Qatar Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Qatar vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Qatar	World
1960	18	22.5
1961	19	22.5
1962	20.1	22.4
1963	21.1	22.2
1964	21.8	22
1965	22.5	21.8
1966	23	21.7
1967	23.5	21.6
1968	24	21.5
1969	24.4	21.5
1970	23.7	21.4
1971	22.2	21.4
1972	21.3	21.5
1973	20.9	21.5
1974	20.8	21.6
1975	21	21.7
1976	21.3	21.9
1977	21.8	22
1978	22.3	22.2
1979	22.9	22.3
1980	23.5	22.5
1981	24.1	22.6
1982	24.8	22.7
1983	25.6	22.9
1984	26.3	23
1985	27	23.2
1986	27.4	23.3
1987	27.5	23.4
1988	27.5	23.6
1989	27.6	23.8
1990	27.7	23.9
1991	27.9	24.1
1992	28.1	24.3
1993	28.4	24.5
1994	28.7	24.7
1995	29.1	25
1996	29.6	25.2
1997	29.9	25.4
1998	29.8	25.7
1999	29.8	25.9
2000	29.9	26.1
2001	30.1	26.3
2002	30.5	26.5
2003	30.9	26.7
2004	31	27
2005	30.9	27.2
2006	30.6	27.4
2007	30.1	27.6
2008	30.1	27.8
2009	30.8	28
2010	31.3	28.2
2011	31.2	28.4
2012	31	28.6
2013	30.9	28.9
2014	31.1	29.1
2015	31.2	29.3
2016	31.4	29.5
2017	31.6	29.8
2018	31.9	30
2019	32.3	30.3
2020	32.6	30.6
2021	32.9	30.8
2022	33.4	31
2023	34.1	31.3
2024	34.5	31.6
2025	34.5	31.9
2026	34.4	32.1
2027	34.3	32.3
2028	34.2	32.6
2029	34.2	32.8
2030	34.1	33
2031	34	33.2
2032	33.8	33.4
2033	33.7	33.6
2034	33.5	33.8
2035	33.3	34
2036	33.2	34.2
2037	33.1	34.4
2038	33.1	34.6
2039	33.1	34.8
2040	33.2	35
2041	33.2	35.2
2042	33.2	35.4
2043	33.2	35.6
2044	33.3	35.8
2045	33.3	36
2046	33.3	36.2
2047	33.3	36.4
2048	33.2	36.6
2049	33.3	36.8
2050	33.3	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Qatar was 18 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 34.5 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 145th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Qatar ranks 78th currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Qatar is expected to decrease to around 33.3 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Qatar demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Qatar
	Male	Female
0-4	2.6%	2.5%
5-9	2.75%	2.59%
10-14	2.36%	2.27%
15-19	2.14%	1.82%
20-24	3.59%	1.62%
25-29	9.04%	2.49%
30-34	12%	3.75%
35-39	12.4%	3.74%
40-44	9.55%	2.85%
45-49	6.18%	1.92%
50-54	4.11%	1.21%
55-59	2.29%	0.79%
60-64	1.27%	0.52%
65-69	0.59%	0.32%
70-74	0.23%	0.18%
75-79	0.11%	0.09%
80+	0.08%	0.07%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Qatar has low demographic potential with 51.5% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 116/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Qatar			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	90.9%	84.5%	6.47%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	84.5%	78.5%	6.06%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	77.4%	71.8%	5.6%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	71.5%	66.3%	5.2%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	67%	62.2%	4.86%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	63.8%	59.2%	4.59%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	61.4%	57%	4.36%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	59.5%	55.3%	4.18%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	58%	54%	4.02%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	57.1%	53.2%	3.9%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	59.8%	56.1%	3.74%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	64%	60.5%	3.53%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	65.4%	62.1%	3.3%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	64.7%	61.6%	3.08%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	62.5%	59.7%	2.86%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	59.7%	57%	2.66%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	56.6%	54.1%	2.48%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	53.5%	51.2%	2.31%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	50.5%	48.4%	2.15%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	47.8%	45.8%	2.01%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	45.5%	43.7%	1.88%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	43.7%	42%	1.76%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	42.3%	40.7%	1.66%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	41.2%	39.6%	1.56%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	40.2%	38.7%	1.47%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	39.2%	37.8%	1.38%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	38.9%	37.6%	1.35%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	39.3%	37.9%	1.39%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	39.4%	38%	1.43%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	39.3%	37.8%	1.47%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	39%	37.5%	1.51%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	38.7%	37.1%	1.55%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	38.3%	36.7%	1.59%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	38.1%	36.4%	1.63%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	37.8%	36.2%	1.65%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	37.6%	35.9%	1.67%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	37.3%	35.6%	1.68%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	36.5%	34.9%	1.68%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	35.3%	33.6%	1.68%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	34%	32.3%	1.67%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	32.8%	31.2%	1.65%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	31.9%	30.3%	1.62%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	31.1%	29.5%	1.58%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	30.5%	28.9%	1.53%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	30.5%	29%	1.51%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	31%	29.5%	1.52%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	27.1%	25.6%	1.45%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	21.1%	19.8%	1.3%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	18.4%	17.3%	1.18%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	17.6%	16.5%	1.05%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	17.3%	16.3%	1.01%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	17.8%	16.7%	1.09%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	18.4%	17.2%	1.22%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	18.7%	17.4%	1.29%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	18.3%	17%	1.26%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	17.6%	16.4%	1.24%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	17.4%	16.1%	1.27%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	17.5%	16.1%	1.32%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	17.8%	16.4%	1.35%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	18.7%	17.3%	1.39%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	20%	18.5%	1.5%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	20.3%	18.7%	1.57%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	20%	18.3%	1.67%	54%	39%	15%
2023	20.1%	18.2%	1.89%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	20.1%	18.1%	2.01%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Qatar decreased from 30.5% to 20.1% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Qatar working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Qatar	World
1960	52.4%	57.6%
1961	54.2%	57.5%
1962	56.4%	57.4%
1963	58.3%	57.2%
1964	59.9%	57%
1965	61%	56.9%
1966	62%	56.8%
1967	62.7%	56.9%
1968	63.3%	56.9%
1969	63.7%	56.9%
1970	62.6%	57%
1971	61%	57.1%
1972	60.5%	57.2%
1973	60.7%	57.3%
1974	61.5%	57.3%
1975	62.6%	57.4%
1976	63.9%	57.5%
1977	65.2%	57.7%
1978	66.4%	58%
1979	67.6%	58.4%
1980	68.7%	58.7%
1981	69.6%	59%
1982	70.3%	59.3%
1983	70.8%	59.6%
1984	71.3%	59.9%
1985	71.8%	60.1%
1986	72%	60.4%
1987	71.8%	60.5%
1988	71.7%	60.7%
1989	71.8%	60.8%
1990	71.9%	60.9%
1991	72.1%	61%
1992	72.3%	61.1%
1993	72.4%	61.2%
1994	72.6%	61.3%
1995	72.7%	61.5%
1996	72.8%	61.7%
1997	73.2%	61.9%
1998	73.9%	62.2%
1999	74.6%	62.5%
2000	75.3%	62.8%
2001	75.8%	63.1%
2002	76.3%	63.4%
2003	76.6%	63.7%
2004	76.6%	64%
2005	76.3%	64.3%
2006	78.7%	64.5%
2007	82.6%	64.7%
2008	84.4%	64.9%
2009	85.1%	65%
2010	85.2%	65.1%
2011	84.9%	65.2%
2012	84.5%	65.2%
2013	84.3%	65.2%
2014	84.5%	65.2%
2015	85%	65.1%
2016	85.2%	65.1%
2017	85.1%	65%
2018	84.9%	64.9%
2019	84.3%	64.9%
2020	83.4%	64.8%
2021	83.2%	64.9%
2022	83.4%	64.9%
2023	83.3%	65%
2024	83.3%	65.1%
2025	83.3%	65.2%
2026	83.3%	65.3%
2027	83.2%	65.4%
2028	83.1%	65.4%
2029	83%	65.4%
2030	82.9%	65.4%
2031	82.8%	65.4%
2032	82.7%	65.4%
2033	82.6%	65.4%
2034	82.5%	65.3%
2035	82.3%	65.2%
2036	82.1%	65%
2037	81.9%	64.9%
2038	81.8%	64.7%
2039	81.6%	64.6%
2040	81.4%	64.5%
2041	81.1%	64.4%
2042	80.9%	64.3%
2043	80.7%	64.2%
2044	80.5%	64.1%
2045	80.2%	63.9%
2046	80%	63.8%
2047	79.7%	63.7%
2048	79.5%	63.6%
2049	79.3%	63.4%
2050	79.2%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Qatar changed from 76.6% to 83.3% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Qatar	World
1960	44.2%	37.4%
1961	42.5%	37.5%
1962	40.5%	37.6%
1963	38.7%	37.8%
1964	37.2%	38%
1965	36.2%	38%
1966	35.3%	38%
1967	34.7%	38%
1968	34.2%	37.9%
1969	33.9%	37.8%
1970	35.1%	37.7%
1971	36.9%	37.6%
1972	37.5%	37.5%
1973	37.4%	37.3%
1974	36.7%	37.2%
1975	35.7%	37.1%
1976	34.6%	36.9%
1977	33.3%	36.7%
1978	32.1%	36.3%
1979	31%	35.9%
1980	30%	35.5%
1981	29.2%	35.2%
1982	28.6%	34.9%
1983	28.1%	34.6%
1984	27.6%	34.3%
1985	27.2%	34%
1986	27%	33.8%
1987	27.2%	33.6%
1988	27.2%	33.4%
1989	27.1%	33.2%
1990	27%	33%
1991	26.8%	32.9%
1992	26.6%	32.7%
1993	26.4%	32.5%
1994	26.2%	32.3%
1995	26.1%	32.1%
1996	25.9%	31.8%
1997	25.5%	31.5%
1998	24.8%	31.1%
1999	24.1%	30.8%
2000	23.5%	30.4%
2001	23%	30%
2002	22.5%	29.6%
2003	22.2%	29.2%
2004	22.2%	28.8%
2005	22.5%	28.5%
2006	20.2%	28.1%
2007	16.4%	27.9%
2008	14.6%	27.6%
2009	14%	27.5%
2010	13.9%	27.3%
2011	14.2%	27.1%
2012	14.5%	27%
2013	14.6%	26.9%
2014	14.4%	26.8%
2015	13.9%	26.6%
2016	13.7%	26.5%
2017	13.7%	26.4%
2018	14%	26.2%
2019	14.6%	26%
2020	15.4%	25.8%
2021	15.5%	25.6%
2022	15.2%	25.3%
2023	15.2%	25%
2024	15.1%	24.7%
2025	15%	24.4%
2026	15%	24.1%
2027	15%	23.8%
2028	15.1%	23.4%
2029	15.2%	23.1%
2030	15.3%	22.8%
2031	15.4%	22.6%
2032	15.5%	22.3%
2033	15.6%	22.1%
2034	15.7%	21.9%
2035	15.9%	21.7%
2036	16.1%	21.6%
2037	16.2%	21.5%
2038	16.4%	21.4%
2039	16.5%	21.3%
2040	16.7%	21.2%
2041	16.8%	21.1%
2042	17%	21%
2043	17.1%	21%
2044	17.3%	20.9%
2045	17.4%	20.8%
2046	17.5%	20.7%
2047	17.6%	20.7%
2048	17.7%	20.6%
2049	17.7%	20.5%
2050	17.8%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Qatar decreased from 22.2% to 15.1% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Qatar	World
1960	3.39%	4.97%
1961	3.29%	4.99%
1962	3.16%	5.01%
1963	3.03%	5.02%
1964	2.91%	5.04%
1965	2.8%	5.08%
1966	2.7%	5.12%
1967	2.62%	5.16%
1968	2.54%	5.2%
1969	2.48%	5.24%
1970	2.34%	5.28%
1971	2.15%	5.32%
1972	2%	5.37%
1973	1.87%	5.42%
1974	1.76%	5.47%
1975	1.67%	5.53%
1976	1.58%	5.59%
1977	1.5%	5.65%
1978	1.43%	5.71%
1979	1.36%	5.77%
1980	1.29%	5.81%
1981	1.23%	5.81%
1982	1.17%	5.8%
1983	1.1%	5.79%
1984	1.05%	5.8%
1985	0.99%	5.82%
1986	0.97%	5.86%
1987	1%	5.91%
1988	1.02%	5.95%
1989	1.05%	6.01%
1990	1.08%	6.07%
1991	1.12%	6.14%
1992	1.15%	6.21%
1993	1.18%	6.29%
1994	1.2%	6.37%
1995	1.21%	6.45%
1996	1.22%	6.53%
1997	1.23%	6.61%
1998	1.24%	6.68%
1999	1.25%	6.76%
2000	1.24%	6.84%
2001	1.23%	6.92%
2002	1.21%	7.01%
2003	1.18%	7.1%
2004	1.16%	7.18%
2005	1.16%	7.26%
2006	1.14%	7.34%
2007	1.08%	7.41%
2008	0.99%	7.47%
2009	0.9%	7.52%
2010	0.86%	7.58%
2011	0.93%	7.66%
2012	1.03%	7.78%
2013	1.08%	7.92%
2014	1.06%	8.08%
2015	1.05%	8.26%
2016	1.09%	8.45%
2017	1.12%	8.65%
2018	1.14%	8.88%
2019	1.17%	9.1%
2020	1.25%	9.33%
2021	1.3%	9.53%
2022	1.39%	9.74%
2023	1.57%	9.98%
2024	1.68%	10.2%
2025	1.7%	10.4%
2026	1.72%	10.6%
2027	1.74%	10.8%
2028	1.76%	11.1%
2029	1.78%	11.5%
2030	1.78%	11.7%
2031	1.78%	12%
2032	1.77%	12.3%
2033	1.77%	12.6%
2034	1.78%	12.8%
2035	1.8%	13.1%
2036	1.82%	13.4%
2037	1.85%	13.7%
2038	1.88%	13.9%
2039	1.91%	14.1%
2040	1.96%	14.3%
2041	2.03%	14.5%
2042	2.1%	14.7%
2043	2.18%	14.9%
2044	2.29%	15%
2045	2.42%	15.2%
2046	2.55%	15.4%
2047	2.68%	15.7%
2048	2.82%	15.9%
2049	2.91%	16.1%
2050	2.97%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Qatar increased from 1.16% to 1.68% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.