Qatar vs Switzerland statistics compared

Qatar has a population of 2.86M (ranked 138/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Qatar's land area is 4,436 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 158th vs. 131st).

By GDP, Qatar ranks 56/197 ($218B) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Qatar ranks 11/197 ($76,276), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Qatar and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Qatar and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Qatar

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Qatar	Switzerland
1960	-	$10,412,232,621
1961	-	$11,713,348,834
1962	-	$12,989,649,694
1963	-	$14,283,872,299
1964	-	$15,833,133,858
1965	-	$16,780,226,225
1966	-	$18,019,402,374
1967	-	$19,397,044,714
1968	-	$20,712,102,794
1969	-	$22,442,043,274
1970	$301,791,302	$24,998,066,773
1971	$387,703,106	$30,040,171,751
1972	$510,262,500	$36,844,318,854
1973	$793,885,560	$49,550,006,320
1974	$2,401,403,227	$57,103,011,446
1975	$2,512,773,166	$65,466,081,819
1976	$3,284,273,987	$68,476,524,644
1977	$3,617,564,638	$73,135,771,167
1978	$4,052,000,413	$102,280,472,036
1979	$5,632,962,997	$114,970,094,425
1980	$7,829,165,262	$122,557,843,886
1981	$8,661,263,764	$112,244,805,519
1982	$7,596,703,214	$115,043,365,512
1983	$6,467,582,308	$114,634,358,535
1984	$6,704,395,824	$109,455,312,168
1985	$6,153,296,456	$110,980,314,192
1986	$5,053,021,951	$159,089,921,063
1987	$5,446,428,681	$199,236,370,038
1988	$6,038,187,033	$215,540,625,299
1989	$6,487,912,088	$208,105,846,934
1990	$7,360,439,423	$265,763,573,999
1991	$6,883,516,484	$268,901,693,863
1992	$7,646,153,984	$279,921,425,828
1993	$7,156,593,654	$272,237,527,071
1994	$7,374,450,769	$301,375,055,202
1995	$8,137,911,978	$352,835,806,342
1996	$9,059,340,385	$340,103,959,547
1997	$11,297,802,115	$294,788,198,856
1998	$10,255,495,027	$303,459,014,347
1999	$12,393,131,868	$297,873,643,323
2000	$17,759,890,110	$279,216,033,870
2001	$17,538,461,538	$286,582,672,434
2002	$19,363,736,264	$309,301,422,430
2003	$23,533,791,209	$362,075,086,508
2004	$31,734,065,934	$403,912,891,033
2005	$44,530,494,505	$418,284,865,885
2006	$60,882,142,857	$441,634,672,197
2007	$79,712,087,912	$490,740,715,595
2008	$115,270,054,945	$567,267,767,519
2009	$97,798,351,648	$554,212,916,092
2010	$125,122,306,346	$598,851,027,948
2011	$167,775,268,626	$715,888,126,682
2012	$186,833,502,363	$686,420,221,558
2013	$198,727,642,967	$706,234,937,371
2014	$206,224,598,571	$726,537,809,430
2015	$161,739,955,577	$694,118,186,380
2016	$151,732,181,868	$687,895,460,903
2017	$161,099,122,225	$695,200,834,102
2018	$183,334,953,819	$725,568,717,468
2019	$176,371,267,692	$721,369,112,727
2020	$144,411,363,352	$741,999,406,006
2021	$179,732,009,560	$815,309,330,987
2022	$235,709,325,714	$828,508,926,958
2023	$213,002,809,341	$894,424,821,645
2024	$217,982,967,033	$936,564,198,049

Qatar and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Qatar

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Qatar	Switzerland
1960	-	$1,954
1961	-	$2,155
1962	-	$2,330
1963	-	$2,508
1964	-	$2,735
1965	-	$2,865
1966	-	$3,045
1967	-	$3,237
1968	-	$3,413
1969	-	$3,657
1970	$2,594	$4,044
1971	$2,952	$4,835
1972	$3,483	$5,885
1973	$4,905	$7,856
1974	$13,540	$9,005
1975	$13,014	$10,328
1976	$15,710	$10,865
1977	$16,058	$11,644
1978	$16,757	$16,282
1979	$21,777	$18,266
1980	$28,375	$19,394
1981	$29,505	$17,665
1982	$24,385	$18,000
1983	$19,616	$17,859
1984	$19,272	$16,991
1985	$16,815	$17,152
1986	$13,213	$24,460
1987	$13,719	$30,441
1988	$14,682	$32,690
1989	$15,243	$31,309
1990	$16,722	$39,575
1991	$15,133	$39,544
1992	$16,280	$40,714
1993	$14,770	$39,237
1994	$14,765	$43,092
1995	$15,823	$50,114
1996	$17,125	$48,093
1997	$20,523	$41,584
1998	$17,665	$42,681
1999	$20,234	$41,696
2000	$27,535	$38,865
2001	$25,871	$39,639
2002	$27,227	$42,459
2003	$31,602	$49,336
2004	$41,036	$54,659
2005	$53,950	$56,243
2006	$62,582	$59,011
2007	$65,954	$64,989
2008	$80,781	$74,175
2009	$60,786	$71,568
2010	$77,387	$76,531
2011	$103,262	$90,477
2012	$108,470	$85,836
2013	$103,697	$87,304
2014	$95,841	$88,725
2015	$68,985	$83,806
2016	$61,254	$82,153
2017	$63,280	$82,254
2018	$71,040	$85,217
2019	$66,841	$84,122
2020	$51,684	$85,898
2021	$71,752	$93,665
2022	$88,701	$94,395
2023	$80,196	$100,632
2024	$76,276	$103,670

Qatar vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Qatar

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Qatar	Switzerland
1950	50.8	68.9
1951	51.5	68.7
1952	52.1	69.6
1953	52.8	69.5
1954	53.5	70
1955	54.2	70.1
1956	54.9	70.2
1957	55.6	70.5
1958	56.3	71.3
1959	57	71.5
1960	57.8	71.4
1961	58.5	71.7
1962	59.2	71.3
1963	60	71.3
1964	60.7	72.2
1965	61.4	72.3
1966	62.2	72.4
1967	62.9	72.7
1968	63.6	72.7
1969	64.2	72.7
1970	64.9	73.1
1971	65.5	73.2
1972	66.1	73.8
1973	66.6	74.1
1974	67.2	74.4
1975	67.7	74.8
1976	68.2	74.9
1977	68.6	75.4
1978	69.1	75.3
1979	69.5	75.6
1980	69.9	75.6
1981	70.3	75.8
1982	70.7	76.2
1983	71.1	76.2
1984	71.5	76.8
1985	71.8	76.9
1986	72.2	77
1987	72.5	77.3
1988	72.8	77.4
1989	73.1	77.6
1990	73.4	77.4
1991	73.7	77.6
1992	73.9	77.9
1993	74.1	78.2
1994	74.2	78.5
1995	74.4	78.6
1996	74.6	79
1997	74.7	79.2
1998	74.9	79.5
1999	75	79.7
2000	75.3	79.8
2001	75.5	80.3
2002	75.8	80.4
2003	76.1	80.5
2004	76.5	81.1
2005	76.9	81.2
2006	77.3	81.5
2007	77.7	81.7
2008	78.3	82
2009	78.8	82
2010	79.4	82.3
2011	80	82.6
2012	80.5	82.6
2013	81	82.7
2014	81.4	83.1
2015	81.8	82.8
2016	82.1	83.4
2017	82.5	83.4
2018	82.7	83.6
2019	82.9	83.8
2020	80.4	83.1
2021	81.1	83.6
2022	81.9	83.2
2023	82.4	84
2024	82.5	84.1
2025	82.7	84.2

Qatar and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Qatar

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Qatar	Switzerland
1960	36,010	5,327,827
1961	39,680	5,434,294
1962	44,630	5,573,815
1963	50,380	5,694,247
1964	56,867	5,789,228
1965	64,065	5,856,472
1966	72,192	5,918,002
1967	81,439	5,991,785
1968	91,749	6,067,714
1969	103,025	6,136,387
1970	116,350	6,180,877
1971	131,346	6,213,399
1972	146,506	6,260,956
1973	161,841	6,307,347
1974	177,362	6,341,405
1975	193,087	6,338,632
1976	209,052	6,302,504
1977	225,285	6,281,174
1978	241,808	6,281,738
1979	258,670	6,294,365
1980	275,913	6,319,408
1981	293,553	6,354,074
1982	311,537	6,391,309
1983	329,709	6,418,773
1984	347,878	6,441,865
1985	365,940	6,470,365
1986	382,422	6,504,124
1987	397,005	6,545,106
1988	411,264	6,593,386
1989	425,646	6,646,912
1990	440,175	6,715,519
1991	454,853	6,799,978
1992	469,657	6,875,364
1993	484,545	6,938,265
1994	499,459	6,993,795
1995	514,325	7,040,687
1996	529,019	7,071,850
1997	550,500	7,088,906
1998	580,540	7,110,001
1999	612,500	7,143,991
2000	644,989	7,184,250
2001	677,925	7,229,854
2002	711,205	7,284,753
2003	744,682	7,339,001
2004	773,332	7,389,625
2005	825,408	7,437,115
2006	972,831	7,483,934
2007	1,208,595	7,551,117
2008	1,426,938	7,647,675
2009	1,608,903	7,743,831
2010	1,616,832	7,824,909
2011	1,624,761	7,912,398
2012	1,722,438	7,996,861
2013	1,916,426	8,089,346
2014	2,151,745	8,188,649
2015	2,344,557	8,282,396
2016	2,477,113	8,373,338
2017	2,545,820	8,451,840
2018	2,580,734	8,514,329
2019	2,638,657	8,575,280
2020	2,794,148	8,638,167
2021	2,504,910	8,704,546
2022	2,657,333	8,777,088
2023	2,656,032	8,888,093
2024	2,857,822	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Qatar and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Qatar

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Qatar	Switzerland
1960	6.53	2.44
1961	6.53	2.52
1962	6.53	2.58
1963	6.53	2.65
1964	6.53	2.66
1965	6.53	2.59
1966	6.52	2.5
1967	6.46	2.39
1968	6.39	2.29
1969	6.31	2.19
1970	6.23	2.1
1971	6.15	2.04
1972	6.07	1.91
1973	6.01	1.81
1974	5.94	1.73
1975	5.86	1.61
1976	5.78	1.55
1977	5.69	1.53
1978	5.58	1.51
1979	5.46	1.52
1980	5.33	1.55
1981	5.2	1.55
1982	5.04	1.56
1983	4.9	1.52
1984	4.76	1.53
1985	4.64	1.52
1986	4.57	1.53
1987	4.54	1.52
1988	4.51	1.57
1989	4.41	1.56
1990	4.23	1.58
1991	3.99	1.58
1992	3.85	1.58
1993	3.77	1.51
1994	3.67	1.49
1995	3.56	1.48
1996	3.44	1.5
1997	3.33	1.48
1998	3.21	1.47
1999	3.12	1.48
2000	3.07	1.5
2001	3.08	1.38
2002	3.01	1.39
2003	2.93	1.39
2004	2.79	1.42
2005	2.64	1.42
2006	2.51	1.44
2007	2.44	1.46
2008	2.37	1.48
2009	2.25	1.5
2010	2.14	1.52
2011	2.07	1.52
2012	2.04	1.52
2013	2.03	1.52
2014	2.03	1.54
2015	1.98	1.54
2016	1.86	1.54
2017	1.83	1.52
2018	1.76	1.52
2019	1.73	1.48
2020	1.68	1.46
2021	1.61	1.52
2022	1.74	1.39
2023	1.73	1.33

Qatar and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Qatar

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Qatar	Switzerland
1960	18	32.6
1961	19	32.4
1962	20.1	32
1963	21.1	31.7
1964	21.8	31.5
1965	22.5	31.6
1966	23	31.6
1967	23.5	31.6
1968	24	31.7
1969	24.4	31.7
1970	23.7	32
1971	22.2	32.2
1972	21.3	32.3
1973	20.9	32.5
1974	20.8	32.7
1975	21	33.1
1976	21.3	33.5
1977	21.8	33.8
1978	22.3	34.2
1979	22.9	34.5
1980	23.5	34.8
1981	24.1	35
1982	24.8	35.3
1983	25.6	35.6
1984	26.3	35.9
1985	27	36.1
1986	27.4	36.3
1987	27.5	36.5
1988	27.5	36.7
1989	27.6	36.8
1990	27.7	36.9
1991	27.9	36.9
1992	28.1	36.9
1993	28.4	37
1994	28.7	37.1
1995	29.1	37.3
1996	29.6	37.6
1997	29.9	37.9
1998	29.8	38.2
1999	29.8	38.4
2000	29.9	38.7
2001	30.1	39
2002	30.5	39.3
2003	30.9	39.6
2004	31	39.9
2005	30.9	40.3
2006	30.6	40.6
2007	30.1	40.9
2008	30.1	41.1
2009	30.8	41.3
2010	31.3	41.5
2011	31.2	41.6
2012	31	41.8
2013	30.9	42
2014	31.1	42.1
2015	31.2	42.2
2016	31.4	42.3
2017	31.6	42.4
2018	31.9	42.5
2019	32.3	42.6
2020	32.6	42.7
2021	32.9	42.8
2022	33.4	43
2023	34.1	43.4
2024	34.5	43.7

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