Qatar: Some estimates of foreign residents in Qatar by country of citizenship (selected countries, c. 2015-2016)
Country of citizenship | Estimates (total population) | Date of reference |
India | 650,000 | Dec 2016 |
Nepal | >350,000 | Jan 2017 |
Bangladesh | 280,000 | May 2016 |
Philippines | 260,000 | Jan 2017 |
Egypt | 200,000 | Feb 2015 |
Sri Lanka | 145,256 | Dec 2016 |
Pakistan | 125,000 | Oct 2016 |
Syria | 54,000 | Nov 2015 |
Sudan | 50,000 | Apr 2015 |
Indonesia | 43,000 | Sep 2016 |
Jordan | 40,000 | Dec 2014 |
Iran | 30,000 | Dec 2013 |
UK | 25,000 | Apr 2015 |
Lebanon | 24,000 | Jan 2017 |
Ethiopia | 22,000 | Jun 2015 |
Tunisia | 20,000 | Jan 2016 |
Palestine | 20,000 | May 2016 |
Kenya | 14,000 | Aug 2016 |
USA* | >11,000 | Mar 2015 |
China | >10,000 | Jan 2016 |
Eritrea | 10,000 | Aug 2016 |
Canada | 9,000 | Feb 2017 |
Iraq | 8,976 | Dec 2014 |
Turkey | 8,000 | Oct 2016 |
Nigeria | 7,500 | Oct 2016 |
South Africa | 6,000 | May 2016 |
Australia | 5,500 | Nov. 2016 |
Algeria | 5,000 | March 2016 |
France | 5,000 | Apr 2016 |
Ghana | 5,000 | Jan 2015 |
Malaysia | 4,848 | Feb 2016 |
Thailand | 4,500 | Mar 2016 |
Afghanistan | 3,500 – 4,000 | Nov 2012 |
Spain | 3,500 | Jan 2017 |
Uganda | 3,000 | Nov 2016 |
Romania | 2,500 | Apr 2015 |
Greece | 2,200 | May 2016 |
Italy | 2,100 | Nov 2016 |
Germany | 2,000 | Jan 2017 |
Ireland | 2,000 | May 2015 |
Russia | 2,000 | Mar 2016 |
South Korea | 2,000 | Dec 2015 |
Vietnam | 2,000 | Feb 2016 |
Serbia | 2,000 | Feb 2017 |
Portugal | 1,500 | Mar 2016 |
Brazil | 1,500 | Jul 2016 |
Netherlands | 1,432 | Mar 2016 |
Albania | 1,200 | Jan 2017 |
Macedonia | 1,000 | Dec 2013 |
Ukraine | 1,000 | Nov 2016 |
New Zealand | 989 | Feb 2017 |
Japan | 944 | Jan 2017 |
Denmark | 900 | Feb 2017 |
Poland | 700 – 800 | Feb 2017 |
Belgium | 600 | Jan 2017 |
Cuba | 600 | May 2016 |
Sweden | 527 | Feb 2017 |
Bulgaria | 500 | Jan 2017 |
Croatia | 500 | Nov 2016 |
Austria | 500 | Nov 2016 |
Argentina | 400 | Jan 2017 |
Mexico | 400 | Oct 2015 |
Venezuela | 337 | Dec 2014 |
Kyrgyzstan | 330 | Feb 2017 |
Hungary | 300 | Jan 2017 |
Singapore | 300 | Dec 2014 |
Switzerland | 250 | Dec 2014 |
Senegal | a few hundreds | Mar 2016 |
Belarus | 200 | Jan 2017 |
Finland | 200 | Jan 2017 |
Kazakhstan | 200 | Aug 2015 |
Colombia | 200 | Feb 2017 |
Norway | 160 | 2015 |
Moldova | 154 | Jan 2017 |
Gambia | 135 | Dec 2013 |
Azerbaijan | 120 | Dec 2014 |
Ecuador | 100 | Dec 2014 |
El Salvador | 100 | Dec 2014 |
Slovakia | 100 | Jan. 2017 |
Czech Republic | 100 | Feb 2017 |
Benin | 82 | Dec. 2014 |
Dominican Republic | 44 | Dec 2014 |
Liberia | 40 | Dec 2013 |
Brunei | 20 | Dec 2013 |
Latvia | 10 | Jan 2017 |
Liechentstein | 1 | Jan 2015 |
Source: SNOJ, J. Population of Qatar by nationality – 2017 report, Priya DSouza Consultancy, February 2017.
http://priyadsouza.com/population-of-qatar-by-nationality-in-2017/
*Military personnel only. Data for overall US population in Qatar not available.
ANNEXED NOTE
1. Technical Notes and Definitions
The nationality breakdown of Qatar’s population (Qataris/ non-Qataris), and the breakdown of the foreign population by country of citizenship
is concealed by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS), in charge of gathering and disseminating statistical data on the country.
However, since 2013-2014, Doha-based journalist and consultant Jure Snoj has been collecting and compiling figures of foreign residents in Qatar
from several sources (embassies, press quotes of Qatari officials’ interviews, etc.).
The first publication of these data in BQ magazine (http://www.bq-magazine.com/economy/2013/12/population-qatar-nationality) was consistent
with a 2013 publication of governmental figures on selected nationalities:
(English: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/qatar-s-population-exceeds-2m-521314.html;
Arabic: Al-Raya newspaper http://www.raya.com/news/locals, October 1, 2013, p. 20).
Latest release of data (2017 Report), under the umbrella of Priya DSouza Consultancy firm displays figures for 87 nationalities.
The author states the origin of data as follows in the 2017 report:
“The majority of figures shown in the table below have been sourced from foreign embassies in Qatar. While they are mostly estimates, in many cases
the embassies have been clear the data was given to them by Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, meaning that data was exact at the day of issuing
the report. In several additional cases the Government of Qatar has made data for specific nationalities publicly available.
These occasions happened when a high-ranking official was interviewed by the media, as well as a few instances of the figures appearing on official
Qatari Governmental websites.”
(http://priyadsouza.com/population-of-qatar-by-nationality-in-2017/).
2. Institution which provides data
Priya DSouza Consultancy
3. Data availability
The data is taken from:
SNOJ, J. Population of Qatar by nationality – 2017 report, Priya DSouza Consultancy, February 2017.
http://priyadsouza.com/population-of-qatar-by-nationality-in-2017/
Last date of access: June 2017.
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