Panama vs Qatar: Number of people living in urban and rural areas
Panama
3.02 million people
in 2025
Qatar
3.10 million people
in 2025
Panama rank
126th
Qatar rank
124th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas over time
- Panama
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 3.10 million people against 3.02 million people in Panama, a difference of 72,080 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Panama ahead.
Panama ranks 126th and Qatar ranks 124th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 7 and Qatar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 382,618 people | 13,963 people | 368,655 people | Panama |
| 1960s | 573,573 people | 46,321 people | 527,252 people | Panama |
| 1970s | 832,366 people | 149,008 people | 683,358 people | Panama |
| 1980s | 1.12 million people | 314,133 people | 806,667 people | Panama |
| 1990s | 1.56 million people | 487,096 people | 1.08 million people | Panama |
| 2000s | 2.10 million people | 932,935 people | 1.16 million people | Panama |
| 2010s | 2.57 million people | 2.27 million people | 300,428 people | Panama |
| 2020s | 2.92 million people | 2.92 million people | 545 people | 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, Panama or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 3.10 million people against 3.02 million people in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas between Panama and Qatar?
- 72,080 people, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Qatar?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Panama and Qatar rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas?
- Panama ranks 126th and Qatar ranks 124th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas. 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 areas, based on each country's national definition.