The latest officially reported population of Qatar was 2,857,822 in 2024 vs 3,386,588 people in Uruguay in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Qatar's population is 2,964,497 people compared to 3,384,690 in Uruguay.
Population statistics:
- Uruguay's population is 1.14 times bigger than Qatar's.
- Qatar is ranked the 137th most populous country in the world, while Uruguay is the 133rd.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.04% for Qatar vs 0.04% for Uruguay.
- For the last 10 years, Qatar has had an average growth rate of +3.86% per year vs +0.11% in Uruguay.
- Since 2005, the population of Qatar has increased from 825K people to 2.96M (259.2% growth), while Uruguay has grown from 3.29M to 3.38M (3.01% growth).
- Qatar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.82M people, while Uruguay's population already peaked in 2020 at 3.4M people and is projected to decrease to 2.25M people by 2100.
Qatar vs Uruguay: live population counter
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| Current population |
2964497
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3384690
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| Population rank | 137/197 | 133/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
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5.87 hours
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| One birth every |
20 minutes
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15.7 minutes
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| One death every |
3.55 hours
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15.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +46,105 | -1,348 |
| Daily growth/decline | +553 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +201,790 | -1,493 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +7.6% | -0.04% |
| Population growth rate rank | 1/197 | 169/197 |
Qatar and Uruguay: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 36,010 | 2,529,957 | - | - |
| 1961 | 39,680 | 2,562,044 | 10.2% | 1.27% |
| 1962 | 44,630 | 2,593,298 | 12.5% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 50,380 | 2,623,766 | 12.9% | 1.17% |
| 1964 | 56,867 | 2,653,180 | 12.9% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 64,065 | 2,681,169 | 12.7% | 1.05% |
| 1966 | 72,192 | 2,707,646 | 12.7% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 81,439 | 2,732,277 | 12.8% | 0.91% |
| 1968 | 91,749 | 2,754,606 | 12.7% | 0.82% |
| 1969 | 103,025 | 2,773,974 | 12.3% | 0.7% |
| 1970 | 116,350 | 2,790,807 | 12.9% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 131,346 | 2,806,462 | 12.9% | 0.56% |
| 1972 | 146,506 | 2,821,644 | 11.5% | 0.54% |
| 1973 | 161,841 | 2,837,133 | 10.5% | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 177,362 | 2,853,944 | 9.59% | 0.59% |
| 1975 | 193,087 | 2,872,320 | 8.87% | 0.64% |
| 1976 | 209,052 | 2,891,392 | 8.27% | 0.66% |
| 1977 | 225,285 | 2,909,461 | 7.77% | 0.62% |
| 1978 | 241,808 | 2,925,715 | 7.33% | 0.56% |
| 1979 | 258,670 | 2,939,903 | 6.97% | 0.48% |
| 1980 | 275,913 | 2,951,953 | 6.67% | 0.41% |
| 1981 | 293,553 | 2,963,246 | 6.39% | 0.38% |
| 1982 | 311,537 | 2,975,492 | 6.13% | 0.41% |
| 1983 | 329,709 | 2,988,778 | 5.83% | 0.45% |
| 1984 | 347,878 | 3,002,488 | 5.51% | 0.46% |
| 1985 | 365,940 | 3,017,037 | 5.19% | 0.48% |
| 1986 | 382,422 | 3,032,845 | 4.5% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 397,005 | 3,049,896 | 3.81% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 411,264 | 3,067,961 | 3.59% | 0.59% |
| 1989 | 425,646 | 3,086,255 | 3.5% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 440,175 | 3,104,403 | 3.41% | 0.59% |
| 1991 | 454,853 | 3,122,354 | 3.33% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 469,657 | 3,139,702 | 3.25% | 0.56% |
| 1993 | 484,545 | 3,156,345 | 3.17% | 0.53% |
| 1994 | 499,459 | 3,172,834 | 3.08% | 0.52% |
| 1995 | 514,325 | 3,189,440 | 2.98% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 529,019 | 3,206,324 | 2.86% | 0.53% |
| 1997 | 550,500 | 3,223,345 | 4.06% | 0.53% |
| 1998 | 580,540 | 3,239,280 | 5.46% | 0.49% |
| 1999 | 612,500 | 3,254,015 | 5.51% | 0.45% |
| 2000 | 644,989 | 3,266,206 | 5.3% | 0.37% |
| 2001 | 677,925 | 3,274,251 | 5.11% | 0.25% |
| 2002 | 711,205 | 3,278,867 | 4.91% | 0.14% |
| 2003 | 744,682 | 3,281,186 | 4.71% | 0.07% |
| 2004 | 773,332 | 3,283,148 | 3.85% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 825,408 | 3,285,771 | 6.73% | 0.08% |
| 2006 | 972,831 | 3,289,506 | 17.9% | 0.11% |
| 2007 | 1,208,595 | 3,295,153 | 24.2% | 0.17% |
| 2008 | 1,426,938 | 3,302,177 | 18.1% | 0.21% |
| 2009 | 1,608,903 | 3,310,091 | 12.8% | 0.24% |
| 2010 | 1,616,832 | 3,318,580 | 0.49% | 0.26% |
| 2011 | 1,624,761 | 3,326,825 | 0.49% | 0.25% |
| 2012 | 1,722,438 | 3,335,401 | 6.01% | 0.26% |
| 2013 | 1,916,426 | 3,345,337 | 11.3% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,151,745 | 3,356,334 | 12.3% | 0.33% |
| 2015 | 2,344,557 | 3,368,017 | 8.96% | 0.35% |
| 2016 | 2,477,113 | 3,379,283 | 5.65% | 0.33% |
| 2017 | 2,545,820 | 3,388,438 | 2.77% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 2,580,734 | 3,394,534 | 1.37% | 0.18% |
| 2019 | 2,638,657 | 3,397,206 | 2.24% | 0.08% |
| 2020 | 2,794,148 | 3,398,968 | 5.89% | 0.05% |
| 2021 | 2,504,910 | 3,396,695 | -10.4% | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 2,657,333 | 3,390,913 | 6.08% | -0.17% |
| 2023 | 2,656,032 | 3,388,081 | -0.05% | -0.08% |
| 2024 | 2,857,822 | 3,386,588 | 7.6% | -0.04% |
| 2025 | 2,921,065 | 3,384,690 | 2.21% | -0.06% |
| 2026 | 2,975,134 | 3,382,543 | 1.85% | -0.06% |
| 2027 | 3,019,526 | 3,380,245 | 1.49% | -0.07% |
| 2028 | 3,057,695 | 3,377,893 | 1.26% | -0.07% |
| 2029 | 3,092,803 | 3,375,428 | 1.15% | -0.07% |
| 2030 | 3,125,174 | 3,372,892 | 1.05% | -0.08% |
| 2031 | 3,156,754 | 3,370,285 | 1.01% | -0.08% |
| 2032 | 3,189,188 | 3,367,544 | 1.03% | -0.08% |
| 2033 | 3,222,500 | 3,364,654 | 1.04% | -0.09% |
| 2034 | 3,256,691 | 3,361,591 | 1.06% | -0.09% |
| 2035 | 3,291,711 | 3,358,284 | 1.08% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 3,327,585 | 3,354,682 | 1.09% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 3,364,333 | 3,350,735 | 1.1% | -0.12% |
| 2038 | 3,401,906 | 3,346,431 | 1.12% | -0.13% |
| 2039 | 3,440,293 | 3,341,676 | 1.13% | -0.14% |
| 2040 | 3,479,439 | 3,336,469 | 1.14% | -0.16% |
| 2041 | 3,519,302 | 3,330,804 | 1.15% | -0.17% |
| 2042 | 3,559,840 | 3,324,643 | 1.15% | -0.18% |
| 2043 | 3,601,019 | 3,317,939 | 1.16% | -0.2% |
| 2044 | 3,642,784 | 3,310,611 | 1.16% | -0.22% |
| 2045 | 3,685,111 | 3,302,680 | 1.16% | -0.24% |
| 2046 | 3,727,959 | 3,294,196 | 1.16% | -0.26% |
| 2047 | 3,771,287 | 3,285,160 | 1.16% | -0.27% |
| 2048 | 3,815,108 | 3,275,507 | 1.16% | -0.29% |
| 2049 | 3,859,368 | 3,265,260 | 1.16% | -0.31% |
| 2050 | 3,904,074 | 3,254,361 | 1.16% | -0.33% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Qatar increased by 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Qatar gained 619,940 (a 26.4% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).
Qatar was ranked 159th most populous country in 2005 and is 137th in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Montevideo | 1.3M |
| Salto | 125K |
| Ciudad de la Costa | 112K |
| Rivera | 103K |
| Maldonado | 86.8K |
| Paysandu | 76.4K |
| Tacuarembo | 54.8K |
| Melo | 51.8K |
| Mercedes | 42K |
| Artigas | 40.7K |
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Population differences between Qatar and Uruguay
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| Life expectancy | 82.7 years | 78.5 years |
| Average age | 33.3 years | 38.9 years |
| Median age | 34.5 years | 37.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 71.3:28.7 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.73 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 644 ppl/mi² | 50.1 ppl/mi² |
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