Kuwait vs Qatar: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Kuwait
1.03 people per person
in 2025
Qatar
1.04 people per person
in 2025
Kuwait rank
4th
Qatar rank
3rd
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 1.04 people per person against 1.03 people per person in Kuwait, a difference of 0.01 people per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 4th and Qatar ranks 3rd of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 5 and Qatar in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7835 people per person | 0.7121 people per person | 0.0713 people per person | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 0.8779 people per person | 0.7967 people per person | 0.0812 people per person | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 0.9716 people per person | 0.8829 people per person | 0.0887 people per person | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.9818 people per person | 0.9475 people per person | 0.0344 people per person | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.9975 people per person | 0.9711 people per person | 0.0263 people per person | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 1 people per person | 1.05 people per person | 0.0529 people per person | Qatar |
| 2020s | 1.01 people per person | 1.07 people per person | 0.0612 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, Kuwait or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 1.04 people per person against 1.03 people per person in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Kuwait and Qatar?
- 0.01 people per person, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Qatar?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Qatar rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Kuwait ranks 4th 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.