Iceland vs Qatar: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Iceland
0.0%
in 2025
Qatar
0.0%
in 2025
Iceland rank
185th
Qatar rank
188th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Iceland
- Qatar
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 0.0% against 0.0% in Qatar, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Qatar's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Qatar ahead.
Iceland ranks 185th and Qatar ranks 188th of 236 countries.
Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.2% | 8.3% | 7.1% | Qatar |
| 1960s | 0.6% | 1.8% | 1.2% | Qatar |
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.4% | Qatar |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.9% | Qatar |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Qatar |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Qatar |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Qatar |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Iceland or Qatar?
- Iceland, at 0.0% against 0.0% in Qatar as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Iceland and Qatar?
- 0.0%, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Qatar?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Qatar rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Iceland ranks 185th and Qatar ranks 188th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.