Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Population growth
Qatar
3.9%
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
4.6%
in 2025
Qatar rank
4th
Saudi Arabia rank
2nd
Population growth over time
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 4.6% against 3.9% in Qatar, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.2 times Qatar's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Qatar ahead.
Globally, Qatar ranks 4th and Saudi Arabia ranks 2nd of 215 countries.
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About this data
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.