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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Qatar was 2,857,822 in 2024 vs 50,015,092 people in Uganda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Qatar's population is 2,964,497 people compared to 52,490,669 in Uganda.

Population statistics:

  • Uganda's population is 17.7 times bigger than Qatar's.
  • Qatar is ranked the 137th most populous country in the world, while Uganda is the 30th.
  • The countries together account for 0.67% of the world: 0.04% for Qatar vs 0.63% for Uganda.
  • For the last 10 years, Qatar has had an average growth rate of +3.86% per year vs +3.21% in Uganda.
  • Since 2005, the population of Qatar has increased from 825K people to 2.96M (259.2% growth), while Uganda has grown from 28M to 52.5M (87.7% growth).
  • Qatar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.82M people compared to the peak of 121M people in 2100 for Uganda.

Qatar vs Uganda: live population counter

Qatar Uganda
Current population
2964497
52490669
Population rank 137/197 30/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.63%
One net population change
2.6 minutes
23.2 seconds
One birth every
20 minutes
18.4 seconds
One death every
3.55 hours
2.23 minutes
One migration net change every
11.4 minutes
4.46 minutes
Annual migration change +46,105 -117,924
Daily growth/decline +553 +3,722
Annual growth/decline +201,790 +1,358,491
Annual growth/decline rate +7.6% +2.79%
Population growth rate rank 1/197 23/197

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

Qatar
Population

Growth rate
Uganda
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Qatar Uganda Qatar Uganda
1960 36,010 7,640,973 - -
1961 39,680 7,862,217 10.2% 2.9%
1962 44,630 8,092,231 12.5% 2.93%
1963 50,380 8,333,663 12.9% 2.98%
1964 56,867 8,586,363 12.9% 3.03%
1965 64,065 8,849,203 12.7% 3.06%
1966 72,192 9,122,864 12.7% 3.09%
1967 81,439 9,408,924 12.8% 3.14%
1968 91,749 9,708,632 12.7% 3.19%
1969 103,025 10,014,858 12.3% 3.15%
1970 116,350 10,321,603 12.9% 3.06%
1971 131,346 10,618,206 12.9% 2.87%
1972 146,506 10,885,796 11.5% 2.52%
1973 161,841 11,144,236 10.5% 2.37%
1974 177,362 11,424,846 9.59% 2.52%
1975 193,087 11,725,240 8.87% 2.63%
1976 209,052 12,037,294 8.27% 2.66%
1977 225,285 12,359,669 7.77% 2.68%
1978 241,808 12,692,113 7.33% 2.69%
1979 258,670 13,002,163 6.97% 2.44%
1980 275,913 13,275,741 6.67% 2.1%
1981 293,553 13,556,452 6.39% 2.11%
1982 311,537 13,873,631 6.13% 2.34%
1983 329,709 14,221,881 5.83% 2.51%
1984 347,878 14,607,677 5.51% 2.71%
1985 365,940 15,023,681 5.19% 2.85%
1986 382,422 15,467,579 4.5% 2.95%
1987 397,005 15,954,170 3.81% 3.15%
1988 411,264 16,470,483 3.59% 3.24%
1989 425,646 17,010,698 3.5% 3.28%
1990 440,175 17,569,897 3.41% 3.29%
1991 454,853 18,155,901 3.33% 3.34%
1992 469,657 18,785,032 3.25% 3.47%
1993 484,545 19,445,161 3.17% 3.51%
1994 499,459 20,108,801 3.08% 3.41%
1995 514,325 20,665,667 2.98% 2.77%
1996 529,019 21,231,550 2.86% 2.74%
1997 550,500 21,856,046 4.06% 2.94%
1998 580,540 22,515,806 5.46% 3.02%
1999 612,500 23,257,281 5.51% 3.29%
2000 644,989 24,000,150 5.3% 3.19%
2001 677,925 24,745,676 5.11% 3.11%
2002 711,205 25,532,870 4.91% 3.18%
2003 744,682 26,352,124 4.71% 3.21%
2004 773,332 27,154,515 3.85% 3.04%
2005 825,408 27,963,289 6.73% 2.98%
2006 972,831 28,794,003 17.9% 2.97%
2007 1,208,595 29,653,430 24.2% 2.98%
2008 1,426,938 30,539,553 18.1% 2.99%
2009 1,608,903 31,451,151 12.8% 2.98%
2010 1,616,832 32,390,802 0.49% 2.99%
2011 1,624,761 33,354,543 0.49% 2.98%
2012 1,722,438 34,337,438 6.01% 2.95%
2013 1,916,426 35,337,042 11.3% 2.91%
2014 2,151,745 36,395,539 12.3% 3%
2015 2,344,557 37,531,446 8.96% 3.12%
2016 2,477,113 38,799,152 5.65% 3.38%
2017 2,545,820 40,177,388 2.77% 3.55%
2018 2,580,734 41,565,831 1.37% 3.46%
2019 2,638,657 42,999,637 2.24% 3.45%
2020 2,794,148 44,457,152 5.89% 3.39%
2021 2,504,910 45,910,930 -10.4% 3.27%
2022 2,657,333 47,312,719 6.08% 3.05%
2023 2,656,032 48,656,601 -0.05% 2.84%
2024 2,857,822 50,015,092 7.6% 2.79%
2025 2,921,065 51,384,895 2.21% 2.74%
2026 2,975,134 52,761,471 1.85% 2.68%
2027 3,019,526 54,144,274 1.49% 2.62%
2028 3,057,695 55,532,564 1.26% 2.56%
2029 3,092,803 56,922,797 1.15% 2.5%
2030 3,125,174 58,312,944 1.05% 2.44%
2031 3,156,754 59,703,537 1.01% 2.38%
2032 3,189,188 61,089,060 1.03% 2.32%
2033 3,222,500 62,464,116 1.04% 2.25%
2034 3,256,691 63,833,872 1.06% 2.19%
2035 3,291,711 65,205,570 1.08% 2.15%
2036 3,327,585 66,573,737 1.09% 2.1%
2037 3,364,333 67,942,634 1.1% 2.06%
2038 3,401,906 69,312,210 1.12% 2.02%
2039 3,440,293 70,669,875 1.13% 1.96%
2040 3,479,439 72,020,414 1.14% 1.91%
2041 3,519,302 73,372,658 1.15% 1.88%
2042 3,559,840 74,730,004 1.15% 1.85%
2043 3,601,019 76,090,991 1.16% 1.82%
2044 3,642,784 77,449,517 1.16% 1.79%
2045 3,685,111 78,797,995 1.16% 1.74%
2046 3,727,959 80,139,174 1.16% 1.7%
2047 3,771,287 81,478,503 1.16% 1.67%
2048 3,815,108 82,812,102 1.16% 1.64%
2049 3,859,368 84,130,056 1.16% 1.59%
2050 3,904,074 85,431,202 1.16% 1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Qatar increased by 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Qatar gained 619,940 (a 26.4% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Qatar was ranked 159th most populous country in 2005 and is 137th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.

Biggest cities by population

Qatar
City Population
Doha 1.19M
Al Khor 31.5K
Uganda
City Population
Kampala 1.68M
Mbale 586K
Arua 385K
Kira Town 317K
Jinja 279K
Gulu 177K
Kasese 101K
Entebbe 70K
Tororo 41.9K

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