Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Doha
- Region
- Asia, Western Asia
- Population
- 2,972,215 (2025)
- Area
- 11,437 km²
- Currency
- Qatari riyal (QAR)
- Languages
- Arabic, Spanish
- Calling code
- +974
- Internet domain
- .qa, قطر.
- ISO codes
- QA, QAT, 634
- Time zone
- UTC+3:00
- United Nations
- Member state
Land and position
Qatar covers about 11,437 square kilometres. By area it ranks 166th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Falkland Islands and a little larger than Gambia. It shares a land border with 1 neighbour: Saudi Arabia. Its centre lies at about 26° north, 51° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 2.97 million people live in Qatar (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 139th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 260 people to each square kilometre. About 99 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 83 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Arabic, Spanish. A person from Qatar is called Qatari.
Money and economy
The currency is the Qatari riyal (code QAR, symbol ر.ق). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 216 billion (2025), which is about US$ 72,525 for each person (2025).
Time
Qatar uses one time zone, UTC+3:00 (Asia/Qatar). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Doha | 344,939 |
| Ar Rayyān | 272,465 |
| Lusail | 198,600 |
| Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin | 54,339 |
| Umm Ghuwaylīnah | 39,457 |
| Umm Şalāl Muḩammad | 29,391 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Western Asia
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.