Kuwait vs Qatar: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
Kuwait
271.54 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Qatar
257.42 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Kuwait rank
28th
Qatar rank
29th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 271.54 people per square kilometre against 257.42 people per square kilometre in Qatar, a difference of 14.12 people per square kilometre.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Qatar's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 28th and Qatar ranks 29th of 215 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.58 people per square kilometre | 4.21 people per square kilometre | 19.37 people per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 54.26 people per square kilometre | 12.83 people per square kilometre | 41.43 people per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 101.47 people per square kilometre | 27.06 people per square kilometre | 74.41 people per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 93.41 people per square kilometre | 41.95 people per square kilometre | 51.46 people per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 127.92 people per square kilometre | 80.36 people per square kilometre | 47.56 people per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 209.57 people per square kilometre | 197.07 people per square kilometre | 12.5 people per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 255.18 people per square kilometre | 248.06 people per square kilometre | 7.12 people per square kilometre | Kuwait |
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 square kilometre, Kuwait or Qatar?
- Kuwait, at 271.54 people per square kilometre against 257.42 people per square kilometre in Qatar as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between Kuwait and Qatar?
- 14.12 people per square kilometre, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Qatar?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Qatar rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
- Kuwait ranks 28th and Qatar ranks 29th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.