Austria vs Qatar: Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents

Austria
1.98 million people
in 2020
Qatar
1.98 million people
in 2020
Austria rank
86th
Qatar rank
85th

Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents over time

  • Austria
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 1.98 million people against 1.98 million people in Austria, a difference of 4,980 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 86th and Qatar ranks 85th of 182 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents
Unit
people
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
182 places, 2,532 data points, 1950–2020
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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.