Qatar
State of Qatar ยท Western Asia
Qatar is a country in Western Asia, with Doha as its capital, home to about 2,972,215 people. Qatar shares a land border with one country, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Doha |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Asia |
| Currency | Qatari riyal (QAR ุฑ.ู) |
| Calling code | +974 |
| ISO codes | QA / QAT / 634 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | ๐ถ๐ฆ |
| Population | 2,972,215 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 11,586 kmยฒ |
| Languages | Arabic |
| Internet domain | .qa |
| Demonym | Qatari |
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About Qatar
Qatar, officially State of Qatar, is a United Nations member state in Western Asia. Its capital and seat of government is Doha. It shares land borders with 1 country. The official currency is the Qatari riyal (ุฑ.ู), using the code QAR.
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To call Qatar from abroad, dial the country code +974. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes QA (alpha-2) and QAT (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 2,972,215.
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How Qatar compares
- Area: 11,586 kmยฒ, ranking 158 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 2,972,215, ranking 135 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 257 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 1, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Qatar
22 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, white). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout. Showing the first 12.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.