Congo vs Qatar: Share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents

Congo

82.7%

in 2020

Qatar

70.7%

in 2020

Congo rank

4th

Qatar rank

6th

Share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents over time

Congo
Qatar

How they compare

Congo currently reports 82.7% against 70.7% in Qatar, a difference of 12.0%.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.2 times Qatar's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Qatar ahead.

Congo ranks 4th and Qatar ranks 6th of 180 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents
Unit: %
Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 180 places, 2,505 data points, 1950–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Percentage of the total population living in cities with 1 million or more people. City boundaries are defined using a consistent global approach based on satellite imagery and population data.