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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Qatar	Somalia	Qatar	Somalia
1960	36,010	2,876,331	-	-
1961	39,680	2,952,054	10.2%	2.63%
1962	44,630	3,030,091	12.5%	2.64%
1963	50,380	3,110,361	12.9%	2.65%
1964	56,867	3,192,796	12.9%	2.65%
1965	64,065	3,277,874	12.7%	2.66%
1966	72,192	3,365,106	12.7%	2.66%
1967	81,439	3,454,537	12.8%	2.66%
1968	91,749	3,546,590	12.7%	2.66%
1969	103,025	3,641,015	12.3%	2.66%
1970	116,350	3,738,448	12.9%	2.68%
1971	131,346	3,837,691	12.9%	2.65%
1972	146,506	3,939,436	11.5%	2.65%
1973	161,841	4,045,592	10.5%	2.69%
1974	177,362	4,151,842	9.59%	2.63%
1975	193,087	4,257,535	8.87%	2.55%
1976	209,052	4,365,812	8.27%	2.54%
1977	225,285	4,484,050	7.77%	2.71%
1978	241,808	4,814,892	7.33%	7.38%
1979	258,670	5,449,117	6.97%	13.2%
1980	275,913	5,936,154	6.67%	8.94%
1981	293,553	5,982,849	6.39%	0.79%
1982	311,537	6,003,840	6.13%	0.35%
1983	329,709	6,198,430	5.83%	3.24%
1984	347,878	6,428,389	5.51%	3.71%
1985	365,940	6,693,289	5.19%	4.12%
1986	382,422	6,974,788	4.5%	4.21%
1987	397,005	7,228,302	3.81%	3.63%
1988	411,264	7,235,360	3.59%	0.1%
1989	425,646	7,114,817	3.5%	-1.67%
1990	440,175	7,082,811	3.41%	-0.45%
1991	454,853	6,813,760	3.33%	-3.8%
1992	469,657	6,495,107	3.25%	-4.68%
1993	484,545	6,681,399	3.17%	2.87%
1994	499,459	7,026,797	3.08%	5.17%
1995	514,325	7,285,007	2.98%	3.67%
1996	529,019	7,554,474	2.86%	3.7%
1997	550,500	7,824,525	4.06%	3.57%
1998	580,540	8,155,417	5.46%	4.23%
1999	612,500	8,492,059	5.51%	4.13%
2000	644,989	8,838,713	5.3%	4.08%
2001	677,925	9,198,493	5.11%	4.07%
2002	711,205	9,550,063	4.91%	3.82%
2003	744,682	9,909,157	4.71%	3.76%
2004	773,332	10,280,998	3.85%	3.75%
2005	825,408	10,644,228	6.73%	3.53%
2006	972,831	10,975,502	17.9%	3.11%
2007	1,208,595	11,322,582	24.2%	3.16%
2008	1,426,938	11,663,084	18.1%	3.01%
2009	1,608,903	11,961,201	12.8%	2.56%
2010	1,616,832	12,261,756	0.49%	2.51%
2011	1,624,761	12,348,830	0.49%	0.71%
2012	1,722,438	12,461,160	6.01%	0.91%
2013	1,916,426	12,869,594	11.3%	3.28%
2014	2,151,745	13,339,491	12.3%	3.65%
2015	2,344,557	13,806,963	8.96%	3.5%
2016	2,477,113	14,348,740	5.65%	3.92%
2017	2,545,820	14,916,629	2.77%	3.96%
2018	2,580,734	15,452,487	1.37%	3.59%
2019	2,638,657	16,030,971	2.24%	3.74%
2020	2,794,148	16,651,191	5.89%	3.87%
2021	2,504,910	17,271,431	-10.4%	3.72%
2022	2,657,333	17,801,897	6.08%	3.07%
2023	2,656,032	18,358,615	-0.05%	3.13%
2024	2,857,822	19,009,151	7.6%	3.54%
2025	2,921,065	19,654,737	2.21%	3.4%
2026	2,975,134	20,305,905	1.85%	3.31%
2027	3,019,526	20,959,056	1.49%	3.22%
2028	3,057,695	21,601,810	1.26%	3.07%
2029	3,092,803	22,247,714	1.15%	2.99%
2030	3,125,174	22,915,042	1.05%	3%
2031	3,156,754	23,589,793	1.01%	2.94%
2032	3,189,188	24,258,789	1.03%	2.84%
2033	3,222,500	24,921,830	1.04%	2.73%
2034	3,256,691	25,593,666	1.06%	2.7%
2035	3,291,711	26,294,943	1.08%	2.74%
2036	3,327,585	27,009,199	1.09%	2.72%
2037	3,364,333	27,731,170	1.1%	2.67%
2038	3,401,906	28,455,755	1.12%	2.61%
2039	3,440,293	29,167,897	1.13%	2.5%
2040	3,479,439	29,896,286	1.14%	2.5%
2041	3,519,302	30,635,956	1.15%	2.47%
2042	3,559,840	31,350,028	1.15%	2.33%
2043	3,601,019	32,057,980	1.16%	2.26%
2044	3,642,784	32,780,417	1.16%	2.25%
2045	3,685,111	33,510,163	1.16%	2.23%
2046	3,727,959	34,248,030	1.16%	2.2%
2047	3,771,287	34,996,366	1.16%	2.19%
2048	3,815,108	35,743,960	1.16%	2.14%
2049	3,859,368	36,474,683	1.16%	2.04%
2050	3,904,074	37,206,497	1.16%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Qatar increased by 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Qatar gained 498,506 (a 20.1% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Qatar was ranked 156th most populous country in 2006 and is 137th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Qatar's population will grow by 31.2% to 3,904,074 people with a rank change from 137th to 134th. The population of Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.