Bahrain vs Qatar: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Bahrain
1.03 people per person
in 2025
Qatar
1.04 people per person
in 2025
Bahrain rank
5th
Qatar rank
3rd
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Bahrain
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 1.04 people per person against 1.03 people per person in Bahrain, a difference of 0.01 people per person.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 5th and Qatar ranks 3rd of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 1 and Qatar in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8157 people per person | 0.7121 people per person | 0.1036 people per person | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 0.7883 people per person | 0.7967 people per person | 0.0084 people per person | Qatar |
| 1980s | 0.8373 people per person | 0.8829 people per person | 0.0456 people per person | Qatar |
| 1990s | 0.9291 people per person | 0.9475 people per person | 0.0184 people per person | Qatar |
| 2000s | 0.9522 people per person | 0.9711 people per person | 0.0189 people per person | Qatar |
| 2010s | 0.9994 people per person | 1.05 people per person | 0.0535 people per person | Qatar |
| 2020s | 1.01 people per person | 1.07 people per person | 0.0599 people per person | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita, Bahrain or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 1.04 people per person against 1.03 people per person in Bahrain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Bahrain and Qatar?
- 0.01 people per person, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Qatar?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Bahrain and Qatar rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Bahrain ranks 5th and Qatar ranks 3rd of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.