๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Migration to & from Qatar

Historic Net Migration for Qatar (1950-2023)

Qatar has seen a decrease in net migrations since the 1950's.

Year Net Migration Overall Population +/-
1950 0 777
1951 0 833
1952 0 849
1953 0 878
1954 13 936
1955 38 990
1956 85 1,097
1957 187 1,239
1958 393 1,495
1959 788 1,958
1960 1,586 2,865
1961 3,177 4,587
1962 3,771 5,437
1963 4,278 6,218
1964 4,684 6,943
1965 5,082 7,681
1966 5,880 8,838
1967 6,637 9,992
1968 7,270 11,018
1969 7,790 11,972
1970 10,398 15,008
1971 10,404 15,171
1972 10,381 15,312
1973 10,298 15,480
1974 10,201 15,651
1975 10,070 15,836
1976 9,953 16,059
1977 9,803 16,312
1978 9,711 16,581
1979 9,670 16,908
1980 9,672 17,257
1981 9,667 17,615
1982 9,580 17,828
1983 9,319 17,865
1984 8,941 17,708
1985 8,632 17,547
1986 6,348 15,372
1987 5,396 14,754
1988 5,049 14,749
1989 4,904 14,757
1990 5,021 14,801
1991 5,494 14,821
1992 5,451 14,793
1993 5,250 14,703
1994 5,106 14,581
1995 4,893 14,319
1996 4,552 13,947
1997 19,387 28,704
1998 22,500 32,109
1999 22,364 32,500
2000 22,039 32,770
2001 21,641 33,018
2002 24,200 35,691
2003 23,444 34,989
2004 12,430 23,847
2005 106,609 117,686
2006 203,572 215,014
2007 206,156 218,653
2008 192,654 206,115
2009 111,510 125,879
2010 64,531 80,579
2011 82,815 100,757
2012 83,444 102,220
2013 137,597 157,461
2014 179,768 200,467
2015 178,133 199,749
2016 138,455 161,438
2017 46,900 71,739
2018 11,662 38,216
2019 15,493 42,790
2020 -163,999 -136,490
2021 -30,801 -7,810
2022 0 21,584
2023 0 20,954

How is Net Migrations calculated?

The difference between immigrants and emigrants makes up the net migrations of a country. If the net migration numbers for the year are positive and indicated above with green coloring. Then more people immigrated than emigrated to Qatar for that year, equal to the number displayed.

Future Net Migration for Qatar (2023-2100)

Qatar will see a decrease of net migrations by the year 2100.

Year Net Migration Overall Population +/-
2023 0 20,954
2024 0 20,387
2025 0 19,931
2026 0 19,608
2027 0 19,488
2028 0 19,476
2029 0 19,595
2030 0 19,876
2031 0 20,321
2032 0 20,944
2033 0 21,620
2034 0 22,507
2035 0 23,240
2036 0 24,111
2037 0 24,904
2038 0 25,634
2039 0 26,261
2040 0 26,756
2041 0 27,175
2042 0 27,600
2043 0 27,681
2044 0 27,758
2045 0 27,605
2046 0 27,392
2047 0 27,004
2048 0 26,410
2049 0 25,801
2050 0 25,003
2051 0 24,407
2052 0 23,560
2053 0 22,731
2054 0 21,988
2055 0 21,221
2056 0 20,366
2057 0 19,604
2058 0 19,071
2059 0 18,353
2060 0 17,751
2061 0 17,364
2062 0 17,029
2063 0 16,576
2064 0 16,344
2065 0 16,170
2066 0 15,984
2067 0 15,675
2068 0 15,651
2069 0 15,631
2070 0 15,733
2071 0 15,761
2072 0 15,823
2073 0 16,043
2074 0 16,234
2075 0 16,434
2076 0 16,664
2077 0 16,855
2078 0 17,152
2079 0 17,682
2080 0 18,204
2081 0 18,742
2082 0 19,468
2083 0 20,100
2084 0 20,727
2085 0 21,457
2086 0 22,129
2087 0 23,013
2088 0 23,802
2089 0 24,488
2090 0 24,956
2091 0 25,447
2092 0 26,007
2093 0 26,290
2094 0 26,516
2095 0 26,827
2096 0 26,799
2097 0 26,996
2098 0 26,659
2099 0 26,678
2100 0 26,352

Why is the chart for future net migrations mostly flat?

Predicting and projecting future movements of population is extremely hard. Especially, the further you move into the future. Thus, the scientist and data collectors of the United Nations tend to add a flat number when reasonable projections can't be made.

Causes of Migration

Causes of Immigration to Qatar

Causes of Emigration from Qatar

Common Questions

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Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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