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Qatar — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Qatar, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.92%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -59.6% since 1961
Population growth for Qatar was 3.92% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 21.70% in 2007. The lowest was -10.93% in 2021 (about -2.8× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.40% per year.
Qatar ranks 4 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.56%, so Qatar sits above it. It peaked in 2007 and has fallen 82% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 54%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.92%
First (1961)
9.71%
Change
-59.6%
Highest
21.70%
in 2007
Lowest
-10.93%
in 2021
Average
6.79%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.40%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.92% |
| 2024 | 7.32% |
| 2023 | -0.05% |
| 2022 | 5.91% |
| 2021 | -10.93% |
| 2020 | 5.73% |
| 2019 | 2.22% |
| 2018 | 1.36% |
| 2017 | 2.74% |
| 2016 | 5.5% |
| 2015 | 8.58% |
| 2014 | 11.58% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.