Martinique vs Qatar: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Martinique
96.8%
in 2025
Qatar
99.4%
in 2025
Martinique rank
19th
Qatar rank
16th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Martinique
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 99.4% against 96.8% in Martinique, a difference of 2.6%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Qatar ahead.
Martinique ranks 19th and Qatar ranks 16th of 238 countries.
Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Martinique | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Qatar |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Qatar |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Qatar |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Qatar |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Qatar |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Qatar |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | Qatar |
| 1700s | 0.4% | 3.3% | 2.9% | Qatar |
| 1710s | 0.4% | 3.7% | 3.3% | Qatar |
| 1720s | 0.5% | 4.0% | 3.5% | Qatar |
| 1730s | 0.6% | 4.4% | 3.8% | Qatar |
| 1740s | 0.7% | 4.8% | 4.1% | Qatar |
| 1750s | 0.9% | 5.3% | 4.4% | Qatar |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 5.8% | 4.7% | Qatar |
| 1770s | 1.2% | 6.3% | 5.1% | Qatar |
| 1780s | 1.5% | 6.9% | 5.4% | Qatar |
| 1790s | 1.8% | 7.6% | 5.8% | Qatar |
| 1800s | 2.1% | 8.3% | 6.2% | Qatar |
| 1810s | 2.6% | 9.1% | 6.5% | Qatar |
| 1820s | 3.1% | 10.0% | 6.9% | Qatar |
| 1830s | 3.7% | 10.9% | 7.2% | Qatar |
| 1840s | 4.4% | 12.0% | 7.5% | Qatar |
| 1850s | 5.3% | 13.1% | 7.8% | Qatar |
| 1860s | 6.4% | 14.4% | 8.0% | Qatar |
| 1870s | 7.6% | 15.7% | 8.1% | Qatar |
| 1880s | 9.2% | 17.2% | 8.0% | Qatar |
| 1890s | 11.0% | 18.9% | 7.8% | Qatar |
| 1900s | 13.2% | 20.7% | 7.4% | Qatar |
| 1910s | 15.9% | 22.6% | 6.8% | Qatar |
| 1920s | 19.0% | 24.8% | 5.7% | Qatar |
| 1930s | 22.8% | 27.1% | 4.3% | Qatar |
| 1940s | 27.4% | 29.7% | 2.3% | Qatar |
| 1950s | 33.7% | 48.1% | 14.4% | Qatar |
| 1960s | 49.1% | 71.2% | 22.1% | Qatar |
| 1970s | 70.3% | 79.7% | 9.4% | Qatar |
| 1980s | 84.6% | 88.3% | 3.7% | Qatar |
| 1990s | 91.5% | 94.7% | 3.3% | Qatar |
| 2000s | 95.8% | 97.3% | 1.5% | Qatar |
| 2010s | 96.6% | 98.9% | 2.3% | Qatar |
| 2020s | 96.7% | 99.3% | 2.5% | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050, Martinique or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 99.4% against 96.8% in Martinique as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Martinique and Qatar?
- 2.6%, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Martinique and Qatar?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Martinique and Qatar rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Martinique ranks 19th and Qatar ranks 16th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.