Qatar vs Reunion: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Qatar
99.4%
in 2025
Reunion
97.3%
in 2025
Qatar rank
16th
Reunion rank
17th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Qatar
- Reunion
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 99.4% against 97.3% in Reunion, a difference of 2.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1500 it was Qatar ahead.
Qatar ranks 16th and Reunion ranks 17th of 238 countries.
Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 35 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Qatar | Reunion | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Qatar |
| 1600s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.3% | Qatar |
| 1700s | 3.3% | 2.3% | 0.9% | Qatar |
| 1710s | 3.7% | 2.6% | 1.0% | Qatar |
| 1720s | 4.0% | 2.9% | 1.1% | Qatar |
| 1730s | 4.4% | 3.2% | 1.2% | Qatar |
| 1740s | 4.8% | 3.5% | 1.3% | Qatar |
| 1750s | 5.3% | 3.8% | 1.5% | Qatar |
| 1760s | 5.8% | 4.2% | 1.6% | Qatar |
| 1770s | 6.3% | 4.6% | 1.8% | Qatar |
| 1780s | 6.9% | 5.0% | 1.9% | Qatar |
| 1790s | 7.6% | 5.5% | 2.1% | Qatar |
| 1800s | 8.3% | 6.0% | 2.3% | Qatar |
| 1810s | 9.1% | 6.6% | 2.5% | Qatar |
| 1820s | 10.0% | 7.2% | 2.8% | Qatar |
| 1830s | 10.9% | 7.9% | 3.0% | Qatar |
| 1840s | 12.0% | 8.6% | 3.3% | Qatar |
| 1850s | 13.1% | 9.5% | 3.6% | Qatar |
| 1860s | 14.4% | 10.4% | 4.0% | Qatar |
| 1870s | 15.7% | 11.3% | 4.4% | Qatar |
| 1880s | 17.2% | 12.4% | 4.8% | Qatar |
| 1890s | 18.9% | 13.6% | 5.2% | Qatar |
| 1900s | 20.7% | 14.9% | 5.7% | Qatar |
| 1910s | 22.6% | 16.3% | 6.3% | Qatar |
| 1920s | 24.8% | 17.9% | 6.9% | Qatar |
| 1930s | 27.1% | 19.6% | 7.5% | Qatar |
| 1940s | 29.7% | 21.5% | 8.3% | Qatar |
| 1950s | 48.1% | 27.8% | 20.3% | Qatar |
| 1960s | 71.2% | 38.8% | 32.4% | Qatar |
| 1970s | 79.7% | 44.8% | 34.9% | Qatar |
| 1980s | 88.3% | 68.0% | 20.3% | Qatar |
| 1990s | 94.7% | 85.5% | 9.3% | Qatar |
| 2000s | 97.3% | 94.9% | 2.3% | Qatar |
| 2010s | 98.9% | 98.3% | 0.6% | Qatar |
| 2020s | 99.3% | 97.2% | 2.0% | 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, Qatar or Reunion?
- Qatar, at 99.4% against 97.3% in Reunion as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Qatar and Reunion?
- 2.1%, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Qatar and Reunion?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 2025.
- How do Qatar and Reunion rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Qatar ranks 16th and Reunion ranks 17th 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.