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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Qatar was 2,857,822 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Qatar's population is 2,964,497 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Qatar's population is 8.69 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Qatar is ranked the 137th most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.04% of the world: 0.04% for Qatar vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Qatar has had an average growth rate of +3.86% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2005, the population of Qatar has increased from 825K people to 2.96M (259.2% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
  • Qatar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.82M people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.

Qatar vs Vanuatu: live population counter

Qatar Vanuatu
Current population
2964497
341110
Population rank 137/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.004%
One net population change
2.6 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
20 minutes
58.5 minutes
One death every
3.55 hours
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
11.4 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change +46,105 -43
Daily growth/decline +553 +20
Annual growth/decline +201,790 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate +7.6% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 1/197 40/197

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

Qatar
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Qatar Vanuatu Qatar Vanuatu
1960 36,010 64,431 - -
1961 39,680 66,264 10.2% 2.84%
1962 44,630 68,174 12.5% 2.88%
1963 50,380 70,159 12.9% 2.91%
1964 56,867 72,219 12.9% 2.94%
1965 64,065 74,358 12.7% 2.96%
1966 72,192 76,590 12.7% 3%
1967 81,439 78,921 12.8% 3.04%
1968 91,749 81,314 12.7% 3.03%
1969 103,025 83,755 12.3% 3%
1970 116,350 86,266 12.9% 3%
1971 131,346 88,862 12.9% 3.01%
1972 146,506 91,562 11.5% 3.04%
1973 161,841 94,362 10.5% 3.06%
1974 177,362 97,260 9.59% 3.07%
1975 193,087 100,269 8.87% 3.09%
1976 209,052 103,388 8.27% 3.11%
1977 225,285 106,618 7.77% 3.12%
1978 241,808 109,963 7.33% 3.14%
1979 258,670 113,040 6.97% 2.8%
1980 275,913 115,660 6.67% 2.32%
1981 293,553 118,249 6.39% 2.24%
1982 311,537 121,035 6.13% 2.36%
1983 329,709 123,998 5.83% 2.45%
1984 347,878 127,109 5.51% 2.51%
1985 365,940 130,356 5.19% 2.55%
1986 382,422 133,720 4.5% 2.58%
1987 397,005 137,187 3.81% 2.59%
1988 411,264 140,756 3.59% 2.6%
1989 425,646 144,393 3.5% 2.58%
1990 440,175 148,063 3.41% 2.54%
1991 454,853 151,793 3.33% 2.52%
1992 469,657 155,608 3.25% 2.51%
1993 484,545 159,463 3.17% 2.48%
1994 499,459 163,314 3.08% 2.41%
1995 514,325 167,137 2.98% 2.34%
1996 529,019 170,911 2.86% 2.26%
1997 550,500 174,626 4.06% 2.17%
1998 580,540 178,313 5.46% 2.11%
1999 612,500 182,048 5.51% 2.09%
2000 644,989 186,281 5.3% 2.33%
2001 677,925 191,031 5.11% 2.55%
2002 711,205 195,863 4.91% 2.53%
2003 744,682 200,746 4.71% 2.49%
2004 773,332 205,711 3.85% 2.47%
2005 825,408 210,760 6.73% 2.45%
2006 972,831 215,923 17.9% 2.45%
2007 1,208,595 221,276 24.2% 2.48%
2008 1,426,938 226,896 18.1% 2.54%
2009 1,608,903 232,731 12.8% 2.57%
2010 1,616,832 238,248 0.49% 2.37%
2011 1,624,761 243,474 0.49% 2.19%
2012 1,722,438 248,883 6.01% 2.22%
2013 1,916,426 254,482 11.3% 2.25%
2014 2,151,745 260,240 12.3% 2.26%
2015 2,344,557 266,101 8.96% 2.25%
2016 2,477,113 272,087 5.65% 2.25%
2017 2,545,820 278,507 2.77% 2.36%
2018 2,580,734 285,259 1.37% 2.42%
2019 2,638,657 291,985 2.24% 2.36%
2020 2,794,148 298,858 5.89% 2.35%
2021 2,504,910 305,868 -10.4% 2.35%
2022 2,657,333 313,046 6.08% 2.35%
2023 2,656,032 320,409 -0.05% 2.35%
2024 2,857,822 327,777 7.6% 2.3%
2025 2,921,065 335,169 2.21% 2.26%
2026 2,975,134 342,565 1.85% 2.21%
2027 3,019,526 349,970 1.49% 2.16%
2028 3,057,695 357,397 1.26% 2.12%
2029 3,092,803 364,883 1.15% 2.09%
2030 3,125,174 372,429 1.05% 2.07%
2031 3,156,754 380,015 1.01% 2.04%
2032 3,189,188 387,657 1.03% 2.01%
2033 3,222,500 395,366 1.04% 1.99%
2034 3,256,691 403,188 1.06% 1.98%
2035 3,291,711 411,061 1.08% 1.95%
2036 3,327,585 419,006 1.09% 1.93%
2037 3,364,333 427,031 1.1% 1.92%
2038 3,401,906 435,150 1.12% 1.9%
2039 3,440,293 443,311 1.13% 1.88%
2040 3,479,439 451,509 1.14% 1.85%
2041 3,519,302 459,733 1.15% 1.82%
2042 3,559,840 468,003 1.15% 1.8%
2043 3,601,019 476,308 1.16% 1.77%
2044 3,642,784 484,636 1.16% 1.75%
2045 3,685,111 492,989 1.16% 1.72%
2046 3,727,959 501,316 1.16% 1.69%
2047 3,771,287 509,621 1.16% 1.66%
2048 3,815,108 517,889 1.16% 1.62%
2049 3,859,368 526,138 1.16% 1.59%
2050 3,904,074 534,374 1.16% 1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Qatar increased by 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Qatar gained 619,940 (a 26.4% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Qatar was ranked 159th most populous country in 2005 and is 137th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

Biggest cities by population

Qatar
City Population
Doha 1.19M
Al Khor 31.5K
Vanuatu
City Population
Port Vila 49K
Luganville 17.7K

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