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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Qatar	Spain	Qatar	Spain
1960	36,010	30,455,000	-	-
1961	39,680	30,739,250	10.2%	0.93%
1962	44,630	31,023,366	12.5%	0.92%
1963	50,380	31,296,651	12.9%	0.88%
1964	56,867	31,609,195	12.9%	1%
1965	64,065	31,954,292	12.7%	1.09%
1966	72,192	32,283,194	12.7%	1.03%
1967	81,439	32,682,947	12.8%	1.24%
1968	91,749	33,113,134	12.7%	1.32%
1969	103,025	33,441,054	12.3%	0.99%
1970	116,350	33,814,531	12.9%	1.12%
1971	131,346	34,224,490	12.9%	1.21%
1972	146,506	34,604,469	11.5%	1.11%
1973	161,841	34,988,947	10.5%	1.11%
1974	177,362	35,373,335	9.59%	1.1%
1975	193,087	35,757,900	8.87%	1.09%
1976	209,052	36,137,812	8.27%	1.06%
1977	225,285	36,511,638	7.77%	1.03%
1978	241,808	36,864,898	7.33%	0.97%
1979	258,670	37,191,330	6.97%	0.89%
1980	275,913	37,491,165	6.67%	0.81%
1981	293,553	37,758,631	6.39%	0.71%
1982	311,537	37,986,012	6.13%	0.6%
1983	329,709	38,171,525	5.83%	0.49%
1984	347,878	38,330,364	5.51%	0.42%
1985	365,940	38,469,512	5.19%	0.36%
1986	382,422	38,584,624	4.5%	0.3%
1987	397,005	38,684,815	3.81%	0.26%
1988	411,264	38,766,939	3.59%	0.21%
1989	425,646	38,827,764	3.5%	0.16%
1990	440,175	38,867,322	3.41%	0.1%
1991	454,853	38,966,376	3.33%	0.25%
1992	469,657	39,157,685	3.25%	0.49%
1993	484,545	39,361,262	3.17%	0.52%
1994	499,459	39,549,108	3.08%	0.48%
1995	514,325	39,724,050	2.98%	0.44%
1996	529,019	39,889,852	2.86%	0.42%
1997	550,500	40,057,389	4.06%	0.42%
1998	580,540	40,223,509	5.46%	0.41%
1999	612,500	40,386,875	5.51%	0.41%
2000	644,989	40,567,864	5.3%	0.45%
2001	677,925	40,850,412	5.11%	0.7%
2002	711,205	41,431,558	4.91%	1.42%
2003	744,682	42,187,645	4.71%	1.82%
2004	773,332	42,921,895	3.85%	1.74%
2005	825,408	43,653,155	6.73%	1.7%
2006	972,831	44,397,319	17.9%	1.7%
2007	1,208,595	45,226,803	24.2%	1.87%
2008	1,426,938	45,954,106	18.1%	1.61%
2009	1,608,903	46,362,946	12.8%	0.89%
2010	1,616,832	46,576,897	0.49%	0.46%
2011	1,624,761	46,742,697	0.49%	0.36%
2012	1,722,438	46,773,055	6.01%	0.06%
2013	1,916,426	46,604,197	11.3%	-0.36%
2014	2,151,745	46,460,733	12.3%	-0.31%
2015	2,344,557	46,422,303	8.96%	-0.08%
2016	2,477,113	46,458,139	5.65%	0.08%
2017	2,545,820	46,571,232	2.77%	0.24%
2018	2,580,734	46,782,011	1.37%	0.45%
2019	2,638,657	47,118,501	2.24%	0.72%
2020	2,794,148	47,359,424	5.89%	0.51%
2021	2,504,910	47,443,821	-10.4%	0.18%
2022	2,657,333	47,786,102	6.08%	0.72%
2023	2,656,032	48,347,910	-0.05%	1.18%
2024	2,857,822	48,807,137	7.6%	0.95%
2025	2,921,065	48,786,181	2.21%	-0.04%
2026	2,975,134	48,746,279	1.85%	-0.08%
2027	3,019,526	48,696,847	1.49%	-0.1%
2028	3,057,695	48,642,132	1.26%	-0.11%
2029	3,092,803	48,578,166	1.15%	-0.13%
2030	3,125,174	48,501,513	1.05%	-0.16%
2031	3,156,754	48,412,854	1.01%	-0.18%
2032	3,189,188	48,321,195	1.03%	-0.19%
2033	3,222,500	48,230,054	1.04%	-0.19%
2034	3,256,691	48,136,421	1.06%	-0.19%
2035	3,291,711	48,036,650	1.08%	-0.21%
2036	3,327,585	47,929,957	1.09%	-0.22%
2037	3,364,333	47,819,257	1.1%	-0.23%
2038	3,401,906	47,706,580	1.12%	-0.24%
2039	3,440,293	47,588,878	1.13%	-0.25%
2040	3,479,439	47,463,597	1.14%	-0.26%
2041	3,519,302	47,332,618	1.15%	-0.28%
2042	3,559,840	47,194,588	1.15%	-0.29%
2043	3,601,019	47,052,293	1.16%	-0.3%
2044	3,642,784	46,902,636	1.16%	-0.32%
2045	3,685,111	46,738,565	1.16%	-0.35%
2046	3,727,959	46,564,383	1.16%	-0.37%
2047	3,771,287	46,381,681	1.16%	-0.39%
2048	3,815,108	46,190,642	1.16%	-0.41%
2049	3,859,368	45,985,428	1.16%	-0.44%
2050	3,904,074	45,769,362	1.16%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Qatar increased by 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Qatar gained 619,940 (a 26.4% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Qatar was ranked 159th most populous country in 2005 and is 137th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.