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Qatar
Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Global rank#13out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

99.490.882.273.665.0196019932025Qatar · 2025: 99Qatar

Analytical takeaways

  • Qatar records 99 for Urban population (% of total population) in 2025, ranking #13 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population (% of total population) increased from 65 in 1960 to 99 in 2025, a gain of 34.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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