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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palestine	Qatar	Palestine	Qatar
1960	-	36,010	-	-
1961	-	39,680	-	10.2%
1962	-	44,630	-	12.5%
1963	-	50,380	-	12.9%
1964	-	56,867	-	12.9%
1965	-	64,065	-	12.7%
1966	-	72,192	-	12.7%
1967	-	81,439	-	12.8%
1968	-	91,749	-	12.7%
1969	-	103,025	-	12.3%
1970	-	116,350	-	12.9%
1971	-	131,346	-	12.9%
1972	-	146,506	-	11.5%
1973	-	161,841	-	10.5%
1974	-	177,362	-	9.59%
1975	-	193,087	-	8.87%
1976	-	209,052	-	8.27%
1977	-	225,285	-	7.77%
1978	-	241,808	-	7.33%
1979	-	258,670	-	6.97%
1980	-	275,913	-	6.67%
1981	-	293,553	-	6.39%
1982	-	311,537	-	6.13%
1983	-	329,709	-	5.83%
1984	-	347,878	-	5.51%
1985	-	365,940	-	5.19%
1986	-	382,422	-	4.5%
1987	-	397,005	-	3.81%
1988	-	411,264	-	3.59%
1989	-	425,646	-	3.5%
1990	1,978,248	440,175	-	3.41%
1991	2,068,845	454,853	4.58%	3.33%
1992	2,163,591	469,657	4.58%	3.25%
1993	2,262,676	484,545	4.58%	3.17%
1994	2,366,298	499,459	4.58%	3.08%
1995	2,474,666	514,325	4.58%	2.98%
1996	2,587,997	529,019	4.58%	2.86%
1997	2,706,518	550,500	4.58%	4.06%
1998	2,776,568	580,540	2.59%	5.46%
1999	2,848,431	612,500	2.59%	5.51%
2000	2,922,153	644,989	2.59%	5.3%
2001	2,997,784	677,925	2.59%	5.11%
2002	3,075,373	711,205	2.59%	4.91%
2003	3,154,969	744,682	2.59%	4.71%
2004	3,236,626	773,332	2.59%	3.85%
2005	3,320,396	825,408	2.59%	6.73%
2006	3,406,334	972,831	2.59%	17.9%
2007	3,494,496	1,208,595	2.59%	24.2%
2008	3,591,977	1,426,938	2.79%	18.1%
2009	3,689,099	1,608,903	2.7%	12.8%
2010	3,786,161	1,616,832	2.63%	0.49%
2011	3,882,986	1,624,761	2.56%	0.49%
2012	3,979,998	1,722,438	2.5%	6.01%
2013	4,076,708	1,916,426	2.43%	11.3%
2014	4,173,398	2,151,745	2.37%	12.3%
2015	4,270,092	2,344,557	2.32%	8.96%
2016	4,367,088	2,477,113	2.27%	5.65%
2017	4,454,805	2,545,820	2.01%	2.77%
2018	4,569,087	2,580,734	2.57%	1.37%
2019	4,685,306	2,638,657	2.54%	2.24%
2020	4,803,269	2,794,148	2.52%	5.89%
2021	4,922,749	2,504,910	2.49%	-10.4%
2022	5,043,612	2,657,333	2.46%	6.08%
2023	5,165,775	2,656,032	2.42%	-0.05%
2024	5,289,152	2,857,822	2.39%	7.6%
2025	5,379,801	2,921,065	1.71%	2.21%
2026	5,479,090	2,975,134	1.85%	1.85%
2027	5,582,345	3,019,526	1.88%	1.49%
2028	5,684,855	3,057,695	1.84%	1.26%
2029	5,787,948	3,092,803	1.81%	1.15%
2030	5,892,492	3,125,174	1.81%	1.05%
2031	5,998,645	3,156,754	1.8%	1.01%
2032	6,106,047	3,189,188	1.79%	1.03%
2033	6,215,922	3,222,500	1.8%	1.04%
2034	6,327,947	3,256,691	1.8%	1.06%
2035	6,441,493	3,291,711	1.79%	1.08%
2036	6,555,481	3,327,585	1.77%	1.09%
2037	6,669,212	3,364,333	1.73%	1.1%
2038	6,783,431	3,401,906	1.71%	1.12%
2039	6,899,866	3,440,293	1.72%	1.13%
2040	7,018,099	3,479,439	1.71%	1.14%
2041	7,135,825	3,519,302	1.68%	1.15%
2042	7,253,328	3,559,840	1.65%	1.15%
2043	7,369,647	3,601,019	1.6%	1.16%
2044	7,484,632	3,642,784	1.56%	1.16%
2045	7,598,729	3,685,111	1.52%	1.16%
2046	7,710,259	3,727,959	1.47%	1.16%
2047	7,818,786	3,771,287	1.41%	1.16%
2048	7,925,101	3,815,108	1.36%	1.16%
2049	8,029,929	3,859,368	1.32%	1.16%
2050	8,134,618	3,904,074	1.3%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palestine increased by 960,754 people (a 28.2% growth), while Qatar gained 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palestine gained 1,113,130 (a 25.5% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 498,506 (a 20.1% growth).

Palestine was ranked 127th most populous country in 2006 and is 122nd 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) Palestine's population will grow by 48.4% to 8,134,618 people with a rank change from 122nd to 112th. The population of Qatar will increase by 31.2% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.