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Qatar
State of Qatar
Qatar is a country in Western Asia. Its capital city is Doha. About 2.8 million people live there, in an area of 11 586 square kilometres.
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Where is Qatar?
Qatar lies in Western Asia, on the continent of Asia.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 2 839 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 563 km long.
It shares a border with 1 country: Saudi Arabia.
How big is Qatar?
Qatar covers 11 586 square kilometres.
That is about 4.5 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 158th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 240.1 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Qatar?
About 2.8 million people live in Qatar.
That is the 137th biggest population in the world.
People here speak Arabic.
They pay with the Qatari riyal (ر.ق).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 72 years.
The land of Qatar
The land in Qatar sits on average 28 metres above sea level, which makes it one of the flatter countries on Earth.
Its coast runs for about 563 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 28 days.
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Qatar different?
Websites from here often end in .qa.
Qatar and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.4 live in Qatar.
It takes up about 0.01 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Asia it is the 41st largest of 46 countries, and the 41st most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Qatar and its neighbours
Saudi Arabia, its largest neighbour, is about 185.5 times bigger.
Saudi Arabia has more people: 33.7 million against 2.8 million.
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Qatar?
The capital of Qatar is Doha. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Qatar?
About 2.8 million people live in Qatar, which makes it the 137th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Qatar?
Qatar borders Saudi Arabia — 1 neighbour in total.
How big is Qatar?
Qatar covers 11 586 square kilometres, making it the 158th largest country in the world. That is about 4.5 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Qatar in?
Qatar is in Asia, in the part called Western Asia.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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