Qatar

State of Qatar · قطر

Qatar (QA, QAT) is a country in Western Asia, with Doha as its capital. The currency is the Qatari Riyal (QAR, QAR). The international dialling code is +974; mobile numbers are written like 3312 3456. The time zone is Asia/Qatar. Official language: Arabic.

CurrencyQARQAR
Dial code+974e.g. 3312 3456
Time zoneQatarUTC+03:00
LanguageArabic
CapitalDoha
Population2.6M11.6K km²

Overview

Official name
State of Qatar
Native name
قطر
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
QA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
QAT
ISO 3166-1 numeric
634
IOC code
QAT
Demonym
Qatari
Capital
Doha
Region
Asia › Western Asia
Status
Independent, UN member
Groups
  • Western Asia
  • United Nations
Internet domain
.qa, قطر.
Coordinates
25.5, 51.25
Area
11,586 km²
Population
2,552,090
GDP
$305B ($119.5K per person)
Literacy
96.3%
Landlocked
No

Currency

Qatari Riyal QAR

Symbol
QAR
Minor units
2 decimals
Example
‏١٬٢٣٤٫٥٠ ر.ق.‏

Languages

LanguageStatusShare of populationWriting
Arabic arOfficial89% (2.3M)
Persian fa11% (280.7K)
Malayalam ml0.25% (6.4K)

Time zones

Time zoneLocal timeStandardDaylight savingName
Asia/QatarUTC+03:00noneArabian Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code
+974
Dial-out prefix
00
Trunk prefix
none
National number length
7–11 digits
Emergency number
999 pattern 999

Number types

TypeNational formatInternational formatLayoutDigits
Fixed line4412 3456+974 4412 3456XXXX XXXX8
Mobile3312 3456+974 3312 3456XXXX XXXX8
Toll free800 1234+974 800 1234XXX XXXX7, 9, 11
Pager212 3456+974 212 3456XXX XXXX7
Show the 2 formatting rules
Digits patternLeading digitsFormatInternational
(\d{3})(\d{4})2[136]|8$1 $2$1 $2
(\d{4})(\d{4})[3-7]$1 $2$1 $2

Address and postal code

No address data.

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week
Saturday
Weekend
Friday to Saturday
First week of the year
Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle
12-hour (1–12), also hB, hb, H
Calendars
gregorian, islamic-umalqura, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
Measurement system
Metric
Temperature
Celsius
Paper size
A4
Locales

Number and date formats

As written by the Arabic (Qatar) locale (ar-QA), amounts in QAR.

Number
١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١
Percent
٤٥٫٧٪؜
Currency (QAR)
‏١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ ر.ق.‏
Accounting
؜-‏١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ ر.ق.‏
Currency, name
١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ ريال قطري
Compact short
١٫٢ مليون
Compact long
١٫٢ مليون
Scientific
١٫٢٣٥أس٦
Speed
٨٨ كيلومتر في الساعة
Temperature
٢١٫٥°م
Date, full
الجمعة، ٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
Date, long
٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
Date, medium
٢٧‏/٠٣‏/٢٠٢٦
Date, short
٢٧‏/٣‏/٢٠٢٦
Time, medium
٣:٠٤:٠٥ م
Time, short
٣:٠٤ م
Date and time
٢٧‏/٠٣‏/٢٠٢٦، ٣:٠٤ م
Month and year
مارس ٢٠٢٦
Weekday
الجمعة
Relative time
أمس · خلال ٣ أيام · قبل ساعتين
List: and
A وB وC
List: or
A أو B أو C

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