Qatar March 11, 2020 absolute monarchy , Ad-Dawha , Arab League , Arabia , Arabic , Arabic language , Asia , Doha , Emirates , FPEG , Francophonie , gas , Gulf Cooperation Council , hydrocarbons , Katar , Middle East , monarchy , Near East , OIF , oil , OPEC , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , péninsule , Péninsule Arabique , péninsule d'Arabie , Persian Gulf , Qatar , Quatar , Western Asia Official name State of Qatar Name in local language دولة قطر - Dawlat Qatar (ar) Continent Asia Subcontinent Western Asia Population (ranking: 144e ) 2,743,932 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 2.83 % / year Area 11,651 km² Density 235.51 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 54e )192.009 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 69,026 $USD (2018) GDP growth 1.40 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 80.10 years (2018) Birth rate 11.89 ‰ (2014) Fertility rate 2.03 children / woman (2014) Death rate (ranking ) 1.48 ‰ (2014) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 6.80 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 97.30 % (2015) Official languages Arabic Currency Riyal (QAR) HDI (ranking: 60e )0.848 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )67.80 (2018) Government Unitary constitutional monarchy (Emirate) Head of State Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani National Day 18 December (unification in 1878) ISO Codes QA, QAT Demonym Qatari Tourists (ranking ) 2,256,000 people (2017)
Qatar is an emirate of the Middle East. It is located on a small peninsula extending into the Persian Gulf and connected to the Arabian Peninsula to the south, where it has a land border with Saudi Arabia and a maritime boundary with Bahrain . Its capital is Doha.
Desertic coast of the Qatar. Photo: Steven Byles Towers in Doha, capitale of the Qatar Doha skyline by night, Qatar Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Doha 2,365,356 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Municipalities (Baladiyat) Population Area Al Daayen 54,339 inhabitants 290 km² Al Khawr 202,031 inhabitants 1,613 km² Al Rayyan 605,712 inhabitants 2,450 km² Al Shahaniya 187,571 inhabitants 3,309 km² Al Wakrah 299,037 inhabitants 2,578 km² Ash Shamal 8,794 inhabitants 860 km² Doha (Ad Dawhah) 956,457 inhabitants 159 km² Umm Salal 90,835 inhabitants 318 km²
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