Population in Oman compared to Qatar: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Oman and Qatar: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Oman	Qatar	Oman	Qatar
1960	530,485	36,010	-	-
1961	539,854	39,680	1.77%	10.2%
1962	549,941	44,630	1.87%	12.5%
1963	560,827	50,380	1.98%	12.9%
1964	572,577	56,867	2.1%	12.9%
1965	585,236	64,065	2.21%	12.7%
1966	598,804	72,192	2.32%	12.7%
1967	613,318	81,439	2.42%	12.8%
1968	628,798	91,749	2.52%	12.7%
1969	645,255	103,025	2.62%	12.3%
1970	662,680	116,350	2.7%	12.9%
1971	681,119	131,346	2.78%	12.9%
1972	700,593	146,506	2.86%	11.5%
1973	721,179	161,841	2.94%	10.5%
1974	746,988	177,362	3.58%	9.59%
1975	778,864	193,087	4.27%	8.87%
1976	814,701	209,052	4.6%	8.27%
1977	855,314	225,285	4.99%	7.77%
1978	900,304	241,808	5.26%	7.33%
1979	949,116	258,670	5.42%	6.97%
1980	1,001,248	275,913	5.49%	6.67%
1981	1,057,320	293,553	5.6%	6.39%
1982	1,117,678	311,537	5.71%	6.13%
1983	1,181,459	329,709	5.71%	5.83%
1984	1,247,716	347,878	5.61%	5.51%
1985	1,325,480	365,940	6.23%	5.19%
1986	1,413,419	382,422	6.63%	4.5%
1987	1,500,996	397,005	6.2%	3.81%
1988	1,588,568	411,264	5.83%	3.59%
1989	1,676,228	425,646	5.52%	3.5%
1990	1,763,954	440,175	5.23%	3.41%
1991	1,851,473	454,853	4.96%	3.33%
1992	1,938,238	469,657	4.69%	3.25%
1993	2,021,675	484,545	4.3%	3.17%
1994	2,081,834	499,459	2.98%	3.08%
1995	2,120,528	514,325	1.86%	2.98%
1996	2,156,926	529,019	1.72%	2.86%
1997	2,190,720	550,500	1.57%	4.06%
1998	2,222,489	580,540	1.45%	5.46%
1999	2,252,909	612,500	1.37%	5.51%
2000	2,282,131	644,989	1.3%	5.3%
2001	2,310,217	677,925	1.23%	5.11%
2002	2,337,140	711,205	1.17%	4.91%
2003	2,363,796	744,682	1.14%	4.71%
2004	2,404,821	773,332	1.74%	3.85%
2005	2,459,802	825,408	2.29%	6.73%
2006	2,514,795	972,831	2.24%	17.9%
2007	2,570,174	1,208,595	2.2%	24.2%
2008	2,626,529	1,426,938	2.19%	18.1%
2009	2,684,659	1,608,903	2.21%	12.8%
2010	2,757,446	1,616,832	2.71%	0.49%
2011	3,076,763	1,624,761	11.6%	0.49%
2012	3,547,106	1,722,438	15.3%	6.01%
2013	3,833,913	1,916,426	8.09%	11.3%
2014	4,002,439	2,151,745	4.4%	12.3%
2015	4,184,895	2,344,557	4.56%	8.96%
2016	4,390,877	2,477,113	4.92%	5.65%
2017	4,537,396	2,545,820	3.34%	2.77%
2018	4,597,877	2,580,734	1.33%	1.37%
2019	4,591,241	2,638,657	-0.14%	2.24%
2020	4,522,497	2,794,148	-1.5%	5.89%
2021	4,500,424	2,504,910	-0.49%	-10.4%
2022	4,730,226	2,657,333	5.11%	6.08%
2023	5,049,269	2,656,032	6.74%	-0.05%
2024	5,281,538	2,857,822	4.6%	7.6%
2025	5,494,693	2,921,065	4.04%	2.21%
2026	5,671,451	2,975,134	3.22%	1.85%
2027	5,814,719	3,019,526	2.53%	1.49%
2028	5,929,317	3,057,695	1.97%	1.26%
2029	6,026,178	3,092,803	1.63%	1.15%
2030	6,112,708	3,125,174	1.44%	1.05%
2031	6,194,366	3,156,754	1.34%	1.01%
2032	6,275,465	3,189,188	1.31%	1.03%
2033	6,356,248	3,222,500	1.29%	1.04%
2034	6,436,919	3,256,691	1.27%	1.06%
2035	6,517,799	3,291,711	1.26%	1.08%
2036	6,599,101	3,327,585	1.25%	1.09%
2037	6,681,041	3,364,333	1.24%	1.1%
2038	6,763,781	3,401,906	1.24%	1.12%
2039	6,847,380	3,440,293	1.24%	1.13%
2040	6,931,970	3,479,439	1.24%	1.14%
2041	7,017,684	3,519,302	1.24%	1.15%
2042	7,104,475	3,559,840	1.24%	1.15%
2043	7,192,217	3,601,019	1.24%	1.16%
2044	7,280,846	3,642,784	1.23%	1.16%
2045	7,370,221	3,685,111	1.23%	1.16%
2046	7,460,268	3,727,959	1.22%	1.16%
2047	7,550,973	3,771,287	1.22%	1.16%
2048	7,642,323	3,815,108	1.21%	1.16%
2049	7,734,352	3,859,368	1.2%	1.16%
2050	7,826,991	3,904,074	1.2%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Oman increased by 1,876,082 people (a 74.6% growth), while Qatar gained 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Oman gained 1,282,139 (a 29.2% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 498,506 (a 20.1% growth).

Oman was ranked 138th most populous country in 2006 and is 118th in 2026. Qatar was ranked 156th in 2006 and ranked 137th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Oman's population will grow by 38% to 7,826,991 people with a rank change from 118th to 113th. The population of Qatar will increase by 31.2% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.