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title: "Qatar — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Qatar: capital Doha, area 11,586 km², population 2,972,215 (2025), currency Qatari riyal. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/qatar/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Qatar

**Qatar: Capital Doha**

11,586 km² · 2,972,215 people (2025) · Qatari riyal

A peninsula about 160 km long jutting into the Persian Gulf, almost entirely flat desert; the highest point is 103 m. It has no permanent rivers, and the Khor Al Adaid inland sea in the south-east is one of very few places in the world where the sea reaches deep into the dunes.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Doha
- **Area:** 11,586 km² — 4,473 sq mi
- **Population:** 2,972,215 (2025)
- **Density:** 256.5 people per km²
- **Currency:** Qatari riyal (QAR, ر.ق)
- **Official language:** Arabic
- **Time zone:** UTC+03:00
- **Calling code:** +974
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** QA · QAT
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 160 of 200
- **By population:** 139 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Montenegro | 13,812 | 623,129 |
| Vanuatu | 12,189 | 335,169 |
| Qatar ← | 11,586 | 2,972,215 |
| Gambia | 11,300 | 2,822,093 |
| Jamaica | 10,991 | 2,837,077 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Qatar?

Doha

### What currency does Qatar use?

The Qatari riyal (QAR).

### How big is Qatar?

11,586 km², or 4,473 square miles — 160 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Qatar drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Montenegro](https://atoneplace.net/country/montenegro/)
- [Vanuatu](https://atoneplace.net/country/vanuatu/)
- [Gambia](https://atoneplace.net/country/gambia/)
- [Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/country/jamaica/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]