Qatar vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Qatar has a population of 2.86M (ranked 138/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). Qatar's land area is 4,436 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 158th vs. 117th).

By GDP, Qatar ranks 56/197 ($218B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, Qatar ranks 11/197 ($76,276), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Qatar and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Qatar and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP

Qatar

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP
	Qatar	UAE
1970	$301,791,302	$685,986,701
1971	$387,703,106	$939,893,600
1972	$510,262,500	$1,415,086,929
1973	$793,885,560	$4,231,243,616
1974	$2,401,403,227	$11,651,505,689
1975	$2,512,773,166	$14,720,728,249
1976	$3,284,273,987	$19,213,158,779
1977	$3,617,564,638	$24,871,775,165
1978	$4,052,000,413	$23,775,764,225
1979	$5,632,962,997	$31,225,659,621
1980	$7,829,165,262	$43,599,160,050
1981	$8,661,263,764	$49,333,424,135
1982	$7,596,703,214	$46,622,718,605
1983	$6,467,582,308	$42,803,323,345
1984	$6,704,395,824	$41,807,954,236
1985	$6,153,296,456	$40,603,650,232
1986	$5,053,021,951	$33,943,612,095
1987	$5,446,428,681	$36,384,908,744
1988	$6,038,187,033	$36,275,674,203
1989	$6,487,912,088	$41,464,995,914
1990	$7,360,439,423	$50,701,443,748
1991	$6,883,516,484	$51,552,165,622
1992	$7,646,153,984	$54,239,171,888
1993	$7,156,593,654	$55,625,170,253
1994	$7,374,450,769	$59,305,093,980
1995	$8,137,911,978	$65,743,666,576
1996	$9,059,340,385	$73,571,233,996
1997	$11,297,802,115	$78,839,008,445
1998	$10,255,495,027	$75,674,336,283
1999	$12,393,131,868	$84,445,473,111
2000	$17,759,890,110	$104,337,372,362
2001	$17,538,461,538	$103,311,640,572
2002	$19,363,736,264	$109,816,201,498
2003	$23,533,791,209	$124,346,358,067
2004	$31,734,065,934	$147,824,370,320
2005	$44,530,494,505	$180,617,467,965
2006	$60,882,142,857	$222,116,541,865
2007	$79,712,087,912	$257,916,133,424
2008	$115,270,054,945	$315,474,615,739
2009	$97,798,351,648	$253,547,358,747
2010	$125,122,306,346	$300,189,052,689
2011	$167,775,268,626	$360,832,739,551
2012	$186,833,502,363	$384,610,125,391
2013	$198,727,642,967	$400,218,529,748
2014	$206,224,598,571	$414,105,366,753
2015	$161,739,955,577	$370,275,469,571
2016	$151,732,181,868	$369,255,326,236
2017	$161,099,122,225	$390,516,804,030
2018	$183,334,953,819	$427,049,432,158
2019	$176,371,267,692	$417,989,721,743
2020	$144,411,363,352	$349,473,015,330
2021	$179,732,009,560	$415,178,792,757
2022	$235,709,325,714	$502,731,935,194
2023	$213,002,809,341	$514,130,432,648
2024	$217,982,967,033	$537,078,829,135

Qatar and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita

Qatar

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Qatar	UAE
1970	$2,594	$2,394
1971	$2,952	$2,805
1972	$3,483	$3,675
1973	$4,905	$9,696
1974	$13,540	$23,823
1975	$13,014	$27,117
1976	$15,710	$31,197
1977	$16,058	$35,020
1978	$16,757	$29,379
1979	$21,777	$34,238
1980	$28,375	$42,925
1981	$29,505	$44,854
1982	$24,385	$39,972
1983	$19,616	$34,650
1984	$19,272	$32,012
1985	$16,815	$29,468
1986	$13,213	$23,132
1987	$13,719	$23,113
1988	$14,682	$21,570
1989	$15,243	$23,167
1990	$16,722	$26,710
1991	$15,133	$25,691
1992	$16,280	$25,648
1993	$14,770	$25,033
1994	$14,765	$25,473
1995	$15,823	$27,003
1996	$17,125	$28,323
1997	$20,523	$27,983
1998	$17,665	$24,889
1999	$20,234	$25,856
2000	$27,535	$29,866
2001	$25,871	$27,745
2002	$27,227	$27,754
2003	$31,602	$29,660
2004	$41,036	$33,377
2005	$53,950	$38,719
2006	$62,582	$44,343
2007	$65,954	$45,855
2008	$80,781	$50,054
2009	$60,786	$37,803
2010	$77,387	$43,697
2011	$103,262	$50,789
2012	$108,470	$52,034
2013	$103,697	$52,024
2014	$95,841	$51,381
2015	$68,985	$43,535
2016	$61,254	$41,326
2017	$63,280	$42,341
2018	$71,040	$45,690
2019	$66,841	$44,251
2020	$51,684	$37,174
2021	$71,752	$43,360
2022	$88,701	$49,899
2023	$80,196	$49,041
2024	$76,276	$49,378

Qatar vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Qatar

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Qatar	UAE
1950	50.8	42.1
1951	51.5	42.9
1952	52.1	43.6
1953	52.8	44.4
1954	53.5	45.2
1955	54.2	46
1956	54.9	46.9
1957	55.6	47.8
1958	56.3	48.8
1959	57	49.7
1960	57.8	50.7
1961	58.5	51.6
1962	59.2	52.5
1963	60	53.5
1964	60.7	54.5
1965	61.4	55.5
1966	62.2	56.6
1967	62.9	57.6
1968	63.6	58.7
1969	64.2	59.8
1970	64.9	60.8
1971	65.5	61.8
1972	66.1	62.7
1973	66.6	63.5
1974	67.2	64.4
1975	67.7	65.1
1976	68.2	65.8
1977	68.6	66.5
1978	69.1	67.1
1979	69.5	67.6
1980	69.9	68.2
1981	70.3	68.6
1982	70.7	69.1
1983	71.1	69.4
1984	71.5	69.8
1985	71.8	70.1
1986	72.2	70.4
1987	72.5	70.6
1988	72.8	70.8
1989	73.1	71
1990	73.4	71.1
1991	73.7	71.1
1992	73.9	71.2
1993	74.1	71.2
1994	74.2	71.2
1995	74.4	71.4
1996	74.6	71.8
1997	74.7	72.6
1998	74.9	73.7
1999	75	75
2000	75.3	76.3
2001	75.5	77.6
2002	75.8	78.7
2003	76.1	79.6
2004	76.5	80.3
2005	76.9	80.8
2006	77.3	81.2
2007	77.7	81.4
2008	78.3	81.6
2009	78.8	81.7
2010	79.4	81.9
2011	80	81.9
2012	80.5	81.9
2013	81	82
2014	81.4	82
2015	81.8	82.1
2016	82.1	82.2
2017	82.5	82.4
2018	82.7	82.4
2019	82.9	82.6
2020	80.4	81.9
2021	81.1	79.1
2022	81.9	80.5
2023	82.4	82.9
2024	82.5	83.1
2025	82.7	83.2

Qatar and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population

Qatar

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Population
	Qatar	UAE
1960	36,010	131,334
1961	39,680	137,989
1962	44,630	144,946
1963	50,380	152,211
1964	56,867	159,692
1965	64,065	167,103
1966	72,192	173,976
1967	81,439	179,700
1968	91,749	199,416
1969	103,025	239,660
1970	116,350	286,536
1971	131,346	335,027
1972	146,506	385,014
1973	161,841	436,399
1974	177,362	489,087
1975	193,087	542,856
1976	209,052	615,866
1977	225,285	710,209
1978	241,808	809,274
1979	258,670	912,010
1980	275,913	1,015,700
1981	293,553	1,099,855
1982	311,537	1,166,370
1983	329,709	1,235,305
1984	347,878	1,305,996
1985	365,940	1,377,911
1986	382,422	1,467,383
1987	397,005	1,574,244
1988	411,264	1,681,788
1989	425,646	1,789,851
1990	440,175	1,898,220
1991	454,853	2,006,626
1992	469,657	2,114,730
1993	484,545	2,222,093
1994	499,459	2,328,188
1995	514,325	2,434,662
1996	529,019	2,597,564
1997	550,500	2,817,410
1998	580,540	3,040,421
1999	612,500	3,266,009
2000	644,989	3,493,575
2001	677,925	3,723,590
2002	711,205	3,956,826
2003	744,682	4,192,457
2004	773,332	4,428,967
2005	825,408	4,664,790
2006	972,831	5,009,100
2007	1,208,595	5,624,635
2008	1,426,938	6,302,664
2009	1,608,903	6,707,058
2010	1,616,832	6,869,838
2011	1,624,761	7,104,538
2012	1,722,438	7,391,448
2013	1,916,426	7,693,031
2014	2,151,745	8,059,440
2015	2,344,557	8,505,237
2016	2,477,113	8,935,095
2017	2,545,820	9,223,225
2018	2,580,734	9,346,701
2019	2,638,657	9,445,785
2020	2,794,148	9,401,038
2021	2,504,910	9,575,152
2022	2,657,333	10,074,977
2023	2,656,032	10,483,751
2024	2,857,822	10,876,981

Fertility rates in Qatar and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate

Qatar

United Arab Emirates

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

Qatar and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age

Qatar

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Qatar	UAE
1960	18	19.6
1961	19	20.1
1962	20.1	20.6
1963	21.1	21
1964	21.8	21.5
1965	22.5	22
1966	23	22.6
1967	23.5	23.3
1968	24	23.5
1969	24.4	23.1
1970	23.7	23
1971	22.2	23.2
1972	21.3	23.6
1973	20.9	24.1
1974	20.8	24.7
1975	21	25.4
1976	21.3	25.6
1977	21.8	25.4
1978	22.3	25.5
1979	22.9	25.8
1980	23.5	26.2
1981	24.1	26.4
1982	24.8	26.4
1983	25.6	26.4
1984	26.3	26.4
1985	27	26.6
1986	27.4	26.5
1987	27.5	26.1
1988	27.5	25.9
1989	27.6	25.8
1990	27.7	25.8
1991	27.9	26
1992	28.1	26.4
1993	28.4	26.8
1994	28.7	27.4
1995	29.1	28
1996	29.6	28.1
1997	29.9	27.9
1998	29.8	27.9
1999	29.8	28
2000	29.9	28.2
2001	30.1	28.6
2002	30.5	29.1
2003	30.9	29.6
2004	31	30.3
2005	30.9	30.9
2006	30.6	31.4
2007	30.1	31.6
2008	30.1	31.6
2009	30.8	31.6
2010	31.3	31.7
2011	31.2	31.7
2012	31	31.7
2013	30.9	31.7
2014	31.1	31.8
2015	31.2	31.8
2016	31.4	31.8
2017	31.6	31.8
2018	31.9	31.8
2019	32.3	31.8
2020	32.6	31.8
2021	32.9	31.9
2022	33.4	31.9
2023	34.1	32.2
2024	34.5	32.6

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