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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Qatar	Russia	Qatar	Russia
1960	36,010	119,897,000	-	-
1961	39,680	121,236,000	10.2%	1.12%
1962	44,630	122,591,000	12.5%	1.12%
1963	50,380	123,960,000	12.9%	1.12%
1964	56,867	125,345,000	12.9%	1.12%
1965	64,065	126,745,000	12.7%	1.12%
1966	72,192	127,468,000	12.7%	0.57%
1967	81,439	128,196,000	12.8%	0.57%
1968	91,749	128,928,000	12.7%	0.57%
1969	103,025	129,664,000	12.3%	0.57%
1970	116,350	130,404,000	12.9%	0.57%
1971	131,346	131,155,000	12.9%	0.58%
1972	146,506	131,909,000	11.5%	0.57%
1973	161,841	132,669,000	10.5%	0.58%
1974	177,362	133,432,000	9.59%	0.58%
1975	193,087	134,200,000	8.87%	0.58%
1976	209,052	135,147,000	8.27%	0.71%
1977	225,285	136,100,000	7.77%	0.71%
1978	241,808	137,060,000	7.33%	0.71%
1979	258,670	138,027,000	6.97%	0.71%
1980	275,913	139,010,000	6.67%	0.71%
1981	293,553	139,941,000	6.39%	0.67%
1982	311,537	140,823,000	6.13%	0.63%
1983	329,709	141,668,000	5.83%	0.6%
1984	347,878	142,745,000	5.51%	0.76%
1985	365,940	143,858,000	5.19%	0.78%
1986	382,422	144,894,000	4.5%	0.72%
1987	397,005	145,908,000	3.81%	0.7%
1988	411,264	146,857,000	3.59%	0.65%
1989	425,646	147,721,000	3.5%	0.59%
1990	440,175	147,969,406	3.41%	0.17%
1991	454,853	148,394,216	3.33%	0.29%
1992	469,657	148,538,197	3.25%	0.1%
1993	484,545	148,458,777	3.17%	-0.05%
1994	499,459	148,407,912	3.08%	-0.03%
1995	514,325	148,375,787	2.98%	-0.02%
1996	529,019	148,160,129	2.86%	-0.15%
1997	550,500	147,915,361	4.06%	-0.17%
1998	580,540	147,670,784	5.46%	-0.17%
1999	612,500	147,214,776	5.51%	-0.31%
2000	644,989	146,596,869	5.3%	-0.42%
2001	677,925	145,976,482	5.11%	-0.42%
2002	711,205	145,306,497	4.91%	-0.46%
2003	744,682	144,648,618	4.71%	-0.45%
2004	773,332	144,067,316	3.85%	-0.4%
2005	825,408	143,518,814	6.73%	-0.38%
2006	972,831	143,049,637	17.9%	-0.33%
2007	1,208,595	142,805,114	24.2%	-0.17%
2008	1,426,938	142,742,366	18.1%	-0.04%
2009	1,608,903	142,785,348	12.8%	0.03%
2010	1,616,832	142,849,468	0.49%	0.04%
2011	1,624,761	143,018,195	0.49%	0.12%
2012	1,722,438	143,378,447	6.01%	0.25%
2013	1,916,426	143,805,638	11.3%	0.3%
2014	2,151,745	144,237,223	12.3%	0.3%
2015	2,344,557	144,640,716	8.96%	0.28%
2016	2,477,113	145,015,460	5.65%	0.26%
2017	2,545,820	145,293,260	2.77%	0.19%
2018	2,580,734	145,398,106	1.37%	0.07%
2019	2,638,657	145,453,291	2.24%	0.04%
2020	2,794,148	145,245,148	5.89%	-0.14%
2021	2,504,910	144,746,762	-10.4%	-0.34%
2022	2,657,333	144,236,933	6.08%	-0.35%
2023	2,656,032	143,826,130	-0.05%	-0.28%
2024	2,857,822	143,533,851	7.6%	-0.2%
2025	2,921,065	142,718,132	2.21%	-0.57%
2026	2,975,134	142,120,553	1.85%	-0.42%
2027	3,019,526	141,773,330	1.49%	-0.24%
2028	3,057,695	141,402,326	1.26%	-0.26%
2029	3,092,803	141,021,009	1.15%	-0.27%
2030	3,125,174	140,628,883	1.05%	-0.28%
2031	3,156,754	140,218,596	1.01%	-0.29%
2032	3,189,188	139,807,207	1.03%	-0.29%
2033	3,222,500	139,414,947	1.04%	-0.28%
2034	3,256,691	139,034,543	1.06%	-0.27%
2035	3,291,711	138,666,694	1.08%	-0.26%
2036	3,327,585	138,311,757	1.09%	-0.26%
2037	3,364,333	137,968,177	1.1%	-0.25%
2038	3,401,906	137,643,032	1.12%	-0.24%
2039	3,440,293	137,336,299	1.13%	-0.22%
2040	3,479,439	137,053,347	1.14%	-0.21%
2041	3,519,302	136,795,588	1.15%	-0.19%
2042	3,559,840	136,558,692	1.15%	-0.17%
2043	3,601,019	136,335,849	1.16%	-0.16%
2044	3,642,784	136,124,845	1.16%	-0.15%
2045	3,685,111	135,933,758	1.16%	-0.14%
2046	3,727,959	135,756,848	1.16%	-0.13%
2047	3,771,287	135,574,181	1.16%	-0.13%
2048	3,815,108	135,372,557	1.16%	-0.15%
2049	3,859,368	135,156,911	1.16%	-0.16%
2050	3,904,074	134,923,391	1.16%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Qatar increased by 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Qatar gained 619,940 (a 26.4% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Qatar was ranked 159th most populous country in 2005 and is 137th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Qatar's population will grow by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people with a rank change from 137th to 134th. The population of Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.