Urban population share in Qatar
99.4% of people in Qatar lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Qatar, 2025
99.4%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
World, 2025
57.8%
Position in 2025
13th of 217
Urban population share in Qatar over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Qatar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99.4% | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 99.3% | 57.6% |
| 2023 | 99.3% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 99.2% | 57.1% |
| 2021 | 99.2% | 56.8% |
| 2020 | 99.2% | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 99.1% | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 99.1% | 55.8% |
| 2017 | 99.0% | 55.3% |
| 2016 | 99.0% | 54.9% |
| 2015 | 98.9% | 54.4% |
| 2014 | 98.9% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | 98.8% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 98.7% | 52.9% |
| 2011 | 98.6% | 52.5% |
| 2010 | 98.5% | 51.8% |
| 2009 | 98.3% | 51.4% |
| 2008 | 98.1% | 50.9% |
| 2007 | 97.9% | 50.4% |
| 2006 | 97.6% | 49.9% |
| 2005 | 97.3% | 49.4% |
| 2004 | 97.0% | 48.9% |
| 2003 | 96.8% | 48.4% |
| 2002 | 96.6% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 96.5% | 47.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 98.9%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Qatar has the 13th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.
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2,979,082 people
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Median age estimates and projections
33.2 years
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Fertility rate estimates and projections
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Population growth estimates and projections
2.24%
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