Qatar Rural Population 1960-2024

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Qatar rural population for 2022 was 18,381, a 5.3% decline from 2021.
  • Qatar rural population for 2021 was 19,409, a 8.09% decline from 2020.
  • Qatar rural population for 2020 was 21,117, a 7.36% decline from 2019.
  • Qatar rural population for 2019 was 22,795, a 4.75% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Rural Population
United States 56,378,923
Germany 18,730,526
Italy 16,705,485
Poland 14,679,358
France 12,568,575
United Kingdom 10,448,877
Japan 10,066,305
South Korea 9,588,890
Spain 8,932,638
Canada 7,103,929
Saudi Arabia 5,559,991
Austria 3,684,012
Argentina 3,538,352
Australia 3,513,869
Portugal 3,395,541
Czech Republic 2,734,517
Hungary 2,646,824
Slovak Republic 2,503,549
Chile 2,369,699
Switzerland 2,273,624
Greece 2,048,160
Ireland 1,836,398
Croatia 1,610,908
Panama 1,360,444
Netherlands 1,259,248
Sweden 1,206,837
UAE 1,176,081
Slovenia 934,533
Lithuania 892,957
Norway 891,476
Finland 795,579
Trinidad and Tobago 714,385
Israel 691,676
Denmark 686,700
New Zealand 672,077
Latvia 591,254
Oman 560,597
Cyprus 414,105
Estonia 409,926
Belgium 215,837
Puerto Rico 205,872
Barbados 193,416
Bahrain 151,007
Uruguay 147,591
Channel Islands 119,980
French Polynesia 115,865
Brunei 94,946
New Caledonia 74,507
Antigua and Barbuda 70,935
Bahamas 67,680
Aruba 59,554
Luxembourg 53,025
Seychelles 49,874
Isle of Man 39,495
Liechtenstein 33,610
St. Kitts and Nevis 32,888
Faroe Islands 30,379
Malta 27,220
Iceland 22,951
Qatar 18,381
Curacao 16,462
British Virgin Islands 15,862
Andorra 9,730
Guam 8,432
Greenland 6,954
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 4,073
Northern Mariana Islands 3,973
Palau 3,258
Turks and Caicos Islands 2,721
San Marino 763
Bermuda 0
Cayman Islands 0
St. Martin (French part) 0
Hong Kong 0
Macao 0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0
Gibraltar 0
Kuwait 0
Monaco 0
Singapore 0
Qatar Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2022 18,381 0.68 -5.44%
2021 19,409 0.72 -8.43%
2020 21,117 0.77 -7.65%
2019 22,795 0.81 -4.87%
2018 23,932 0.87 -4.37%
2017 25,002 0.92 -2.22%
2016 25,562 0.99 0.34%
2015 25,474 1.06 1.61%
2014 25,068 1.13 1.35%
2013 24,731 1.22 -0.40%
2012 24,831 1.30 -1.56%
2011 25,222 1.40 -1.82%
2010 25,685 1.50 -4.23%
2009 26,795 1.66 -0.31%
2008 26,878 1.86 4.64%
2007 25,660 2.08 8.20%
2006 23,641 2.33 6.74%
2005 22,100 2.60 -2.41%
2004 22,638 2.91 -3.50%
2003 23,444 3.13 -0.63%
2002 23,592 3.31 -0.53%
2001 23,718 3.49 -0.47%
2000 23,829 3.69 -0.25%
1999 23,888 3.90 -0.01%
1998 23,891 4.11 -0.04%
1997 23,901 4.34 -2.80%
1996 24,579 4.64 -4.72%
1995 25,767 5.00 -4.55%
1994 26,967 5.39 -4.39%
1993 28,176 5.80 -4.24%
1992 29,395 6.24 -4.10%
1991 30,626 6.71 -3.96%
1990 31,862 7.21 -3.80%
1989 33,097 7.75 -3.65%
1988 34,327 8.33 -3.48%
1987 35,543 8.94 -3.21%
1986 36,703 9.60 1.32%
1985 36,221 9.90 3.49%
1984 34,977 10.04 3.81%
1983 33,670 10.19 4.11%
1982 32,314 10.34 4.40%
1981 30,922 10.49 4.67%
1980 29,512 10.64 4.92%
1979 28,094 10.79 5.95%
1978 26,470 10.87 6.30%
1977 24,853 10.94 6.71%
1976 23,241 11.02 7.17%
1975 21,632 11.09 7.72%
1974 20,024 11.17 8.39%
1973 18,412 11.25 9.19%
1972 16,795 11.32 10.16%
1971 15,173 11.40 9.90%
1970 13,743 11.65 10.01%
1969 12,434 11.90 9.53%
1968 11,304 12.15 9.87%
1967 10,242 12.41 10.00%
1966 9,267 12.68 9.88%
1965 8,395 12.95 9.87%
1964 7,606 13.22 10.06%
1963 6,878 13.50 9.22%
1962 6,272 13.90 8.88%
1961 5,739 14.31 6.87%
1960 5,358 14.73 0.00%