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People from abroad in Qatar, and Qatar's people abroad

compatriots.net finds 121,472 people from abroad holding company roles, research posts or other documented positions in Qatar, from 192 countries of origin; 879 of them are recorded by an official register.

The largest groups come from India, United Kingdom, United States.

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Where they come from

India30,575United Kingdom13,036United States12,384Egypt12,124Philippines11,809Pakistan4,759Jordan4,054Lebanon3,621Canada2,847Australia2,269France2,156Sri Lanka1,949Other31,257
Country of originPeople
India30,575
United Kingdom13,036
United States12,384
Egypt12,124
Philippines11,809
Pakistan4,759
Jordan4,054
Lebanon3,621
Canada2,847
Australia2,269
France2,156
Sri Lanka1,949
Syria1,714
Indonesia1,498
South Africa1,237
Türkiye1,126
Sudan1,043
Spain998
Nigeria945
Tunisia875
United Arab Emirates837
Italy803
Malaysia801
Germany767
Bangladesh746
Netherlands728
Romania631
Kenya584
Ireland548
Algeria545
China541
Poland485
Brazil475
Greece474
Saudi Arabia465
Morocco449
Russian Federation432
Switzerland423
Iraq421
Nepal415
Other10,251

Industries

Industry is not available for this register.

Qatar's people abroad

Abroad, 9,662 people from Qatar are documented in 131 other countries.

United Kingdom3,540United States2,659Bahrain864United Arab Emirates659Canada603India477France439Netherlands311Australia294Germany279Egypt253Cayman Islands220Other3,128
Host countryPeople
United Kingdom3,540
United States2,659
Bahrain864
United Arab Emirates659
Canada603
India477
France439
Netherlands311
Australia294
Germany279
Egypt253
Cayman Islands220
Lebanon200
Switzerland178
Kuwait168
Spain138
Denmark137
Saudi Arabia129
Jordan111
Pakistan102
Virgin Islands, British95
Italy86
Malaysia81
Singapore74
Iraq73
Philippines70
Ireland68
Belgium66
Indonesia61
Brazil61
China56
Türkiye56
Sweden54
Greece54
South Africa53
Oman52
Norway49
Austria48
Malta44
New Zealand37
Other727

Qatar's company register lists 17,057 officer rows, 653 with a stated nationality (self-stamp rate 0.69; above 0.98 the field is ignored as it only repeats the register's own country).

Some company details from this register are incomplete in the current build; the people counts are not affected.

Counts are people with a documented cross-border move: an official register's nationality or birthplace, ORCID/VIAF/Wikidata records, or a dated study-then-work transition. Name-based estimates and heritage (ancestral) readings are not included in these counts. Groups under 5 people are folded into "Other".

Names from Qatar in other registers (estimate)

How many company officers abroad carry names that a name-origin model places in Qatar. This includes people whose families left generations ago, which the documented counts above cannot see. These are expected counts, not people, and no individual is labelled by them.

Host countryExpected people
United States †340
Switzerland30
Spain †30
Canada †20
Kuwait20
Belgium20
Croatia10
Malaysia8
Jordan †7
Peru6
Panama †6
Hungary5
Austria5
Albania5
Jersey †5
Other30

Registers where the estimate fails, or cannot take, a check against recorded nationality are left out, among them United Kingdom, France, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Virgin Islands, British. † marks a host where most names point abroad; read its figure as ancestry, not migration. How this is estimated.

Aggregate statistics from official company registers, ORCID, VIAF and Wikidata, compiled by compatriots.net · data build v3_20261103. No individual is named on this page. See methodology & privacy.