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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Qatar was 2,857,822 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Qatar's population is 2,964,497 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.

Population statistics:

  • Yemen's population is 14.4 times bigger than Qatar's.
  • Qatar is ranked the 137th most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
  • The countries together account for 0.55% of the world: 0.04% for Qatar vs 0.52% for Yemen.
  • For the last 10 years, Qatar has had an average growth rate of +3.86% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
  • Since 2005, the population of Qatar has increased from 825K people to 2.96M (259.2% growth), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
  • Qatar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.82M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2100 for Yemen.

Qatar vs Yemen: live population counter

Qatar Yemen
Current population
2964497
42727988
Population rank 137/197 37/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.52%
One net population change
2.6 minutes
26.4 seconds
One birth every
20 minutes
22.7 seconds
One death every
3.55 hours
2.78 minutes
One migration net change every
11.4 minutes
50.1 minutes
Annual migration change +46,105 -10,482
Daily growth/decline +553 +3,267
Annual growth/decline +201,790 +1,192,365
Annual growth/decline rate +7.6% +3.03%
Population growth rate rank 1/197 14/197

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

Qatar
Population

Growth rate
Yemen
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Qatar Yemen Qatar Yemen
1960 36,010 5,532,301 - -
1961 39,680 5,655,232 10.2% 2.22%
1962 44,630 5,782,221 12.5% 2.25%
1963 50,380 5,911,135 12.9% 2.23%
1964 56,867 6,048,006 12.9% 2.32%
1965 64,065 6,195,593 12.7% 2.44%
1966 72,192 6,351,494 12.7% 2.52%
1967 81,439 6,516,444 12.8% 2.6%
1968 91,749 6,690,524 12.7% 2.67%
1969 103,025 6,875,859 12.3% 2.77%
1970 116,350 7,065,279 12.9% 2.75%
1971 131,346 7,257,462 12.9% 2.72%
1972 146,506 7,460,068 11.5% 2.79%
1973 161,841 7,672,796 10.5% 2.85%
1974 177,362 7,896,783 9.59% 2.92%
1975 193,087 8,133,598 8.87% 3%
1976 209,052 8,384,113 8.27% 3.08%
1977 225,285 8,648,222 7.77% 3.15%
1978 241,808 8,926,586 7.33% 3.22%
1979 258,670 9,224,194 6.97% 3.33%
1980 275,913 9,543,358 6.67% 3.46%
1981 293,553 9,882,362 6.39% 3.55%
1982 311,537 10,241,006 6.13% 3.63%
1983 329,709 10,621,499 5.83% 3.72%
1984 347,878 11,025,597 5.51% 3.8%
1985 365,940 11,453,825 5.19% 3.88%
1986 382,422 11,901,040 4.5% 3.9%
1987 397,005 12,369,912 3.81% 3.94%
1988 411,264 12,859,708 3.59% 3.96%
1989 425,646 13,364,174 3.5% 3.92%
1990 440,175 13,887,862 3.41% 3.92%
1991 454,853 14,430,201 3.33% 3.91%
1992 469,657 14,989,494 3.25% 3.88%
1993 484,545 15,563,914 3.17% 3.83%
1994 499,459 16,149,147 3.08% 3.76%
1995 514,325 16,740,058 2.98% 3.66%
1996 529,019 17,313,177 2.86% 3.42%
1997 550,500 17,873,936 4.06% 3.24%
1998 580,540 18,446,013 5.46% 3.2%
1999 612,500 19,029,420 5.51% 3.16%
2000 644,989 19,624,141 5.3% 3.13%
2001 677,925 20,226,147 5.11% 3.07%
2002 711,205 20,835,086 4.91% 3.01%
2003 744,682 21,456,379 4.71% 2.98%
2004 773,332 22,095,167 3.85% 2.98%
2005 825,408 22,790,085 6.73% 3.15%
2006 972,831 23,543,083 17.9% 3.3%
2007 1,208,595 24,318,082 24.2% 3.29%
2008 1,426,938 25,111,941 18.1% 3.26%
2009 1,608,903 25,927,724 12.8% 3.25%
2010 1,616,832 26,754,387 0.49% 3.19%
2011 1,624,761 27,582,897 0.49% 3.1%
2012 1,722,438 28,433,647 6.01% 3.08%
2013 1,916,426 29,312,952 11.3% 3.09%
2014 2,151,745 30,226,309 12.3% 3.12%
2015 2,344,557 31,159,379 8.96% 3.09%
2016 2,477,113 32,109,010 5.65% 3.05%
2017 2,545,820 33,090,921 2.77% 3.06%
2018 2,580,734 34,085,182 1.37% 3%
2019 2,638,657 35,111,408 2.24% 3.01%
2020 2,794,148 36,134,863 5.89% 2.91%
2021 2,504,910 37,140,230 -10.4% 2.78%
2022 2,657,333 38,222,876 6.08% 2.92%
2023 2,656,032 39,390,799 -0.05% 3.06%
2024 2,857,822 40,583,164 7.6% 3.03%
2025 2,921,065 41,773,871 2.21% 2.93%
2026 2,975,134 42,961,650 1.85% 2.84%
2027 3,019,526 44,145,620 1.49% 2.76%
2028 3,057,695 45,323,685 1.26% 2.67%
2029 3,092,803 46,497,573 1.15% 2.59%
2030 3,125,174 47,667,649 1.05% 2.52%
2031 3,156,754 48,827,503 1.01% 2.43%
2032 3,189,188 49,979,089 1.03% 2.36%
2033 3,222,500 51,129,867 1.04% 2.3%
2034 3,256,691 52,279,989 1.06% 2.25%
2035 3,291,711 53,429,308 1.08% 2.2%
2036 3,327,585 54,578,046 1.09% 2.15%
2037 3,364,333 55,724,259 1.1% 2.1%
2038 3,401,906 56,872,152 1.12% 2.06%
2039 3,440,293 58,024,713 1.13% 2.03%
2040 3,479,439 59,181,514 1.14% 1.99%
2041 3,519,302 60,345,667 1.15% 1.97%
2042 3,559,840 61,517,965 1.15% 1.94%
2043 3,601,019 62,696,517 1.16% 1.92%
2044 3,642,784 63,880,172 1.16% 1.89%
2045 3,685,111 65,066,344 1.16% 1.86%
2046 3,727,959 66,253,578 1.16% 1.82%
2047 3,771,287 67,438,796 1.16% 1.79%
2048 3,815,108 68,620,844 1.16% 1.75%
2049 3,859,368 69,799,794 1.16% 1.72%
2050 3,904,074 70,976,389 1.16% 1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Qatar increased by 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Qatar gained 619,940 (a 26.4% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Qatar was ranked 159th most populous country in 2005 and is 137th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.

Biggest cities by population

Qatar
City Population
Doha 1.19M
Al Khor 31.5K
Yemen
City Population
Sanaa 2.96M
Al Hudaydah 618K
Taiz 615K
Aden 507K
Ibb 351K
Dhamar 160K
Mukalla 144K
Sa'dah 70.2K
Sayyan 70K
Zabid 50.8K

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