Qatar
- Capital:
- Doha
- Continent:
- Asia
- Region(s):
- Western Asia, The Middle East
- Largest Cities:
- Doha, Ar Rayyan, Umm Salal Muhammad
- Abbreviation:
- QAT
* As of 1/8/2026
1 birth
Every 17.1 minutes
1 death
Every 2.7 hours
1 immigrant
Every 21.2 minutes
1 person
Every 10.1 minutes
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Qatar is a sovereign Arab state in Western Asia on the Qatar Peninsula of the larger Arabian Peninsula. Qatar is an absolute monarchy ruled by the Al Thani family and the country was known for pearl hunting and sea trade before the discovery of oil. Qatar has the third largest natural gas reserve in the world and is one of the richest countries per capita.
As this country is quoted by the BBC as …“a state built by immigrants,…” we can see this fact in the statistics with non-Qatari residents coming in at 88.4% of the population and Qatari at only 11.6% of the population. Additionally, this country is heavily male, currently split at 74.91% male and only 25.09% female.
The official language of Qatar is Arabic, but English is prevalent in use as a second language.
non-Qatari (88.4%)
Qatari (11.6%)
The main religion in Qatar is Muslim.
Muslim
Hindu
Christian
Buddhist
unaffiliated
Other
folk religion
Jewish
The religious spread of the population residing in Qatar is split at roughly 67.7% Muslim, Christians at 13.8%, Hindu at 13.8%, Buddhist with 3.1%, folk religion <.1%, Jewish faiths at <.1%, other faiths 0.7%, and unaffiliated at only 0.9% of the population.
The current median age of those residing in Qatar is approximately 33.22 years of age, with a total life expectancy at birth of 78.9 years. The birth rate is at 9.6 births per 1,000 individuals in the population, with a fertility rate of 1.9 children per woman. Remember though, that women only take about 25% of the population here though.