Population in Qatar compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Qatar and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Qatar	South Africa	Qatar	South Africa
1960	36,010	16,440,172	-	-
1961	39,680	16,908,035	10.2%	2.85%
1962	44,630	17,418,522	12.5%	3.02%
1963	50,380	17,954,564	12.9%	3.08%
1964	56,867	18,511,361	12.9%	3.1%
1965	64,065	19,089,380	12.7%	3.12%
1966	72,192	19,690,087	12.7%	3.15%
1967	81,439	20,314,066	12.8%	3.17%
1968	91,749	20,957,287	12.7%	3.17%
1969	103,025	21,614,676	12.3%	3.14%
1970	116,350	22,279,984	12.9%	3.08%
1971	131,346	22,942,143	12.9%	2.97%
1972	146,506	23,609,456	11.5%	2.91%
1973	161,841	24,294,263	10.5%	2.9%
1974	177,362	24,989,108	9.59%	2.86%
1975	193,087	25,690,940	8.87%	2.81%
1976	209,052	26,395,450	8.27%	2.74%
1977	225,285	27,118,952	7.77%	2.74%
1978	241,808	27,869,507	7.33%	2.77%
1979	258,670	28,634,162	6.97%	2.74%
1980	275,913	29,518,857	6.67%	3.09%
1981	293,553	30,541,044	6.39%	3.46%
1982	311,537	31,615,339	6.13%	3.52%
1983	329,709	32,739,304	5.83%	3.56%
1984	347,878	33,892,788	5.51%	3.52%
1985	365,940	35,042,093	5.19%	3.39%
1986	382,422	36,180,515	4.5%	3.25%
1987	397,005	37,326,190	3.81%	3.17%
1988	411,264	38,480,649	3.59%	3.09%
1989	425,646	39,628,575	3.5%	2.98%
1990	440,175	40,746,268	3.41%	2.82%
1991	454,853	41,687,898	3.33%	2.31%
1992	469,657	42,443,509	3.25%	1.81%
1993	484,545	43,297,156	3.17%	2.01%
1994	499,459	44,004,139	3.08%	1.63%
1995	514,325	44,541,554	2.98%	1.22%
1996	529,019	45,123,018	2.86%	1.31%
1997	550,500	45,666,838	4.06%	1.21%
1998	580,540	46,223,880	5.46%	1.22%
1999	612,500	46,730,335	5.51%	1.1%
2000	644,989	47,159,719	5.3%	0.92%
2001	677,925	47,566,800	5.11%	0.86%
2002	711,205	48,019,415	4.91%	0.95%
2003	744,682	48,500,348	4.71%	1%
2004	773,332	48,991,421	3.85%	1.01%
2005	825,408	49,490,033	6.73%	1.02%
2006	972,831	49,998,277	17.9%	1.03%
2007	1,208,595	50,528,584	24.2%	1.06%
2008	1,426,938	51,114,599	18.1%	1.16%
2009	1,608,903	51,728,516	12.8%	1.2%
2010	1,616,832	52,344,051	0.49%	1.19%
2011	1,624,761	52,995,205	0.49%	1.24%
2012	1,722,438	53,782,567	6.01%	1.49%
2013	1,916,426	54,678,791	11.3%	1.67%
2014	2,151,745	55,594,838	12.3%	1.68%
2015	2,344,557	56,723,537	8.96%	2.03%
2016	2,477,113	57,259,551	5.65%	0.94%
2017	2,545,820	57,635,162	2.77%	0.66%
2018	2,580,734	58,613,001	1.37%	1.7%
2019	2,638,657	59,587,885	2.24%	1.66%
2020	2,794,148	60,562,381	5.89%	1.64%
2021	2,504,910	61,502,603	-10.4%	1.55%
2022	2,657,333	62,378,410	6.08%	1.42%
2023	2,656,032	63,212,384	-0.05%	1.34%
2024	2,857,822	64,007,187	7.6%	1.26%
2025	2,921,065	64,747,317	2.21%	1.16%
2026	2,975,134	65,453,086	1.85%	1.09%
2027	3,019,526	66,143,018	1.49%	1.05%
2028	3,057,695	66,830,384	1.26%	1.04%
2029	3,092,803	67,506,850	1.15%	1.01%
2030	3,125,174	68,161,357	1.05%	0.97%
2031	3,156,754	68,798,574	1.01%	0.93%
2032	3,189,188	69,426,441	1.03%	0.91%
2033	3,222,500	70,040,484	1.04%	0.88%
2034	3,256,691	70,641,572	1.06%	0.86%
2035	3,291,711	71,234,749	1.08%	0.84%
2036	3,327,585	71,816,372	1.09%	0.82%
2037	3,364,333	72,387,807	1.1%	0.8%
2038	3,401,906	72,949,611	1.12%	0.78%
2039	3,440,293	73,496,152	1.13%	0.75%
2040	3,479,439	74,035,615	1.14%	0.73%
2041	3,519,302	74,575,444	1.15%	0.73%
2042	3,559,840	75,111,899	1.15%	0.72%
2043	3,601,019	75,641,512	1.16%	0.71%
2044	3,642,784	76,164,461	1.16%	0.69%
2045	3,685,111	76,681,448	1.16%	0.68%
2046	3,727,959	77,199,542	1.16%	0.68%
2047	3,771,287	77,716,650	1.16%	0.67%
2048	3,815,108	78,215,323	1.16%	0.64%
2049	3,859,368	78,699,584	1.16%	0.62%
2050	3,904,074	79,177,329	1.16%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Qatar increased by 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Qatar gained 498,506 (a 20.1% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Qatar was ranked 156th most populous country in 2006 and is 137th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.