Population in Qatar compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Qatar and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Qatar	United Kingdom	Qatar	United Kingdom
1960	36,010	52,400,000	-	-
1961	39,680	52,800,000	10.2%	0.76%
1962	44,630	53,250,000	12.5%	0.85%
1963	50,380	53,650,000	12.9%	0.75%
1964	56,867	54,000,000	12.9%	0.65%
1965	64,065	54,348,050	12.7%	0.64%
1966	72,192	54,648,500	12.7%	0.55%
1967	81,439	54,943,600	12.8%	0.54%
1968	91,749	55,211,700	12.7%	0.49%
1969	103,025	55,441,750	12.3%	0.42%
1970	116,350	55,663,250	12.9%	0.4%
1971	131,346	55,896,223	12.9%	0.42%
1972	146,506	56,086,065	11.5%	0.34%
1973	161,841	56,194,527	10.5%	0.19%
1974	177,362	56,229,974	9.59%	0.06%
1975	193,087	56,225,800	8.87%	-0.007%
1976	209,052	56,211,968	8.27%	-0.02%
1977	225,285	56,193,492	7.77%	-0.03%
1978	241,808	56,196,504	7.33%	0.005%
1979	258,670	56,246,951	6.97%	0.09%
1980	275,913	56,314,216	6.67%	0.12%
1981	293,553	56,333,829	6.39%	0.03%
1982	311,537	56,313,641	6.13%	-0.04%
1983	329,709	56,332,848	5.83%	0.03%
1984	347,878	56,422,072	5.51%	0.16%
1985	365,940	56,550,268	5.19%	0.23%
1986	382,422	56,681,396	4.5%	0.23%
1987	397,005	56,802,050	3.81%	0.21%
1988	411,264	56,928,327	3.59%	0.22%
1989	425,646	57,076,711	3.5%	0.26%
1990	440,175	57,247,586	3.41%	0.3%
1991	454,853	57,424,897	3.33%	0.31%
1992	469,657	57,580,402	3.25%	0.27%
1993	484,545	57,718,614	3.17%	0.24%
1994	499,459	57,865,745	3.08%	0.25%
1995	514,325	58,019,030	2.98%	0.26%
1996	529,019	58,166,950	2.86%	0.25%
1997	550,500	58,316,954	4.06%	0.26%
1998	580,540	58,487,141	5.46%	0.29%
1999	612,500	58,682,466	5.51%	0.33%
2000	644,989	58,892,514	5.3%	0.36%
2001	677,925	59,119,673	5.11%	0.39%
2002	711,205	59,370,479	4.91%	0.42%
2003	744,682	59,647,577	4.71%	0.47%
2004	773,332	59,987,905	3.85%	0.57%
2005	825,408	60,401,206	6.73%	0.69%
2006	972,831	60,846,820	17.9%	0.74%
2007	1,208,595	61,322,463	24.2%	0.78%
2008	1,426,938	61,806,995	18.1%	0.79%
2009	1,608,903	62,276,270	12.8%	0.76%
2010	1,616,832	62,766,365	0.49%	0.79%
2011	1,624,761	63,258,810	0.49%	0.78%
2012	1,722,438	63,711,000	6.01%	0.71%
2013	1,916,426	64,139,000	11.3%	0.67%
2014	2,151,745	64,620,000	12.3%	0.75%
2015	2,344,557	65,088,000	8.96%	0.72%
2016	2,477,113	65,607,000	5.65%	0.8%
2017	2,545,820	65,966,000	2.77%	0.55%
2018	2,580,734	66,289,000	1.37%	0.49%
2019	2,638,657	66,631,000	2.24%	0.52%
2020	2,794,148	66,744,000	5.89%	0.17%
2021	2,504,910	66,984,000	-10.4%	0.36%
2022	2,657,333	67,604,000	6.08%	0.93%
2023	2,656,032	68,492,000	-0.05%	1.31%
2024	2,857,822	69,226,000	7.6%	1.07%
2025	2,921,065	69,639,673	2.21%	0.6%
2026	2,975,134	70,020,350	1.85%	0.55%
2027	3,019,526	70,382,853	1.49%	0.52%
2028	3,057,695	70,732,699	1.26%	0.5%
2029	3,092,803	71,061,482	1.15%	0.46%
2030	3,125,174	71,377,535	1.05%	0.44%
2031	3,156,754	71,678,351	1.01%	0.42%
2032	3,189,188	71,959,934	1.03%	0.39%
2033	3,222,500	72,234,509	1.04%	0.38%
2034	3,256,691	72,497,650	1.06%	0.36%
2035	3,291,711	72,749,096	1.08%	0.35%
2036	3,327,585	72,990,847	1.09%	0.33%
2037	3,364,333	73,218,850	1.1%	0.31%
2038	3,401,906	73,441,349	1.12%	0.3%
2039	3,440,293	73,658,392	1.13%	0.3%
2040	3,479,439	73,868,334	1.14%	0.29%
2041	3,519,302	74,074,316	1.15%	0.28%
2042	3,559,840	74,275,779	1.15%	0.27%
2043	3,601,019	74,475,035	1.16%	0.27%
2044	3,642,784	74,667,284	1.16%	0.26%
2045	3,685,111	74,848,605	1.16%	0.24%
2046	3,727,959	75,020,949	1.16%	0.23%
2047	3,771,287	75,184,478	1.16%	0.22%
2048	3,815,108	75,337,543	1.16%	0.2%
2049	3,859,368	75,476,141	1.16%	0.18%
2050	3,904,074	75,600,588	1.16%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Qatar increased by 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Qatar gained 498,506 (a 20.1% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Qatar was ranked 156th most populous country in 2006 and is 137th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.