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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Qatar was 2,857,822 in 2024 vs 11,943,408 people in South Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Qatar's population is 2,964,497 people compared to 12,387,398 in South Sudan.

Population statistics:

  • South Sudan's population is 4.18 times bigger than Qatar's.
  • Qatar is ranked the 137th most populous country in the world, while South Sudan is the 81st.
  • The countries together account for 0.19% of the world: 0.04% for Qatar vs 0.15% for South Sudan.
  • For the last 10 years, Qatar has had an average growth rate of +3.86% per year vs +0.65% in South Sudan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Qatar has increased from 825K people to 2.96M (259.2% growth), while South Sudan has grown from 7.59M to 12.4M (63.2% growth).
  • Qatar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.82M people compared to the peak of 23.8M people in 2100 for South Sudan.

Qatar vs South Sudan: live population counter

Qatar South Sudan
Current population
2964497
12387398
Population rank 137/197 81/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.15%
One net population change
2.6 minutes
1.14 minutes
One birth every
20 minutes
1.6 minutes
One death every
3.55 hours
4.76 minutes
One migration net change every
11.4 minutes
34.2 minutes
Annual migration change +46,105 +15,374
Daily growth/decline +553 +1,260
Annual growth/decline +201,790 +460,034
Annual growth/decline rate +7.6% +4.01%
Population growth rate rank 1/197 6/197

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

Qatar
Population

Growth rate
South Sudan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Qatar South Sudan Qatar South Sudan
1960 36,010 2,931,559 - -
1961 39,680 2,976,724 10.2% 1.54%
1962 44,630 3,024,308 12.5% 1.6%
1963 50,380 3,072,669 12.9% 1.6%
1964 56,867 3,129,918 12.9% 1.86%
1965 64,065 3,189,835 12.7% 1.91%
1966 72,192 3,236,423 12.7% 1.46%
1967 81,439 3,277,648 12.8% 1.27%
1968 91,749 3,321,528 12.7% 1.34%
1969 103,025 3,365,533 12.3% 1.32%
1970 116,350 3,409,614 12.9% 1.31%
1971 131,346 3,468,646 12.9% 1.73%
1972 146,506 3,542,497 11.5% 2.13%
1973 161,841 3,627,383 10.5% 2.4%
1974 177,362 3,723,259 9.59% 2.64%
1975 193,087 3,821,494 8.87% 2.64%
1976 209,052 3,921,910 8.27% 2.63%
1977 225,285 4,024,032 7.77% 2.6%
1978 241,808 4,127,657 7.33% 2.58%
1979 258,670 4,232,605 6.97% 2.54%
1980 275,913 4,339,030 6.67% 2.51%
1981 293,553 4,447,272 6.39% 2.49%
1982 311,537 4,557,686 6.13% 2.48%
1983 329,709 4,661,574 5.83% 2.28%
1984 347,878 4,750,627 5.51% 1.91%
1985 365,940 4,834,296 5.19% 1.76%
1986 382,422 4,921,240 4.5% 1.8%
1987 397,005 4,962,395 3.81% 0.84%
1988 411,264 4,848,029 3.59% -2.3%
1989 425,646 4,713,229 3.5% -2.78%
1990 440,175 4,737,633 3.41% 0.52%
1991 454,853 4,836,677 3.33% 2.09%
1992 469,657 4,909,749 3.25% 1.51%
1993 484,545 4,956,002 3.17% 0.94%
1994 499,459 5,071,184 3.08% 2.32%
1995 514,325 5,225,836 2.98% 3.05%
1996 529,019 5,356,925 2.86% 2.51%
1997 550,500 5,509,136 4.06% 2.84%
1998 580,540 5,620,068 5.46% 2.01%
1999 612,500 5,771,628 5.51% 2.7%
2000 644,989 6,032,267 5.3% 4.52%
2001 677,925 6,308,391 5.11% 4.58%
2002 711,205 6,596,806 4.91% 4.57%
2003 744,682 6,903,127 4.71% 4.64%
2004 773,332 7,233,041 3.85% 4.78%
2005 825,408 7,590,143 6.73% 4.94%
2006 972,831 7,976,526 17.9% 5.09%
2007 1,208,595 8,388,788 24.2% 5.17%
2008 1,426,938 8,817,647 18.1% 5.11%
2009 1,608,903 9,243,556 12.8% 4.83%
2010 1,616,832 9,745,953 0.49% 5.44%
2011 1,624,761 10,288,109 0.49% 5.56%
2012 1,722,438 10,756,240 6.01% 4.55%
2013 1,916,426 11,166,275 11.3% 3.81%
2014 2,151,745 11,235,073 12.3% 0.62%
2015 2,344,557 11,107,561 8.96% -1.13%
2016 2,477,113 10,830,102 5.65% -2.5%
2017 2,545,820 10,259,154 2.77% -5.27%
2018 2,580,734 10,122,977 1.37% -1.33%
2019 2,638,657 10,423,384 2.24% 2.97%
2020 2,794,148 10,698,467 5.89% 2.64%
2021 2,504,910 10,865,780 -10.4% 1.56%
2022 2,657,333 11,021,177 6.08% 1.43%
2023 2,656,032 11,483,374 -0.05% 4.19%
2024 2,857,822 11,943,408 7.6% 4.01%
2025 2,921,065 12,188,793 2.21% 2.05%
2026 2,975,134 12,436,036 1.85% 2.03%
2027 3,019,526 12,687,301 1.49% 2.02%
2028 3,057,695 12,941,503 1.26% 2%
2029 3,092,803 13,198,080 1.15% 1.98%
2030 3,125,174 13,457,446 1.05% 1.97%
2031 3,156,754 13,725,413 1.01% 1.99%
2032 3,189,188 13,996,343 1.03% 1.97%
2033 3,222,500 14,261,762 1.04% 1.9%
2034 3,256,691 14,527,550 1.06% 1.86%
2035 3,291,711 14,798,602 1.08% 1.87%
2036 3,327,585 15,070,098 1.09% 1.83%
2037 3,364,333 15,335,700 1.1% 1.76%
2038 3,401,906 15,595,968 1.12% 1.7%
2039 3,440,293 15,850,696 1.13% 1.63%
2040 3,479,439 16,101,470 1.14% 1.58%
2041 3,519,302 16,350,149 1.15% 1.54%
2042 3,559,840 16,593,361 1.15% 1.49%
2043 3,601,019 16,829,209 1.16% 1.42%
2044 3,642,784 17,060,176 1.16% 1.37%
2045 3,685,111 17,286,412 1.16% 1.33%
2046 3,727,959 17,509,693 1.16% 1.29%
2047 3,771,287 17,728,331 1.16% 1.25%
2048 3,815,108 17,938,437 1.16% 1.19%
2049 3,859,368 18,142,893 1.16% 1.14%
2050 3,904,074 18,341,968 1.16% 1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Qatar increased by 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Qatar gained 619,940 (a 26.4% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Qatar was ranked 159th most populous country in 2005 and is 137th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 South Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.

Biggest cities by population

Qatar
City Population
Doha 1.19M
Al Khor 31.5K
South Sudan
City Population
Juba 459K
Wau 321K
Bor 315K
Malakal 147K
Yambio 130K

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