9%
2009	14%	16.9%
2010	13.9%	16.9%
2011	14.2%	16.8%
2012	14.5%	16.8%
2013	14.6%	16.8%
2014	14.4%	16.8%
2015	13.9%	16.8%
2016	13.7%	16.8%
2017	13.7%	16.8%
2018	14%	16.7%
2019	14.6%	16.6%
2020	15.4%	16.6%
2021	15.5%	16.5%
2022	15.2%	16.5%
2023	15.2%	16.3%
2024	15.1%	16.1%
2025	15%	16%
2026	15%	15.9%
2027	15%	15.9%
2028	15.1%	15.9%
2029	15.2%	15.9%
2030	15.3%	16%
2031	15.4%	16.1%
2032	15.5%	16.3%
2033	15.6%	16.5%
2034	15.7%	16.7%
2035	15.9%	16.9%
2036	16.1%	17.1%
2037	16.2%	17.3%
2038	16.4%	17.5%
2039	16.5%	17.7%
2040	16.7%	17.9%
2041	16.8%	18%
2042	17%	18.1%
2043	17.1%	18.2%
2044	17.3%	18.3%
2045	17.4%	18.3%
2046	17.5%	18.3%
2047	17.6%	18.3%
2048	17.7%	18.3%
2049	17.7%	18.2%
2050	17.8%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 27% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Qatar	UAE
1960	1,220	3,418
1961	1,357	3,657
1962	1,589	3,901
1963	1,854	4,157
1964	2,150	4,410
1965	2,472	4,675
1966	2,811	4,955
1967	3,167	5,264
1968	3,547	5,588
1969	3,941	6,138
1970	4,346	6,922
1971	4,433	7,839
1972	4,581	8,818
1973	4,780	9,822
1974	5,015	10,835
1975	5,289	11,859
1976	5,598	12,876
1977	5,925	15,787
1978	6,246	18,879
1979	6,579	21,987
1980	6,894	25,005
1981	7,202	27,560
1982	7,489	29,585
1983	7,765	31,480
1984	7,997	33,250
1985	8,212	34,855
1986	8,439	36,829
1987	8,806	37,741
1988	9,198	38,861
1989	9,407	40,148
1990	9,388	41,339
1991	9,182	41,409
1992	9,189	42,119
1993	9,250	41,324
1994	9,257	42,976
1995	9,186	38,685
1996	9,049	37,886
1997	8,846	38,207
1998	9,055	41,176
1999	9,431	46,198
2000	9,974	49,993
2001	10,683	52,789
2002	11,062	55,922
2003	11,291	59,118
2004	11,242	60,344
2005	11,392	60,046
2006	10,225	54,338
2007	11,351	55,048
2008	14,062	55,426
2009	15,595	66,521
2010	16,225	69,907
2011	16,543	73,496
2012	17,681	78,682
2013	19,669	82,977
2014	21,699	84,277
2015	22,568	85,044
2016	22,416	87,028
2017	23,244	89,382
2018	23,340	86,840
2019	24,112	86,296
2020	25,128	87,871
2021	21,297	76,802
2022	24,360	81,758
2023	23,845	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs United Arab Emirates

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Qatar, compared to 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Qatar	UAE
1985	17	19
1986	16	19
1987	15	19
1988	15	19
1989	14	19
1990	13	19
1991	13	19
1992	13	19
1993	13	19
1994	13	19
1995	13	18
1996	13	16
1997	13	14
1998	12	12
1999	12	10
2000	11	8
2001	12	7
2002	11	5
2003	11	5
2004	11	4
2005	11	4
2006	10	3
2007	9	3
2008	9	3
2009	8	3
2010	8	3
2011	7	4
2012	7	4
2013	6	4
2014	6	3
2015	6	3
2016	5	3
2017	5	3
2018	5	3
2019	5	3
2020	6	6
2021	7	6
2022	8	2
2023	4	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Qatar	UAE
1960	-	20.1%
1961	-	19%
1962	-	18%
1963	-	16.9%
1964	-	15.8%
1965	-	14.8%
1966	-	13.7%
1967	-	12.6%
1968	-	11.6%
1969	7.07%	10.6%
1970	6.6%	9.62%
1971	6.16%	8.72%
1972	5.77%	7.89%
1973	5.4%	7.12%
1974	5.06%	6.43%
1975	4.75%	5.8%
1976	4.48%	5.23%
1977	4.24%	4.7%
1978	4.02%	4.22%
1979	3.81%	3.78%
1980	3.62%	3.4%
1981	3.45%	3.06%
1982	3.29%	2.77%
1983	3.13%	2.52%
1984	2.98%	2.31%
1985	2.82%	2.12%
1986	2.68%	1.97%
1987	2.52%	1.83%
1988	2.37%	1.71%
1989	2.23%	1.61%
1990	2.08%	1.51%
1991	1.94%	1.43%
1992	1.82%	1.37%
1993	1.71%	1.31%
1994	1.61%	1.26%
1995	1.53%	1.21%
1996	1.46%	1.18%
1997	1.4%	1.15%
1998	1.34%	1.12%
1999	1.29%	1.09%
2000	1.25%	1.07%
2001	1.2%	1.05%
2002	1.16%	1.03%
2003	1.12%	1.01%
2004	1.08%	1%
2005	1.04%	0.98%
2006	1.01%	0.96%
2007	0.98%	0.94%
2008	0.96%	0.92%
2009	0.93%	0.9%
2010	0.91%	0.88%
2011	0.89%	0.86%
2012	0.87%	0.84%
2013	0.84%	0.82%
2014	0.82%	0.79%
2015	0.79%	0.77%
2016	0.75%	0.73%
2017	0.72%	0.7%
2018	0.69%	0.67%
2019	0.67%	0.63%
2020	0.64%	0.6%
2021	0.63%	0.56%
2022	0.61%	0.53%
2023	0.6%	0.5%