Qatar - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Qatar. The peninsula occupies a strategic location in the central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
Most of the population is clustered in or around the capital of Doha on the eastern side of the peninsula
People and Society
In Qatar, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Non-Qatari 88.4%, Qatari 11.6% (2015 est.)
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 0.57% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.19 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 1.42 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 1.1 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.9 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 0.94 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Qatari | Qatari(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 13.1% (male 168,844/female 165,905) |
| 15-64 years | 85.4% (male 1,767,294/female 411,977) |
| 65 years and over | 1.5% (2024 est.) (male 24,997/female 13,071) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 17.3 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 15.4 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 1.8 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 54.4 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 34.4 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 35.7 years |
| Female | 28.1 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 99.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.66% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 798,000 Ar-Rayyan, 658,000 DOHA (capital) (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.02 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.02 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 4.29 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 1.91 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 3.32 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 6.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 7 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 5.8 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 80.3 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 78.2 years |
| Female | 82.4 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: total | total: 99.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 0.96 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 0.29 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 0.07 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 0.59 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0.01 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 19.2% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 24.6% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 2.3% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
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