Qatar: cities by population
Qatar has a population of 2,781,677, with Doha as its capital. The 21 largest of its 21 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doha | Baladiyat ad Dawhah | 344,939 |
| 2 | Ar Rayyān | Baladiyat ar Rayyan | 272,465 |
| 3 | Lusail | Al Daayen | 198,600 |
| 4 | Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin | Al Daayen | 54,339 |
| 5 | Umm Ghuwaylīnah | Al-Shahaniya | 39,457 |
| 6 | Umm Şalāl Muḩammad | Umm Salal | 29,391 |
| 7 | Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid | Baladiyat ar Rayyan | 27,569 |
| 8 | Al Wakrah | Al Wakrah | 26,436 |
| 9 | Nu‘ayjah | Baladiyat ad Dawhah | 19,975 |
| 10 | Al Khawr | Al Khor | 18,923 |
| 11 | Ash Shīḩānīyah | Al-Shahaniya | 8,380 |
| 12 | Dukhān | Al-Shahaniya | 7,250 |
| 13 | Musay‘īd | Al Wakrah | 5,769 |
| 14 | Madīnat ash Shamāl | Madinat ash Shamal | 5,267 |
| 15 | Al Wukayr | Al Wakrah | 5,146 |
| 16 | Ar Ruways | Madinat ash Shamal | 3,334 |
| 17 | Umm Bāb | Baladiyat ar Rayyan | 2,500 |
| 18 | Al Ghuwayrīyah | Al Khor | 2,332 |
| 19 | Al Jumaylīyah | Al-Shahaniya | 1,788 |
| 20 | Fuwayriţ | Madinat ash Shamal | 1,333 |
| 21 | Abū Samrah | Baladiyat ar Rayyan | 938 |
Twenty years earlier: Qatar in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 768,464.