| Population | 2,479,995 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Qatari(s) adjective: Qatari |
| Ethnic groups | non-Qatari 88.4%, Qatari 11.6% (2015 est.) |
| Languages | Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????? (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 <.1%, Jewish <.1%, other <1%, unaffiliated <1% (2020 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 12.84% (male 158,702/female 155,211) 15-24 years: 11.78% (male 203,703/female 84,323) 25-54 years: 70.66% (male 1,439,364/female 287,575) 55-64 years: 3.53% (male 66,561/female 19,600) 65 years and over: 1.19% (male 19,067/female 10,068) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 18.1 youth dependency ratio: 16.1 elderly dependency ratio: 2 potential support ratio: 50.1 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 33.7 years male: 35 years female: 28.2 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.23% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.38 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 1.42 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | most of the population is clustered in or around the capital of Doha on the eastern side of the peninsula |
| Urbanization | urban population: 99.3% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.66% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | Ar-Rayyan 750,000, 646,000 DOHA (capital) (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 2.42 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 5.01 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 3.4 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.89 male(s)/female total population: 3.39 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 9 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 6.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 79.58 years male: 77.47 years female: 81.74 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.9 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 37.5% (2012) |
| Drinking water source | improved: total: 100% of population unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 2.5% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 2.49 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: total: 100% of population unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | <200 (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2020 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 35.1% (2016) |
| Education expenditures | 2.7% of GDP (2019) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.5% male: 92.4% female: 94.7% (2017) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 14 years (2019) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
