Doha has a population of 344,939, making it the largest place we list in Qatar. It is in Baladiyat ad Dawhah.
Doha holds 10.9% of Qatar's 3,173,559 people. The World Gazetteer published 344,939 for Doha in 2005 and GeoNames still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Ar Rayyān | Baladiyat ar Rayyan | 272,465 |
| Lusail | Al Daayen | 198,600 |
| Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin | Al Daayen | 54,339 |
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 UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.