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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Qatar	United States	Qatar	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	36,010	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	39,680	183,691,481	10.2%	1.67%
1962	44,630	186,537,737	12.5%	1.55%
1963	50,380	189,241,798	12.9%	1.45%
1964	56,867	191,888,791	12.9%	1.4%
1965	64,065	194,302,963	12.7%	1.26%
1966	72,192	196,560,338	12.7%	1.16%
1967	81,439	198,712,056	12.8%	1.09%
1968	91,749	200,706,052	12.7%	1%
1969	103,025	202,676,946	12.3%	0.98%
1970	116,350	205,052,174	12.9%	1.17%
1971	131,346	207,660,677	12.9%	1.27%
1972	146,506	209,896,021	11.5%	1.08%
1973	161,841	211,908,788	10.5%	0.96%
1974	177,362	213,853,928	9.59%	0.92%
1975	193,087	215,973,199	8.87%	0.99%
1976	209,052	218,035,164	8.27%	0.95%
1977	225,285	220,239,425	7.77%	1.01%
1978	241,808	222,584,545	7.33%	1.06%
1979	258,670	225,055,487	6.97%	1.11%
1980	275,913	226,542,250	6.67%	0.66%
1981	293,553	229,465,744	6.39%	1.29%
1982	311,537	231,664,432	6.13%	0.96%
1983	329,709	233,792,014	5.83%	0.92%
1984	347,878	235,824,908	5.51%	0.87%
1985	365,940	237,923,734	5.19%	0.89%
1986	382,422	240,132,831	4.5%	0.93%
1987	397,005	242,288,936	3.81%	0.9%
1988	411,264	244,499,004	3.59%	0.91%
1989	425,646	246,819,222	3.5%	0.95%
1990	440,175	250,131,894	3.41%	1.34%
1991	454,853	253,492,503	3.33%	1.34%
1992	469,657	256,894,189	3.25%	1.34%
1993	484,545	260,255,352	3.17%	1.31%
1994	499,459	263,435,673	3.08%	1.22%
1995	514,325	266,557,091	2.98%	1.18%
1996	529,019	269,667,391	2.86%	1.17%
1997	550,500	272,911,760	4.06%	1.2%
1998	580,540	276,115,288	5.46%	1.17%
1999	612,500	279,294,713	5.51%	1.15%
2000	644,989	282,162,411	5.3%	1.03%
2001	677,925	284,968,955	5.11%	0.99%
2002	711,205	287,625,193	4.91%	0.93%
2003	744,682	290,107,933	4.71%	0.86%
2004	773,332	292,805,298	3.85%	0.93%
2005	825,408	295,516,599	6.73%	0.93%
2006	972,831	298,379,912	17.9%	0.97%
2007	1,208,595	301,231,207	24.2%	0.96%
2008	1,426,938	304,093,966	18.1%	0.95%
2009	1,608,903	306,771,529	12.8%	0.88%
2010	1,616,832	309,327,143	0.49%	0.83%
2011	1,624,761	311,583,481	0.49%	0.73%
2012	1,722,438	313,877,662	6.01%	0.74%
2013	1,916,426	316,059,947	11.3%	0.7%
2014	2,151,745	318,386,329	12.3%	0.74%
2015	2,344,557	320,738,994	8.96%	0.74%
2016	2,477,113	323,071,755	5.65%	0.73%
2017	2,545,820	325,122,128	2.77%	0.63%
2018	2,580,734	326,838,199	1.37%	0.53%
2019	2,638,657	328,329,953	2.24%	0.46%
2020	2,794,148	331,526,933	5.89%	0.97%
2021	2,504,910	331,893,745	-10.4%	0.11%
2022	2,657,333	333,271,411	6.08%	0.42%
2023	2,656,032	334,914,895	-0.05%	0.49%
2024	2,857,822	340,110,988	7.6%	1.55%
2025	2,921,065	341,931,772	2.21%	0.54%
2026	2,975,134	343,664,369	1.85%	0.51%
2027	3,019,526	345,331,185	1.49%	0.49%
2028	3,057,695	346,981,137	1.26%	0.48%
2029	3,092,803	348,601,982	1.15%	0.47%
2030	3,125,174	350,176,974	1.05%	0.45%
2031	3,156,754	351,725,612	1.01%	0.44%
2032	3,189,188	353,249,060	1.03%	0.43%
2033	3,222,500	354,749,644	1.04%	0.42%
2034	3,256,691	356,234,239	1.06%	0.42%
2035	3,291,711	357,694,316	1.08%	0.41%
2036	3,327,585	359,119,002	1.09%	0.4%
2037	3,364,333	360,517,853	1.1%	0.39%
2038	3,401,906	361,895,407	1.12%	0.38%
2039	3,440,293	363,229,908	1.13%	0.37%
2040	3,479,439	364,512,364	1.14%	0.35%
2041	3,519,302	365,753,139	1.15%	0.34%
2042	3,559,840	366,969,419	1.15%	0.33%
2043	3,601,019	368,146,925	1.16%	0.32%
2044	3,642,784	369,258,123	1.16%	0.3%
2045	3,685,111	370,318,770	1.16%	0.29%
2046	3,727,959	371,328,255	1.16%	0.27%
2047	3,771,287	372,299,116	1.16%	0.26%
2048	3,815,108	373,230,539	1.16%	0.25%
2049	3,859,368	374,119,803	1.16%	0.24%
2050	3,904,074	374,986,259	1.16%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Qatar increased by 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Qatar gained 619,940 (a 26.4% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Qatar was ranked 159th most populous country in 2005 and is 137th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.