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Cyprus vs Qatar statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cyprus has a population of 1.36M (ranked 155/197), compared with 2.86M in Qatar (ranked 138/197). Cyprus' land area is 3,568 sq mi versus 4,436 sq mi for Qatar (ranked 163rd vs. 158th).

By GDP, Cyprus ranks 104/197 ($36.3B) and Qatar ranks 56/197 ($218B). By GDP per capita, Cyprus ranks 45/197 ($26,749), while Qatar ranks 11/197 ($76,276).

Main facts and rankings

Cyprus Qatar
Population
1380052
2964497
Population rank 153/197 137/197
GDP
$36.3B
2024
$218B
2024
GDP rank 104/197 56/197
GDP per capita
$26,749
2024
$76,276
2024
GDP per capita rank 45/197 11/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$61,240
2024
$126,110
2024
Government debt
$23.8B
2024
$89B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
60.3%
2025
40.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$17,490
2024
$31,151
2024
Government debt per person rank 34/185 23/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$24,086
2025
$36,023
2025
Land area
3,568 sq mi
2025
4,436 sq mi
2025
Population density
381 ppl/mi²
2024
644 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.39
2023
1.73
2023
Median age
39.2 years
2024
34.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
82 years
2025
82.7 years
2025

Cyprus and Qatar: Comparison Charts

Cyprus and Qatar economies compared

GDP
Cyprus

Qatar
Year GDP
Cyprus Qatar
1970 - $301,791,302
1971 - $387,703,106
1972 - $510,262,500
1973 - $793,885,560
1974 - $2,401,403,227
1975 $489,912,574 $2,512,773,166
1976 $576,090,074 $3,284,273,987
1977 $734,876,021 $3,617,564,638
1978 $964,024,364 $4,052,000,413
1979 $1,288,699,776 $5,632,962,997
1980 $2,154,311,277 $7,829,165,262
1981 $2,087,496,374 $8,661,263,764
1982 $2,159,242,417 $7,596,703,214
1983 $2,160,364,071 $6,467,582,308
1984 $2,278,248,953 $6,704,395,824
1985 $2,430,411,900 $6,153,296,456
1986 $3,090,734,463 $5,053,021,951
1987 $3,704,813,886 $5,446,428,681
1988 $4,278,792,597 $6,038,187,033
1989 $4,563,482,604 $6,487,912,088
1990 $5,591,130,218 $7,360,439,423
1991 $5,770,197,348 $6,883,516,484
1992 $6,912,150,456 $7,646,153,984
1993 $6,590,291,048 $7,156,593,654
1994 $7,425,703,929 $7,374,450,769
1995 $9,933,137,128 $8,137,911,978
1996 $10,011,914,680 $9,059,340,385
1997 $9,547,816,420 $11,297,802,115
1998 $10,248,618,778 $10,255,495,027
1999 $10,497,907,228 $12,393,131,868
2000 $9,985,847,314 $17,759,890,110
2001 $10,397,898,907 $17,538,461,538
2002 $11,420,228,846 $19,363,736,264
2003 $14,547,329,558 $23,533,791,209
2004 $17,320,551,250 $31,734,065,934
2005 $18,433,412,511 $44,530,494,505
2006 $20,072,754,987 $60,882,142,857
2007 $23,968,727,074 $79,712,087,912
2008 $27,844,646,258 $115,270,054,945
2009 $26,048,179,949 $97,798,351,648
2010 $25,799,940,078 $125,122,306,346
2011 $27,641,547,910 $167,775,268,626
2012 $25,047,436,975 $186,833,502,363
2013 $23,959,712,861 $198,727,642,967
2014 $23,225,918,260 $206,224,598,571
2015 $19,909,278,417 $161,739,955,577
2016 $21,046,462,281 $151,732,181,868
2017 $22,946,570,629 $161,099,122,225
2018 $25,754,001,368 $183,334,953,819
2019 $26,196,667,100 $176,371,267,692
2020 $25,555,093,854 $144,411,363,352
2021 $30,372,642,502 $179,732,009,560
2022 $30,935,566,077 $235,709,325,714
2023 $33,886,930,712 $213,002,809,341
2024 $36,333,022,329 $217,982,967,033

Cyprus and Qatar economies compared

GDP per capita
Cyprus

Qatar
Year GDP per capita
Cyprus Qatar
1970 - $2,594
1971 - $2,952
1972 - $3,483
1973 - $4,905
1974 - $13,540
1975 $743 $13,014
1976 $870 $15,710
1977 $1,102 $16,058
1978 $1,434 $16,757
1979 $1,902 $21,777
1980 $3,154 $28,375
1981 $3,030 $29,505
1982 $3,100 $24,385
1983 $3,055 $19,616
1984 $3,167 $19,272
1985 $3,324 $16,815
1986 $4,159 $13,213
1987 $4,908 $13,719
1988 $5,584 $14,682
1989 $5,870 $15,243
1990 $7,092 $16,722
1991 $7,222 $15,133
1992 $8,530 $16,280
1993 $7,978 $14,770
1994 $8,791 $14,765
1995 $11,514 $15,823
1996 $11,373 $17,125
1997 $10,637 $20,523
1998 $11,206 $17,665
1999 $11,273 $20,234
2000 $10,537 $27,535
2001 $10,785 $25,871
2002 $11,636 $27,227
2003 $14,553 $31,602
2004 $17,016 $41,036
2005 $17,790 $53,950
2006 $19,037 $62,582
2007 $22,344 $65,954
2008 $25,522 $80,781
2009 $23,480 $60,786
2010 $22,876 $77,387
2011 $24,110 $103,262
2012 $21,493 $108,470
2013 $20,238 $103,697
2014 $19,326 $95,841
2015 $16,326 $68,985
2016 $17,013 $61,254
2017 $18,295 $63,280
2018 $20,267 $71,040
2019 $20,360 $66,841
2020 $19,624 $51,684
2021 $23,057 $71,752
2022 $23,236 $88,701
2023 $25,195 $80,196
2024 $26,749 $76,276

Cyprus vs. Qatar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cyprus

Qatar
Year Life expectancy, years
Cyprus Qatar
1950 55.8 50.8
1951 56.8 51.5
1952 57.7 52.1
1953 58.4 52.8
1954 59.3 53.5
1955 59.7 54.2
1956 60.4 54.9
1957 61 55.6
1958 61.6 56.3
1959 62.3 57
1960 63.3 57.8
1961 64.1 58.5
1962 64.7 59.2
1963 61.8 60
1964 62.2 60.7
1965 66.1 61.4
1966 66.5 62.2
1967 66.9 62.9
1968 67.3 63.6
1969 67.6 64.2
1970 68.1 64.9
1971 68.4 65.5
1972 68.6 66.1
1973 69 66.6
1974 54.6 67.2
1975 70.3 67.7
1976 70.8 68.2
1977 71.3 68.6
1978 71.7 69.1
1979 72.2 69.5
1980 72.8 69.9
1981 73.1 70.3
1982 73.5 70.7
1983 73.7 71.1
1984 74 71.5
1985 74.6 71.8
1986 74.9 72.2
1987 75.3 72.5
1988 75.4 72.8
1989 75.8 73.1
1990 76 73.4
1991 76.2 73.7
1992 76.3 73.9
1993 76.3 74.1
1994 76.4 74.2
1995 76.6 74.4
1996 76.9 74.6
1997 77.1 74.7
1998 77.2 74.9
1999 77.6 75
2000 77.9 75.3
2001 78.2 75.5
2002 78.8 75.8
2003 78.9 76.1
2004 79 76.5
2005 79.2 76.9
2006 79.5 77.3
2007 79.8 77.7
2008 79.9 78.3
2009 80.4 78.8
2010 80.6 79.4
2011 80.9 80
2012 81.1 80.5
2013 81.3 81
2014 81.3 81.4
2015 81.5 81.8
2016 81.5 82.1
2017 81.5 82.5
2018 81.6 82.7
2019 81.5 82.9
2020 81.2 80.4
2021 80.6 81.1
2022 80.4 81.9
2023 81.6 82.4
2024 81.8 82.5
2025 82 82.7

Cyprus and Qatar population clocks and comparison

Population
Cyprus

Qatar
Year Population
Cyprus Qatar
1960 586,490 36,010
1961 595,514 39,680
1962 601,466 44,630
1963 607,252 50,380
1964 612,521 56,867
1965 617,736 64,065
1966 623,390 72,192
1967 629,251 81,439
1968 635,157 91,749
1969 641,189 103,025
1970 647,446 116,350
1971 654,050 131,346
1972 661,063 146,506
1973 665,937 161,841
1974 663,254 177,362
1975 659,405 193,087
1976 662,032 209,052
1977 667,101 225,285
1978 672,249 241,808
1979 677,549 258,670
1980 683,076 275,913
1981 688,893 293,553
1982 696,497 311,537
1983 707,225 329,709
1984 719,334 347,878
1985 731,277 365,940
1986 743,105 382,422
1987 754,785 397,005
1988 766,235 411,264
1989 777,420 425,646
1990 788,351 440,175
1991 798,944 454,853
1992 810,341 469,657
1993 826,034 484,545
1994 844,667 499,459
1995 862,695 514,325
1996 880,290 529,019
1997 897,568 550,500
1998 914,548 580,540
1999 931,234 612,500
2000 947,667 644,989
2001 964,127 677,925
2002 981,440 711,205
2003 999,590 744,682
2004 1,017,875 773,332
2005 1,036,151 825,408
2006 1,054,418 972,831
2007 1,072,714 1,208,595
2008 1,091,026 1,426,938
2009 1,109,371 1,608,903
2010 1,127,816 1,616,832
2011 1,146,493 1,624,761
2012 1,165,397 1,722,438
2013 1,183,895 1,916,426
2014 1,201,801 2,151,745
2015 1,219,502 2,344,557
2016 1,237,112 2,477,113
2017 1,254,275 2,545,820
2018 1,270,737 2,580,734
2019 1,286,671 2,638,657
2020 1,302,247 2,794,148
2021 1,317,309 2,504,910
2022 1,331,370 2,657,333
2023 1,344,976 2,656,032
2024 1,358,282 2,857,822

Fertility rates in Cyprus and Qatar

Fertility rate
Cyprus

Qatar
Year Fertility rate
Cyprus Qatar
1960 3.39 6.53
1961 3.62 6.53
1962 3.51 6.53
1963 3.49 6.53
1964 3.41 6.53
1965 3.47 6.53
1966 3.4 6.52
1967 3.32 6.46
1968 3.27 6.39
1969 3.19 6.31
1970 3.07 6.23
1971 3.04 6.15
1972 2.99 6.07
1973 2.4 6.01
1974 2.28 5.94
1975 2.11 5.86
1976 2.33 5.78
1977 2.09 5.69
1978 2.08 5.58
1979 2.14 5.46
1980 2.3 5.33
1981 2.15 5.2
1982 2.49 5.04
1983 2.49 4.9
1984 2.51 4.76
1985 2.43 4.64
1986 2.45 4.57
1987 2.39 4.54
1988 2.47 4.51
1989 2.37 4.41
1990 2.4 4.23
1991 2.34 3.99
1992 2.46 3.85
1993 2.25 3.77
1994 2.16 3.67
1995 2.03 3.56
1996 1.95 3.44
1997 1.86 3.33
1998 1.76 3.21
1999 1.67 3.12
2000 1.64 3.07
2001 1.57 3.08
2002 1.5 3.01
2003 1.51 2.93
2004 1.51 2.79
2005 1.48 2.64
2006 1.51 2.51
2007 1.45 2.44
2008 1.48 2.37
2009 1.48 2.25
2010 1.43 2.14
2011 1.36 2.07
2012 1.38 2.04
2013 1.3 2.03
2014 1.31 2.03
2015 1.32 1.98
2016 1.36 1.86
2017 1.32 1.83
2018 1.32 1.76
2019 1.33 1.73
2020 1.36 1.68
2021 1.39 1.61
2022 1.39 1.74
2023 1.39 1.73

Cyprus and Qatar demographics compared

Median age
Cyprus

Qatar
Year Median age, years
Cyprus Qatar
1960 23.1 18
1961 23.1 19
1962 23.3 20.1
1963 23.5 21.1
1964 23.7 21.8
1965 23.9 22.5
1966 24 23
1967 24.2 23.5
1968 24.3 24
1969 24.5 24.4
1970 24.7 23.7
1971 24.9 22.2
1972 25.1 21.3
1973 25.3 20.9
1974 25.4 20.8
1975 25.5 21
1976 25.9 21.3
1977 26.3 21.8
1978 26.8 22.3
1979 27.2 22.9
1980 27.7 23.5
1981 28.2 24.1
1982 28.5 24.8
1983 28.7 25.6
1984 28.8 26.3
1985 28.9 27
1986 29.1 27.4
1987 29.2 27.5
1988 29.4 27.5
1989 29.6 27.6
1990 29.8 27.7
1991 30.1 27.9
1992 30.3 28.1
1993 30.4 28.4
1994 30.5 28.7
1995 30.6 29.1
1996 30.8 29.6
1997 31 29.9
1998 31.2 29.8
1999 31.4 29.8
2000 31.6 29.9
2001 31.8 30.1
2002 32 30.5
2003 32.2 30.9
2004 32.4 31
2005 32.6 30.9
2006 32.8 30.6
2007 33.1 30.1
2008 33.4 30.1
2009 33.6 30.8
2010 33.9 31.3
2011 34.2 31.2
2012 34.5 31
2013 34.8 30.9
2014 35.2 31.1
2015 35.6 31.2
2016 36 31.4
2017 36.4 31.6
2018 36.8 31.9
2019 37.2 32.3
2020 37.6 32.6
2021 38 32.9
2022 38.4 33.4
2023 38.8 34.1
2024 39.2 34.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cyprus Qatar
GNI, Atlas method
$31B
2024
$219B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
40.4%
2025
26.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.74%
2022
3.23%
2020
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.82%
2023
6.96%
2022
Armed forces personnel
13,000
2020
22,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+3.84%
2025
+0.04%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.86%
2024
0.13%
2022
Services, % of GDP
76.9%
2024
45.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
10.3%
2024
58.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
73.2
2025
70.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26.3%
2023
25.8%
2017
Income share by poorest 10%
3.6%
2023
2.6%
2017
Number of millionaires n/a
26,163
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
1.13%
2024
Number of billionaires
10
2025
2
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0009%
2025
0.00009%
2025
Listed domestic companies
93
2024
52
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$10.9B
2024
$170M
2024
Total reserves including gold
$2.09B
2024
$54B
2024
Personal remittances received
$661M
2024
$1.44B
2024
International tourist arrivals
4,117,000
2019
582,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.25%
2020
20.2%
2020
Banked people share
96.1%
2024
65.9%
2011

Energy

Cyprus Qatar
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,673 kg
2023
16,684 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$23.6
2023
$7.37
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
7.18 megatons
2023
127.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.34 tons
2023
48.2 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.5%
2022
99.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
15.6%
2021
0%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.44%
2023
0.12%
2022
Net energy imports use share
117%
2022
-396%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,842 kWh
2023
19,381 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
15.1%
2021
0.28%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cyprus Qatar
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.04%
2024
Annual migration change
+8,138
2024
+46,105
2024
Urban population
67.1%
2024
99.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.67 ft
2025
5.69 ft
2025
Average female height
5.27 ft
2025
5.27 ft
2025
Quality of life index
80.4
2025
77.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
56
2024
59
2024
Higher education index
71
2025
68
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.82
2023
0.07
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.8
2019
7.3
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
119
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
97.8%
2014
English speaking
75.1%
2023
30%
2025
People using the Internet
91.2%
2023
99.7%
2023

Health

Cyprus Qatar
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,864
2022
$1,782
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$417
2022
$137.8
2022
Life expectancy
82 years
2025
82.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.17%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.55
2021
2.5
2018
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
14
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.5
2023
6
2023
Obesity rate
23.6%
2022
44%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10%
2024
24.6%
2024
Air quality index
63
2025
15
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
35.6%
2022
12.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.36 liters
2020
1.05 liters
2020

Territory

Cyprus Qatar
% of world land
0.006%
2025
0.008%
2025
Land area per capita
2,627 sq mi
2024
1,552 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
498 sq mi
2025
285.7 sq mi
2025
Forest area
666 sq mi
2025
0 sq mi
2025
Roads length
12,366 mi
2016
4,374 mi
2016

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