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
See also
