Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Qatar

Number of immigrants in Qatar in 2024 — 2,337,000 people. Ranked 32 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 984.4%.

2024 2.34M people +7.1% vs 2020
World rank 32of 215
Period maximum 2.34M people2024
Period minimum 215,508 people1990

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Qatar, 1990–202401M2M3M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 215,508 people1995: 307,661 people2000: 439,215 people2005: 643,000 people2010: 1,409,000 people2015: 2,090,000 people2020: 2,182,000 people2024: 2,337,000 people
Change over the period: +2.12M (+984.41%) Average annual rate: 7.26 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Qatar

Qatar 2.34M people
World 303M people
Western Asia computed 49.21M people
High-income countries computed 205M people
Number of immigrants — Qatar, by year Qatar All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 2.34M
2020 2.18M
2015 2.09M
2010 1.41M
2005 643,000
2000 439,215
1995 307,661
1990 215,508

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.