Demographic profile
Qatar is the 140th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.04% of everyone alive. Within Middle East, it ranks 16 of 18.
Each day brings roughly 76 births and 10 deaths, adding about 24,106 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 0.8% annually, the population would double in roughly 88 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Literacy stands near 97.8% and adult smoking prevalence around 11.8%, with life expectancy at about 72.4 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Qatar in 2026? Approximately 3,050,256 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Qatar growing? About 0.8% per year — roughly 76 births and 10 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Qatar? Around 0.04% — ranked 140 worldwide by population.