World Factbook
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Dawlat Qatar
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Languages
Languages
Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language
major-language sample(s)
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions
Muslim 65.2%, Christian 13.7%, Hindu 15.9%, Buddhist 3.8%, folk religion <0.1%, Jewish <0.1%, other <1%, unaffiliated <1% (2020 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.02 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years
4.29 male(s)/female
total population
3.32 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
1.91 male(s)/female
Birth rate
9.19 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
1.42 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
35.7 years
total
34.4 years (2025 est.)
female
28.1 years
Population
male
1,970,605
total
2,568,426 (2025 est.)
female
597,821
Nationality
noun
Qatari(s)
adjective
Qatari
Tobacco use
male
24.6% (2025 est.)
total
19.2% (2025 est.)
female
2.3% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
99.4% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
1.66% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
13.1% (male 168,844/female 165,905)
15-64 years
85.4% (male 1,767,294/female 411,977)
65 years and over
1.5% (2024 est.) (male 24,997/female 13,071)
Ethnic groups
non-Qatari 88.4%, Qatari 11.6% (2015 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
17.3 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio
15.4 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio
54.4 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
1.8 (2025 est.)
Physician density
3.02 physicians/1,000 population (2023)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
2.9% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
7.4% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-2.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
1.1 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.9 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: total
total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
9.3% national budget (2020 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
7 deaths/1,000 live births
total
6.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
5.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
0.57% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.94 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
most of the population is clustered in or around the capital of Doha on the eastern side of the peninsula
Life expectancy at birth
male
78.2 years
female
82.4 years
total population
80.3 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
4 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: total
total: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
0.29 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
0.07 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
0.96 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
0.59 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
0.01 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
798,000 Ar-Rayyan, 658,000 DOHA (capital) (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
35.1% (2016)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
64.6% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
2.3% (2023 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
12 years (2022 est.)
total
13 years (2022 est.)
female
15 years (2022 est.)