Qatar
Net migration rate in Qatar
Net migration rate in Qatar: 0 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 13.4 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 13.4 per 1,000 people
- Since 1950
- +13.4 per 1,000 people
- Rank, 2023
- 13 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- 0.2 per 1,000 people
- UN projection (medium variant)
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -48.9 per 1,000 people and 43.4 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 209.9 per 1,000 people in 2006, the lowest -18 per 1,000 people in 2020.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Qatar |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.4 |
| 2022 | 27.7 |
| 2021 | 8.7 |
| 2020 | -18 |
| 2019 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 4.5 |
| 2017 | 17.3 |
| 2016 | 46.1 |
| 2015 | 73.1 |
| 2014 | 87.8 |
| 2013 | 65.7 |
| 2012 | 40.4 |
| 2011 | 42.7 |
| 2010 | 53 |
| 2009 | 77.7 |
| 2008 | 116 |
| 2007 | 203.3 |
| 2006 | 209.9 |
| 2005 | 83.6 |
| 2004 | 16.2 |
| 2003 | 29.9 |
| 2002 | 31.4 |
| 2001 | 33.1 |
| 2000 | 35.3 |
| 1999 | 37.3 |
| 1998 | 39 |
| 1997 | 35.5 |
| 1996 | 10.4 |
| 1995 | 11 |
| 1994 | 11.3 |
| 1993 | 11.7 |
| 1992 | 12.1 |
| 1991 | 12.2 |
| 1990 | 11.9 |
| 1989 | 11.9 |
| 1988 | 12.5 |
| 1987 | 13.6 |
| 1986 | 17 |
| 1985 | 26.8 |
| 1984 | 29.1 |
| 1983 | 31.7 |
| 1982 | 34.1 |
| 1981 | 36.3 |
| 1980 | 38.2 |
| 1979 | 40.5 |
| 1978 | 43.2 |
| 1977 | 46.4 |
| 1976 | 50.2 |
| 1975 | 54.6 |
| 1974 | 59.8 |
| 1973 | 65.8 |
| 1972 | 72.8 |
| 1971 | 81 |
| 1970 | 90.9 |
| 1969 | 75.6 |
| 1968 | 79.2 |
| 1967 | 81.5 |
| 1966 | 81.5 |
| 1965 | 79.3 |
| 1964 | 82.4 |
| 1963 | 85 |
| 1962 | 84.5 |
| 1961 | 80.3 |
| 1960 | 44 |
| 1959 | 23.3 |
| 1958 | 12.3 |
| 1957 | 5.9 |
| 1956 | 2.3 |
| 1955 | 0.9 |
| 1954 | 0 |
| 1953 | 0 |
| 1952 | 0 |
| 1951 | 0 |
| 1950 | 0 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Qatar |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.1-55.4–65.3 |
| 2025 | 11.7-64.7–79.3 |
| 2026 | 7.8-69.5–83.9 |
| 2027 | 4.3-51.3–95.1 |
| 2028 | 3-48.4–93.9 |
| 2029 | 1.8-51.8–88.5 |
| 2030 | 0.7-47.5–85 |
| 2031 | 0.7-48.9–82.4 |
| 2032 | 0.7-49.3–82.8 |
| 2033 | 0.7-46–84.5 |
| 2034 | 0.7-43.2–84.6 |
| 2035 | 0.7-46.5–85.3 |
| 2036 | 0.7-49.7–80.9 |
| 2037 | 0.7-50–77.6 |
| 2038 | 0.7-47.2–81.6 |
| 2039 | 0.7-47.3–80.9 |
| 2040 | 0.7-42.4–77.3 |
| 2041 | 0.7-43.4–76.1 |
| 2042 | 0.7-43.1–76.3 |
| 2043 | 0.7-40.5–74.9 |
| 2044 | 0.7-41.9–76.8 |
| 2045 | 0.7-40–72.7 |
| 2046 | 0.7-39.3–72.6 |
| 2047 | 0.7-41–67.6 |
| 2048 | 0.7-38.4–70.8 |
| 2049 | 0.7-39.2–69.3 |
| 2050 | 0.7-38.4–69 |
| 2051 | 0.7-38.3–70.3 |
| 2052 | 0.7-38.7–69.4 |
| 2053 | 0.7-38.9–71.9 |
| 2054 | 0.7-39.2–70.5 |
| 2055 | 0.7-41.1–69.3 |
| 2056 | 0.6-42.1–67.6 |
| 2057 | 0.7-41.8–71 |
| 2058 | 0.6-43.1–69.1 |
| 2059 | 0.6-43.5–66.9 |
| 2060 | 0.6-43.9–65.1 |
| 2061 | 0.6-43.2–65.5 |
| 2062 | 0.6-44.9–70.1 |
| 2063 | 0.7-45.9–64.2 |
| 2064 | 0.6-50.1–64.6 |
| 2065 | 0.6-50.3–59.6 |
| 2066 | 0.6-49–64.8 |
| 2067 | 0.6-46–62.3 |
| 2068 | 0.6-48.7–60 |
| 2069 | 0.6-45.6–58 |
| 2070 | 0.6-47.9–61.3 |
| 2071 | 0.5-46–58.7 |
| 2072 | 0.5-50.7–59.2 |
| 2073 | 0.5-48.5–59.8 |
| 2074 | 0.5-46.7–61.6 |
| 2075 | 0.5-53.7–58.8 |
| 2076 | 0.5-49.9–59.7 |
| 2077 | 0.5-48.9–58.5 |
| 2078 | 0.4-51.1–53.7 |
| 2079 | 0.4-46.9–53.8 |
| 2080 | 0.4-50.5–52 |
| 2081 | 0.3-48.6–53.9 |
| 2082 | 0.4-48.9–52.1 |
| 2083 | 0.3-52.6–55.1 |
| 2084 | 0.3-52.2–51.6 |
| 2085 | 0.3-53.8–50.8 |
| 2086 | 0.3-53.2–53.6 |
| 2087 | 0.3-53–50.6 |
| 2088 | 0.3-50.4–51.5 |
| 2089 | 0.3-55.2–51.7 |
| 2090 | 0.3-50.3–48.5 |
| 2091 | 0.2-50–48.9 |
| 2092 | 0.2-52.8–48.8 |
| 2093 | 0.2-51.8–46.2 |
| 2094 | 0.2-50.5–48.9 |
| 2095 | 0.2-52.4–47.4 |
| 2096 | 0.2-54–44.7 |
| 2097 | 0.2-51.1–44.1 |
| 2098 | 0.2-48.5–47.2 |
| 2099 | 0.2-54.2–43.5 |
| 2100 | 0.2-48.9–43.4 |
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
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- Military spending6.5% of GDP in 2022
- Military spending in US dollars$16.1B in 2022
- Military spending per person$5,428 in 2022
- Military share of state spending26.9% of government spending in 2022
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.07% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1.05 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2025