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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Qatar was 2,857,822 in 2024 vs 21,314,956 people in Zambia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Qatar's population is 2,964,497 people compared to 22,402,291 in Zambia.

Population statistics:

  • Zambia's population is 7.56 times bigger than Qatar's.
  • Qatar is ranked the 137th most populous country in the world, while Zambia is the 62nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.04% for Qatar vs 0.27% for Zambia.
  • For the last 10 years, Qatar has had an average growth rate of +3.86% per year vs +3% in Zambia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Qatar has increased from 825K people to 2.96M (259.2% growth), while Zambia has grown from 11.7M to 22.4M (91.2% growth).
  • Qatar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.82M people compared to the peak of 64.5M people in 2100 for Zambia.

Qatar vs Zambia: live population counter

Qatar Zambia
Current population
2964497
22402291
Population rank 137/197 62/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.27%
One net population change
2.6 minutes
53.4 seconds
One birth every
20 minutes
46 seconds
One death every
3.55 hours
4.87 minutes
One migration net change every
11.4 minutes
1.19 hours
Annual migration change +46,105 +7,381
Daily growth/decline +553 +1,619
Annual growth/decline +201,790 +590,991
Annual growth/decline rate +7.6% +2.85%
Population growth rate rank 1/197 22/197

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

Qatar
Population

Growth rate
Zambia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Qatar Zambia Qatar Zambia
1960 36,010 3,153,729 - -
1961 39,680 3,254,086 10.2% 3.18%
1962 44,630 3,358,099 12.5% 3.2%
1963 50,380 3,465,907 12.9% 3.21%
1964 56,867 3,577,017 12.9% 3.21%
1965 64,065 3,692,086 12.7% 3.22%
1966 72,192 3,812,003 12.7% 3.25%
1967 81,439 3,936,343 12.8% 3.26%
1968 91,749 4,065,593 12.7% 3.28%
1969 103,025 4,197,116 12.3% 3.24%
1970 116,350 4,321,718 12.9% 2.97%
1971 131,346 4,442,525 12.9% 2.8%
1972 146,506 4,569,309 11.5% 2.85%
1973 161,841 4,702,693 10.5% 2.92%
1974 177,362 4,842,746 9.59% 2.98%
1975 193,087 4,990,086 8.87% 3.04%
1976 209,052 5,143,842 8.27% 3.08%
1977 225,285 5,302,480 7.77% 3.08%
1978 241,808 5,465,374 7.33% 3.07%
1979 258,670 5,631,728 6.97% 3.04%
1980 275,913 5,802,833 6.67% 3.04%
1981 293,553 5,983,289 6.39% 3.11%
1982 311,537 6,178,637 6.13% 3.26%
1983 329,709 6,381,038 5.83% 3.28%
1984 347,878 6,580,490 5.51% 3.13%
1985 365,940 6,780,953 5.19% 3.05%
1986 382,422 6,986,471 4.5% 3.03%
1987 397,005 7,191,282 3.81% 2.93%
1988 411,264 7,391,440 3.59% 2.78%
1989 425,646 7,589,216 3.5% 2.68%
1990 440,175 7,786,169 3.41% 2.6%
1991 454,853 7,981,650 3.33% 2.51%
1992 469,657 8,176,680 3.25% 2.44%
1993 484,545 8,373,921 3.17% 2.41%
1994 499,459 8,576,269 3.08% 2.42%
1995 514,325 8,785,763 2.98% 2.44%
1996 529,019 9,004,053 2.86% 2.48%
1997 550,500 9,237,063 4.06% 2.59%
1998 580,540 9,482,408 5.46% 2.66%
1999 612,500 9,740,005 5.51% 2.72%
2000 644,989 10,017,631 5.3% 2.85%
2001 677,925 10,325,185 5.11% 3.07%
2002 711,205 10,647,949 4.91% 3.13%
2003 744,682 10,983,595 4.71% 3.15%
2004 773,332 11,338,198 3.85% 3.23%
2005 825,408 11,718,819 6.73% 3.36%
2006 972,831 12,129,553 17.9% 3.5%
2007 1,208,595 12,565,085 24.2% 3.59%
2008 1,426,938 13,021,324 18.1% 3.63%
2009 1,608,903 13,490,389 12.8% 3.6%
2010 1,616,832 13,965,594 0.49% 3.52%
2011 1,624,761 14,437,796 0.49% 3.38%
2012 1,722,438 14,913,629 6.01% 3.3%
2013 1,916,426 15,398,997 11.3% 3.25%
2014 2,151,745 15,895,315 12.3% 3.22%
2015 2,344,557 16,399,089 8.96% 3.17%
2016 2,477,113 16,914,423 5.65% 3.14%
2017 2,545,820 17,441,320 2.77% 3.12%
2018 2,580,734 17,973,569 1.37% 3.05%
2019 2,638,657 18,513,839 2.24% 3.01%
2020 2,794,148 19,059,395 5.89% 2.95%
2021 2,504,910 19,603,607 -10.4% 2.86%
2022 2,657,333 20,152,938 6.08% 2.8%
2023 2,656,032 20,723,965 -0.05% 2.83%
2024 2,857,822 21,314,956 7.6% 2.85%
2025 2,921,065 21,913,869 2.21% 2.81%
2026 2,975,134 22,521,905 1.85% 2.77%
2027 3,019,526 23,138,716 1.49% 2.74%
2028 3,057,695 23,761,368 1.26% 2.69%
2029 3,092,803 24,389,681 1.15% 2.64%
2030 3,125,174 25,024,887 1.05% 2.6%
2031 3,156,754 25,666,496 1.01% 2.56%
2032 3,189,188 26,311,946 1.03% 2.51%
2033 3,222,500 26,960,073 1.04% 2.46%
2034 3,256,691 27,611,621 1.06% 2.42%
2035 3,291,711 28,266,887 1.08% 2.37%
2036 3,327,585 28,925,103 1.09% 2.33%
2037 3,364,333 29,583,482 1.1% 2.28%
2038 3,401,906 30,240,549 1.12% 2.22%
2039 3,440,293 30,895,586 1.13% 2.17%
2040 3,479,439 31,550,394 1.14% 2.12%
2041 3,519,302 32,204,340 1.15% 2.07%
2042 3,559,840 32,856,596 1.15% 2.03%
2043 3,601,019 33,510,500 1.16% 1.99%
2044 3,642,784 34,165,920 1.16% 1.96%
2045 3,685,111 34,821,101 1.16% 1.92%
2046 3,727,959 35,475,795 1.16% 1.88%
2047 3,771,287 36,129,270 1.16% 1.84%
2048 3,815,108 36,782,260 1.16% 1.81%
2049 3,859,368 37,434,667 1.16% 1.77%
2050 3,904,074 38,083,369 1.16% 1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Qatar increased by 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Qatar gained 619,940 (a 26.4% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Qatar was ranked 159th most populous country in 2005 and is 137th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.

Biggest cities by population

Qatar
City Population
Doha 1.19M
Al Khor 31.5K

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