Namibia vs Qatar: Population

Namibia

2.96 million people

in 2023

Qatar

2.98 million people

in 2023

Namibia rank

139th

Qatar rank

138th

Population over time

Qatar currently reports 2.98 million people against 2.96 million people in Namibia, a difference of 15,990 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 139th and Qatar ranks 138th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.