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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Qatar	Syria	Qatar	Syria
1960	36,010	4,673,500	-	-
1961	39,680	4,815,466	10.2%	3.04%
1962	44,630	4,959,340	12.5%	2.99%
1963	50,380	5,110,467	12.9%	3.05%
1964	56,867	5,269,087	12.9%	3.1%
1965	64,065	5,435,267	12.7%	3.15%
1966	72,192	5,609,047	12.7%	3.2%
1967	81,439	5,790,198	12.8%	3.23%
1968	91,749	5,978,742	12.7%	3.26%
1969	103,025	6,175,166	12.3%	3.29%
1970	116,350	6,380,609	12.9%	3.33%
1971	131,346	6,598,094	12.9%	3.41%
1972	146,506	6,826,024	11.5%	3.45%
1973	161,841	7,060,321	10.5%	3.43%
1974	177,362	7,302,160	9.59%	3.43%
1975	193,087	7,554,364	8.87%	3.45%
1976	209,052	7,817,320	8.27%	3.48%
1977	225,285	8,090,501	7.77%	3.49%
1978	241,808	8,372,759	7.33%	3.49%
1979	258,670	8,661,909	6.97%	3.45%
1980	275,913	8,957,663	6.67%	3.41%
1981	293,553	9,260,189	6.39%	3.38%
1982	311,537	9,572,511	6.13%	3.37%
1983	329,709	9,904,809	5.83%	3.47%
1984	347,878	10,258,398	5.51%	3.57%
1985	365,940	10,625,672	5.19%	3.58%
1986	382,422	11,002,844	4.5%	3.55%
1987	397,005	11,388,923	3.81%	3.51%
1988	411,264	11,782,264	3.59%	3.45%
1989	425,646	12,179,060	3.5%	3.37%
1990	440,175	12,579,208	3.41%	3.29%
1991	454,853	12,980,821	3.33%	3.19%
1992	469,657	13,385,571	3.25%	3.12%
1993	484,545	13,795,686	3.17%	3.06%
1994	499,459	14,208,583	3.08%	2.99%
1995	514,325	14,616,801	2.98%	2.87%
1996	529,019	15,018,104	2.86%	2.75%
1997	550,500	15,417,542	4.06%	2.66%
1998	580,540	15,820,413	5.46%	2.61%
1999	612,500	16,228,061	5.51%	2.58%
2000	644,989	16,637,888	5.3%	2.53%
2001	677,925	17,051,338	5.11%	2.48%
2002	711,205	17,468,332	4.91%	2.45%
2003	744,682	17,889,296	4.71%	2.41%
2004	773,332	18,336,875	3.85%	2.5%
2005	825,408	18,814,091	6.73%	2.6%
2006	972,831	19,637,022	17.9%	4.37%
2007	1,208,595	20,884,125	24.2%	6.35%
2008	1,426,938	21,636,564	18.1%	3.6%
2009	1,608,903	21,976,969	12.8%	1.57%
2010	1,616,832	22,482,421	0.49%	2.3%
2011	1,624,761	22,878,098	0.49%	1.76%
2012	1,722,438	22,759,763	6.01%	-0.52%
2013	1,916,426	21,666,917	11.3%	-4.8%
2014	2,151,745	20,273,659	12.3%	-6.43%
2015	2,344,557	19,424,618	8.96%	-4.19%
2016	2,477,113	19,193,834	5.65%	-1.19%
2017	2,545,820	19,224,668	2.77%	0.16%
2018	2,580,734	19,577,845	1.37%	1.84%
2019	2,638,657	20,353,534	2.24%	3.96%
2020	2,794,148	21,049,429	5.89%	3.42%
2021	2,504,910	21,628,839	-10.4%	2.75%
2022	2,657,333	22,462,173	6.08%	3.85%
2023	2,656,032	23,594,623	-0.05%	5.04%
2024	2,857,822	24,672,760	7.6%	4.57%
2025	2,921,065	25,620,422	2.21%	3.84%
2026	2,975,134	26,472,499	1.85%	3.33%
2027	3,019,526	27,261,544	1.49%	2.98%
2028	3,057,695	28,006,558	1.26%	2.73%
2029	3,092,803	28,719,309	1.15%	2.54%
2030	3,125,174	29,395,545	1.05%	2.35%
2031	3,156,754	30,029,824	1.01%	2.16%
2032	3,189,188	30,633,661	1.03%	2.01%
2033	3,222,500	31,212,478	1.04%	1.89%
2034	3,256,691	31,768,138	1.06%	1.78%
2035	3,291,711	32,294,792	1.08%	1.66%
2036	3,327,585	32,788,153	1.09%	1.53%
2037	3,364,333	33,258,407	1.1%	1.43%
2038	3,401,906	33,710,718	1.12%	1.36%
2039	3,440,293	34,131,238	1.13%	1.25%
2040	3,479,439	34,533,185	1.14%	1.18%
2041	3,519,302	34,916,936	1.15%	1.11%
2042	3,559,840	35,279,863	1.15%	1.04%
2043	3,601,019	35,623,325	1.16%	0.97%
2044	3,642,784	35,944,394	1.16%	0.9%
2045	3,685,111	36,265,295	1.16%	0.89%
2046	3,727,959	36,583,260	1.16%	0.88%
2047	3,771,287	36,878,640	1.16%	0.81%
2048	3,815,108	37,171,029	1.16%	0.79%
2049	3,859,368	37,477,690	1.16%	0.83%
2050	3,904,074	37,793,378	1.16%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Qatar increased by 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Qatar gained 498,506 (a 20.1% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Qatar was ranked 156th most populous country in 2006 and is 137th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.