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Qatar vs Singapore statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Qatar has a population of 2.86M (ranked 138/197), compared with 6.04M in Singapore (ranked 113/197). Qatar's land area is 4,436 sq mi versus 277.2 sq mi for Singapore (ranked 158th vs. 177th).

By GDP, Qatar ranks 56/197 ($218B) and Singapore ranks 27/197 ($547B). By GDP per capita, Qatar ranks 11/197 ($76,276), while Singapore ranks 7/197 ($90,674).

Main facts and rankings

Qatar Singapore
Population
2964497
6105665
Population rank 137/197 113/197
GDP
$218B
2024
$547B
2024
GDP rank 56/197 27/197
GDP per capita
$76,276
2024
$90,674
2024
GDP per capita rank 11/197 7/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$126,110
2024
$150,689
2024
Government debt
$89B
2024
$954B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
40.5%
2025
174.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$31,151
2024
$158,044
2024
Government debt per person rank 23/185 1/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$36,023
2025
$55,248
2025
Land area
4,436 sq mi
2025
277.2 sq mi
2025
Population density
644 ppl/mi²
2024
21,776 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.73
2023
0.97
2023
Median age
34.5 years
2024
36.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
82.7 years
2025
84 years
2025

Qatar and Singapore: Comparison Charts

Qatar and Singapore economies compared

GDP
Qatar

Singapore
Year GDP
Qatar Singapore
1960 - $704,751,700
1961 - $764,629,788
1962 - $826,239,212
1963 - $917,608,012
1964 - $894,153,311
1965 - $974,644,096
1966 - $1,096,425,608
1967 - $1,238,035,816
1968 - $1,425,706,091
1969 - $1,659,893,768
1970 $301,791,302 $1,920,574,150
1971 $387,703,106 $2,263,785,444
1972 $510,262,500 $2,721,440,981
1973 $793,885,560 $3,696,213,333
1974 $2,401,403,227 $5,221,534,956
1975 $2,512,773,166 $5,633,673,930
1976 $3,284,273,987 $6,327,077,974
1977 $3,617,564,638 $6,618,585,074
1978 $4,052,000,413 $7,517,176,355
1979 $5,632,962,997 $9,296,921,724
1980 $7,829,165,262 $11,896,256,783
1981 $8,661,263,764 $14,175,228,844
1982 $7,596,703,214 $16,084,252,378
1983 $6,467,582,308 $17,784,112,150
1984 $6,704,395,824 $19,749,361,098
1985 $6,153,296,456 $19,156,532,746
1986 $5,053,021,951 $18,586,746,057
1987 $5,446,428,681 $20,919,215,578
1988 $6,038,187,033 $25,371,462,488
1989 $6,487,912,088 $30,465,364,739
1990 $7,360,439,423 $36,144,336,769
1991 $6,883,516,484 $45,466,164,978
1992 $7,646,153,984 $52,131,320,033
1993 $7,156,593,654 $60,603,815,716
1994 $7,374,450,769 $73,688,724,431
1995 $8,137,911,978 $87,812,540,788
1996 $9,059,340,385 $96,293,086,513
1997 $11,297,802,115 $100,123,787,215
1998 $10,255,495,027 $85,728,207,782
1999 $12,393,131,868 $86,286,849,755
2000 $17,759,890,110 $96,076,539,926
2001 $17,538,461,538 $89,793,790,670
2002 $19,363,736,264 $92,538,372,870
2003 $23,533,791,209 $97,646,401,096
2004 $31,734,065,934 $115,033,593,101
2005 $44,530,494,505 $127,807,848,728
2006 $60,882,142,857 $148,627,286,361
2007 $79,712,087,912 $180,941,701,358
2008 $115,270,054,945 $193,617,323,539
2009 $97,798,351,648 $194,150,283,772
2010 $125,122,306,346 $239,807,980,591
2011 $167,775,268,626 $279,356,499,090
2012 $186,833,502,363 $295,092,888,077
2013 $198,727,642,967 $307,576,360,585
2014 $206,224,598,571 $314,863,580,758
2015 $161,739,955,577 $307,998,545,269
2016 $151,732,181,868 $319,646,468,521
2017 $161,099,122,225 $343,673,334,902
2018 $183,334,953,819 $377,123,710,561
2019 $176,371,267,692 $376,161,998,830
2020 $144,411,363,352 $349,165,858,545
2021 $179,732,009,560 $436,591,382,250
2022 $235,709,325,714 $509,017,841,147
2023 $213,002,809,341 $505,439,514,078
2024 $217,982,967,033 $547,386,645,892

Qatar and Singapore economies compared

GDP per capita
Qatar

Singapore
Year GDP per capita
Qatar Singapore
1960 - $428
1961 - $449
1962 - $472
1963 - $511
1964 - $486
1965 - $517
1966 - $567
1967 - $626
1968 - $709
1969 - $813
1970 $2,594 $926
1971 $2,952 $1,071
1972 $3,483 $1,264
1973 $4,905 $1,685
1974 $13,540 $2,342
1975 $13,014 $2,490
1976 $15,710 $2,759
1977 $16,058 $2,846
1978 $16,757 $3,194
1979 $21,777 $3,901
1980 $28,375 $4,928
1981 $29,505 $5,597
1982 $24,385 $6,078
1983 $19,616 $6,633
1984 $19,272 $7,228
1985 $16,815 $7,002
1986 $13,213 $6,800
1987 $13,719 $7,539
1988 $14,682 $8,914
1989 $15,243 $10,395
1990 $16,722 $11,862
1991 $15,133 $14,502
1992 $16,280 $16,136
1993 $14,770 $18,290
1994 $14,765 $21,552
1995 $15,823 $24,915
1996 $17,125 $26,233
1997 $20,523 $26,376
1998 $17,665 $21,829
1999 $20,234 $21,797
2000 $27,535 $23,853
2001 $25,871 $21,700
2002 $27,227 $22,160
2003 $31,602 $23,730
2004 $41,036 $27,608
2005 $53,950 $29,961
2006 $62,582 $33,768
2007 $65,954 $39,433
2008 $80,781 $40,009
2009 $60,786 $38,927
2010 $77,387 $47,237
2011 $103,262 $53,891
2012 $108,470 $55,548
2013 $103,697 $56,967
2014 $95,841 $57,565
2015 $68,985 $55,646
2016 $61,254 $57,006
2017 $63,280 $61,236
2018 $71,040 $66,882
2019 $66,841 $65,952
2020 $51,684 $61,410
2021 $71,752 $80,056
2022 $88,701 $90,299
2023 $80,196 $85,412
2024 $76,276 $90,674

Qatar vs. Singapore life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Qatar

Singapore
Year Life expectancy, years
Qatar Singapore
1950 50.8 54.1
1951 51.5 55.3
1952 52.1 56.4
1953 52.8 57.5
1954 53.5 59.4
1955 54.2 61.2
1956 54.9 62.6
1957 55.6 63.4
1958 56.3 64
1959 57 64.8
1960 57.8 65.3
1961 58.5 65.7
1962 59.2 66.1
1963 60 66.5
1964 60.7 66.7
1965 61.4 66.9
1966 62.2 67.2
1967 62.9 67.3
1968 63.6 67.7
1969 64.2 68.1
1970 64.9 68.5
1971 65.5 68.8
1972 66.1 69
1973 66.6 69.4
1974 67.2 69.7
1975 67.7 70.2
1976 68.2 70.6
1977 68.6 70.9
1978 69.1 71.2
1979 69.5 71.4
1980 69.9 71.5
1981 70.3 71.7
1982 70.7 72
1983 71.1 72.4
1984 71.5 72.6
1985 71.8 73.1
1986 72.2 73.6
1987 72.5 74
1988 72.8 74
1989 73.1 74.3
1990 73.4 74.6
1991 73.7 75.1
1992 73.9 75.3
1993 74.1 75.5
1994 74.2 75.6
1995 74.4 75.7
1996 74.6 76.1
1997 74.7 76.4
1998 74.9 76.9
1999 75 77.3
2000 75.3 77.8
2001 75.5 78.3
2002 75.8 78.7
2003 76.1 79.2
2004 76.5 79.7
2005 76.9 80.3
2006 77.3 80.6
2007 77.7 80.9
2008 78.3 81.1
2009 78.8 81.4
2010 79.4 81.6
2011 80 81.9
2012 80.5 82.2
2013 81 82.5
2014 81.4 82.6
2015 81.8 82.7
2016 82.1 82.9
2017 82.5 83.1
2018 82.7 83.4
2019 82.9 83.7
2020 80.4 83.7
2021 81.1 83.5
2022 81.9 82.9
2023 82.4 83.7
2024 82.5 83.9
2025 82.7 84

Qatar and Singapore population clocks and comparison

Population
Qatar

Singapore
Year Population
Qatar Singapore
1960 36,010 1,646,400
1961 39,680 1,702,400
1962 44,630 1,750,200
1963 50,380 1,795,000
1964 56,867 1,841,600
1965 64,065 1,886,900
1966 72,192 1,934,400
1967 81,439 1,977,600
1968 91,749 2,012,000
1969 103,025 2,042,500
1970 116,350 2,074,507
1971 131,346 2,112,900
1972 146,506 2,152,400
1973 161,841 2,193,000
1974 177,362 2,229,800
1975 193,087 2,262,600
1976 209,052 2,293,300
1977 225,285 2,325,300
1978 241,808 2,353,600
1979 258,670 2,383,500
1980 275,913 2,413,945
1981 293,553 2,532,835
1982 311,537 2,646,466
1983 329,709 2,681,061
1984 347,878 2,732,221
1985 365,940 2,735,957
1986 382,422 2,733,373
1987 397,005 2,774,789
1988 411,264 2,846,108
1989 425,646 2,930,901
1990 440,175 3,047,132
1991 454,853 3,135,083
1992 469,657 3,230,698
1993 484,545 3,313,471
1994 499,459 3,419,048
1995 514,325 3,524,506
1996 529,019 3,670,704
1997 550,500 3,796,038
1998 580,540 3,927,213
1999 612,500 3,958,723
2000 644,989 4,027,887
2001 677,925 4,138,012
2002 711,205 4,175,950
2003 744,682 4,114,826
2004 773,332 4,166,664
2005 825,408 4,265,762
2006 972,831 4,401,365
2007 1,208,595 4,588,599
2008 1,426,938 4,839,396
2009 1,608,903 4,987,573
2010 1,616,832 5,076,732
2011 1,624,761 5,183,688
2012 1,722,438 5,312,437
2013 1,916,426 5,399,162
2014 2,151,745 5,469,724
2015 2,344,557 5,535,002
2016 2,477,113 5,607,283
2017 2,545,820 5,612,253
2018 2,580,734 5,638,676
2019 2,638,657 5,703,569
2020 2,794,148 5,685,807
2021 2,504,910 5,453,566
2022 2,657,333 5,637,022
2023 2,656,032 5,917,648
2024 2,857,822 6,036,860

Fertility rates in Qatar and Singapore

Fertility rate
Qatar

Singapore
Year Fertility rate
Qatar Singapore
1960 6.53 5.76
1961 6.53 5.41
1962 6.53 5.21
1963 6.53 5.16
1964 6.53 4.97
1965 6.53 4.66
1966 6.52 4.46
1967 6.46 3.91
1968 6.39 3.53
1969 6.31 3.22
1970 6.23 3.07
1971 6.15 3.02
1972 6.07 3.04
1973 6.01 2.79
1974 5.94 2.35
1975 5.86 2.07
1976 5.78 2.11
1977 5.69 1.82
1978 5.58 1.79
1979 5.46 1.79
1980 5.33 1.82
1981 5.2 1.78
1982 5.04 1.74
1983 4.9 1.61
1984 4.76 1.62
1985 4.64 1.61
1986 4.57 1.43
1987 4.54 1.62
1988 4.51 1.96
1989 4.41 1.75
1990 4.23 1.83
1991 3.99 1.73
1992 3.85 1.72
1993 3.77 1.74
1994 3.67 1.71
1995 3.56 1.67
1996 3.44 1.66
1997 3.33 1.61
1998 3.21 1.48
1999 3.12 1.47
2000 3.07 1.6
2001 3.08 1.41
2002 3.01 1.37
2003 2.93 1.27
2004 2.79 1.26
2005 2.64 1.26
2006 2.51 1.28
2007 2.44 1.29
2008 2.37 1.28
2009 2.25 1.22
2010 2.14 1.15
2011 2.07 1.2
2012 2.04 1.29
2013 2.03 1.19
2014 2.03 1.25
2015 1.98 1.24
2016 1.86 1.2
2017 1.83 1.16
2018 1.76 1.14
2019 1.73 1.14
2020 1.68 1.1
2021 1.61 1.12
2022 1.74 1.04
2023 1.73 0.97

Qatar and Singapore demographics compared

Median age
Qatar

Singapore
Year Median age, years
Qatar Singapore
1960 18 18.2
1961 19 18.1
1962 20.1 18
1963 21.1 18
1964 21.8 18.1
1965 22.5 18.2
1966 23 18.4
1967 23.5 18.6
1968 24 18.9
1969 24.4 19.3
1970 23.7 19.7
1971 22.2 20.1
1972 21.3 20.6
1973 20.9 21
1974 20.8 21.5
1975 21 22
1976 21.3 22.6
1977 21.8 23.1
1978 22.3 23.6
1979 22.9 24.2
1980 23.5 24.7
1981 24.1 25.3
1982 24.8 25.9
1983 25.6 26.4
1984 26.3 26.9
1985 27 27.3
1986 27.4 27.8
1987 27.5 28.3
1988 27.5 28.7
1989 27.6 29.1
1990 27.7 29.5
1991 27.9 29.8
1992 28.1 30.1
1993 28.4 30.4
1994 28.7 30.7
1995 29.1 31
1996 29.6 31.2
1997 29.9 31.4
1998 29.8 31.6
1999 29.8 31.9
2000 29.9 32.2
2001 30.1 32.5
2002 30.5 32.7
2003 30.9 33
2004 31 33.3
2005 30.9 33.5
2006 30.6 33.6
2007 30.1 33.6
2008 30.1 33.5
2009 30.8 33.6
2010 31.3 33.7
2011 31.2 33.9
2012 31 34
2013 30.9 34.1
2014 31.1 34.2
2015 31.2 34.4
2016 31.4 34.5
2017 31.6 34.8
2018 31.9 35
2019 32.3 35.2
2020 32.6 35.5
2021 32.9 35.8
2022 33.4 35.9
2023 34.1 36.2
2024 34.5 36.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Qatar Singapore
GNI, Atlas method
$219B
2024
$451B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
26.5%
2025
16.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.23%
2020
2.19%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
6.96%
2022
2.66%
2023
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
59,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.04%
2025
+3.05%
2025
Unemployment rate
0.13%
2022
2.74%
2024
Services, % of GDP
45.9%
2024
73%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
58.5%
2024
21.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
70.2
2025
84.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2017
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2017
n/a
Number of millionaires
26,163
2024
333,204
2024
Percentage of millionaires
1.13%
2024
6.69%
2024
Number of billionaires
2
2025
49
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00009%
2025
0.001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
52
2024
400
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$170M
2024
$638B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$54B
2024
$384B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.44B
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
582,000
2020
2,742,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
20.2%
2020
3.04%
2018
Banked people share
65.9%
2011
98%
2024

Energy

Qatar Singapore
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
16,684 kg
2022
5,283 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$7.37
2022
$27.2
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
127.9 megatons
2023
57.1 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
48.2 tons
2023
9.64 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
99.9%
2022
97.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
0%
2021
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.12%
2022
0.38%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-396%
2022
279.6%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
19,381 kWh
2022
9,750 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
0.28%
2021
4.02%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Qatar Singapore
% of world population
0.04%
2024
0.07%
2024
Annual migration change
+46,105
2024
+20,011
2024
Urban population
99.4%
2024
100%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.69 ft
2025
5.69 ft
2025
Average female height
5.27 ft
2025
5.29 ft
2025
Quality of life index
77.7
2025
94.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
59
2024
84
2024
Higher education index
68
2025
97
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.07
2022
0.07
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.3
2019
2.1
2019
Visa free countries
119
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.8%
2014
97.7%
2021
English speaking
30%
2025
96.4%
2023
People using the Internet
99.7%
2023
94.4%
2024

Health

Qatar Singapore
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,782
2022
$4,321
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$137.8
2022
$1,069
2022
Life expectancy
82.7 years
2025
84 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.5
2018
2.6
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
30.5 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
4
2023
6
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
6
2023
2.1
2023
Obesity rate
44%
2022
14%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
24.6%
2024
11.4%
2024
Air quality index
15
2025
68
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
12.5%
2022
16.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.05 liters
2020
1.81 liters
2020

Territory

Qatar Singapore
% of world land
0.008%
2025
0.0005%
2025
Land area per capita
1,552 sq mi
2024
45.9 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
285.7 sq mi
2025
2.55 sq mi
2025
Forest area
0 sq mi
2025
58 sq mi
2025
Roads length
4,374 mi
2016
2,175 mi
2017

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