Qatar - Net Migration 2008
165,572
−80,131 from 2007
Qatar's net migration was 165,572 in 2008, decreased +80,131 from 245,703 in 2007. This was the 201st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bangladesh | -1.2M | -2.2% |
| 2nd | India | -1.0M | 1.7% |
| 3rd | China | -764,370 | 26.6% |
| 4th | Philippines | -498,480 | -120.6% |
| 5th | Syrian Arab Republic | -402,393 | -150.2% |
| 6th | Nepal | -261,540 | -3.6% |
| 7th | Peru | -235,307 | 0.6% |
| 8th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -192,199 | -11.1% |
| 9th | Tanzania | -184,816 | -45.8% |
| 10th | Myanmar | -180,533 | 2.4% |
| 11th | Uganda | -158,790 | -2.6% |
| 12th | Côte d'Ivoire | -150,037 | -15.3% |
| 13th | Romania | -144,368 | -8.5% |
| 14th | Brazil | -141,056 | -31.2% |
| 15th | Pakistan | -140,746 | -124.4% |
| 16th | Zimbabwe | -113,858 | 3.8% |
| 17th | Mozambique | -102,534 | -2.0% |
| 18th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -102,035 | -1,303.8% |
| 19th | Sri Lanka | -97,144 | 11.4% |
| 20th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -82,339 | 17.4% |
| 21st | Indonesia | -81,364 | -5.2% |
| 22nd | Moldova | -79,593 | -5.1% |
| 23rd | Morocco | -78,912 | -7.0% |
| 24th | Sudan | -73,188 | 63.7% |
| 25th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -68,140 | -4.3% |
| 26th | Senegal | -67,812 | -1.9% |
| 27th | Kyrgyz Republic | -64,404 | -18.6% |
| 28th | Colombia | -63,313 | -27.6% |
| 29th | El Salvador | -56,086 | 1.4% |
| 30th | Cambodia | -50,809 | 26.0% |
| 31st | Albania | -50,619 | -1.7% |
| 32nd | Mexico | -50,347 | 52.3% |
| 33rd | Paraguay | -44,679 | 2.7% |
| 34th | Guatemala | -42,624 | -4.9% |
| 35th | Poland | -42,288 | 17.5% |
| 36th | Burkina Faso | -40,725 | -44.4% |
| 37th | Kazakhstan | -37,796 | -44.1% |
| 38th | Dominican Republic | -36,723 | 1.0% |
| 39th | Tajikistan | -34,855 | -6.2% |
| 40th | Guinea | -32,925 | 4.0% |
| 41st | Georgia | -32,463 | -1.0% |
| 42nd | Kosovo | -32,053 | -1.4% |
| 43rd | Rwanda | -31,913 | 1.9% |
| 44th | Nicaragua | -30,675 | 2.2% |
| 45th | Armenia | -29,732 | 0.8% |
| 46th | Cuba | -29,427 | -54.5% |
| 47th | Central African Republic | -28,983 | 4.5% |
| 48th | Lao PDR | -28,318 | -4.0% |
| 49th | Haiti | -27,630 | -2.4% |
| 50th | Mali | -24,509 | -22.9% |
| 51st | Uzbekistan | -24,028 | 11.1% |
| 52nd | West Bank and Gaza | -23,985 | -17.9% |
| 53rd | Germany | -23,341 | 5.8% |
| 54th | Latvia | -22,445 | -179.6% |
| 55th | Puerto Rico (US) | -21,734 | 12.2% |
| 56th | Korea | -19,630 | 53.6% |
| 57th | Tunisia | -17,742 | 16.3% |
| 58th | North Macedonia | -17,645 | -12.4% |
| 59th | Bulgaria | -17,595 | -7.5% |
| 60th | Mongolia | -17,277 | -13.5% |
| 61st | Lithuania | -16,482 | 24.4% |
| 62nd | Jamaica | -16,191 | 2.4% |
| 63rd | Nigeria | -13,646 | -48.9% |
| 64th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -13,418 | 1.8% |
| 65th | Guyana | -13,143 | -1.8% |
| 66th | Argentina | -12,517 | 30.8% |
| 67th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -12,184 | 51.2% |
| 68th | Cameroon | -10,720 | 0.8% |
| 69th | Niger | -9,847 | 2.2% |
| 70th | Eswatini | -9,822 | -5.9% |
| 71st | Fiji | -9,812 | -32.5% |
| 72nd | Uruguay | -9,458 | 12.0% |
| 73rd | Malawi | -9,264 | 59.2% |
| 74th | Ecuador | -8,799 | 8.8% |
| 75th | Namibia | -8,775 | 1.5% |
| 76th | Solomon Islands | -5,538 | -2.9% |
| 77th | Lesotho | -5,392 | -4.1% |
| 78th | Honduras | -5,039 | 0.0% |
| 79th | Mauritania | -3,860 | 77.4% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | -3,624 | 2.9% |
| 81st | Montenegro | -3,326 | -8.8% |
| 82nd | Guinea-Bissau | -3,313 | 9.9% |
| 83rd | Comoros | -3,294 | -4.7% |
| 84th | Samoa | -3,194 | -1.3% |
| 85th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -3,070 | 1.3% |
| 86th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -3,051 | -1.0% |
| 87th | Northern Mariana Islands | -2,962 | 2.9% |
| 88th | French Polynesia | -2,940 | -164.9% |
| 89th | Mauritius | -2,589 | 2.0% |
| 90th | Cabo Verde | -2,340 | -6.4% |
| 91st | Gambia, The | -2,204 | 5.0% |
| 92nd | Guam | -2,177 | 3.4% |
| 93rd | Tonga | -2,177 | -5.8% |
| 94th | Algeria | -2,101 | 91.6% |
| 95th | Estonia | -2,034 | 30.8% |
| 96th | Bhutan | -1,538 | 1.0% |
| 97th | Marshall Islands | -1,467 | 1.6% |
| 98th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,414 | -3.7% |
| 99th | American Samoa | -1,342 | 3.3% |
| 100th | Madagascar | -1,255 | 19.7% |
| 101st | Suriname | -1,255 | 4.3% |
| 102nd | São Tomé and Principe | -1,203 | -6.7% |
| 103rd | Virgin Islands (US) | -957 | -7.8% |
| 104th | Grenada | -683 | -0.3% |
| 105th | Greenland | -522 | -3.4% |
| 106th | Belarus | -495 | 87.7% |
| 107th | Slovak Republic | -495 | 13.3% |
| 108th | Palau | -378 | -1.6% |
| 109th | Vanuatu | -372 | 0.5% |
| 110th | St. Lucia | -331 | 6.0% |
| 111th | Kiribati | -289 | 0.3% |
| 112th | Dominica | -264 | 11.1% |
| 113th | Nauru | -243 | -3.4% |
| 114th | Faroe Islands | -206 | -9.0% |
| 115th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -197 | 1.5% |
| 116th | St. Martin (French part) | -17 | -168.0% |
| 117th | Tuvalu | 10 | 900.0% |
| 118th | Bermuda | 32 | 18.5% |
| 119th | New Caledonia | 41 | -14.6% |
| 120th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 71 | -31.1% |
| 121st | Liechtenstein | 87 | -2.2% |
| 122nd | Seychelles | 105 | -39.3% |
| 123rd | Monaco | 206 | 175.2% |
| 124th | Gibraltar | 256 | -6.2% |
| 125th | San Marino | 268 | -14.6% |
| 126th | Antigua and Barbuda | 369 | -0.5% |
| 127th | Lebanon | 430 | -98.5% |
| 128th | Barbados | 526 | 70.8% |
| 129th | Curaçao | 541 | 1.5% |
| 130th | Aruba | 703 | 4.6% |
| 131st | Channel Islands | 745 | -2.6% |
| 132nd | Jordan | 767 | 104.2% |
| 133rd | Isle of Man | 777 | 3.2% |
| 134th | British Virgin Islands | 793 | 8.6% |
| 135th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 848 | 3.9% |
| 136th | Malta | 869 | -6.2% |
| 137th | Andorra | 947 | -39.5% |
| 138th | Cayman Islands | 975 | -1.5% |
| 139th | Timor-Leste | 1,009 | -52.0% |
| 140th | Iceland | 1,138 | -78.3% |
| 141st | Sierra Leone | 1,182 | 119.6% |
| 142nd | Bahamas, The | 1,474 | -14.6% |
| 143rd | Congo, Republic of | 1,774 | -94.3% |
| 144th | Djibouti | 2,148 | 71.4% |
| 145th | Brunei Darussalam | 2,409 | 5.2% |
| 146th | Belize | 2,627 | 4.2% |
| 147th | Slovenia | 2,971 | -79.1% |
| 148th | Benin | 3,198 | 1,227.0% |
| 149th | Costa Rica | 3,794 | -7.0% |
| 150th | Botswana | 4,343 | 10.6% |
| 151st | Panama | 4,568 | 5.5% |
| 152nd | New Zealand | 4,804 | 57.4% |
| 153rd | Maldives | 6,035 | -2.0% |
| 154th | Croatia | 6,495 | -27.0% |
| 155th | Turkmenistan | 6,734 | 5.4% |
| 156th | Serbia | 7,070 | 0.4% |
| 157th | Luxembourg | 7,969 | 27.6% |
| 158th | Israel | 7,974 | -17.4% |
| 159th | Ukraine | 9,312 | -38.9% |
| 160th | Portugal | 9,478 | -55.0% |
| 161st | Oman | 9,877 | -13.9% |
| 162nd | Macao SAR, China | 11,224 | -1.0% |
| 163rd | Cyprus | 11,887 | -3.6% |
| 164th | Gabon | 13,441 | 11.6% |
| 165th | Togo | 14,303 | 197.2% |
| 166th | Azerbaijan | 15,047 | -12.1% |
| 167th | Libya | 15,260 | 20.7% |
| 168th | Finland | 15,626 | 11.4% |
| 169th | Hungary | 16,166 | 18.0% |
| 170th | Liberia | 17,404 | -73.4% |
| 171st | Eritrea | 17,855 | 198.5% |
| 172nd | Ireland | 18,979 | -75.2% |
| 173rd | Equatorial Guinea | 19,925 | 8.1% |
| 174th | Chile | 22,488 | 11.5% |
| 175th | Yemen, Republic of | 22,621 | 6.7% |
| 176th | Austria | 25,405 | 3.2% |
| 177th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 25,455 | -16.7% |
| 178th | Denmark | 25,775 | 25.4% |
| 179th | Greece | 27,081 | 6.6% |
| 180th | Kenya | 29,612 | 357.6% |
| 181st | Czechia | 29,813 | 6.9% |
| 182nd | Ghana | 30,506 | -7.0% |
| 183rd | Netherlands | 32,406 | 10,759.9% |
| 184th | Chad | 36,446 | 421.4% |
| 185th | South Africa | 36,869 | 1.5% |
| 186th | Zambia | 39,249 | -21.4% |
| 187th | Norway | 44,002 | 9.7% |
| 188th | Bahrain | 47,674 | 0.4% |
| 189th | Türkiye | 47,915 | 125.7% |
| 190th | Papua New Guinea | 48,985 | 1.6% |
| 191st | Sweden | 56,452 | 2.8% |
| 192nd | Belgium | 66,470 | 10.9% |
| 193rd | Burundi | 79,319 | 258.4% |
| 194th | France | 79,528 | -13.5% |
| 195th | Switzerland | 94,430 | 30.3% |
| 196th | Kuwait | 96,268 | -0.5% |
| 197th | Angola | 100,370 | -0.2% |
| 198th | Thailand | 107,333 | 6.8% |
| 199th | Japan | 142,605 | 3.3% |
| 200th | South Sudan | 165,557 | -1.1% |
| 201st | Qatar | 165,572 | -32.6% |
| 202nd | Singapore | 176,182 | -8.4% |
| 203rd | Malaysia | 202,481 | -11.9% |
| 204th | Afghanistan | 215,753 | 125.3% |
| 205th | Canada | 238,083 | 11.4% |
| 206th | United Kingdom | 263,390 | -14.9% |
| 207th | Australia | 275,773 | 10.4% |
| 208th | Russian Federation | 360,840 | -1.3% |
| 209th | Iraq | 396,792 | 148.1% |
| 210th | Italy | 422,534 | -14.7% |
| 211th | Spain | 434,135 | -43.8% |
| 212th | Saudi Arabia | 491,337 | 0.4% |
| 213th | United Arab Emirates | 523,207 | -27.6% |
| 214th | Viet Nam | 571,113 | 9.0% |
| 215th | European Union | 1.0M | -31.1% |
| 216th | United States | 1.4M | 3.3% |
FAQ
What was Qatar's net migration in 2008?▾
Qatar's net migration in 2008 was 165,572. This ranked 201st globally.
How did Qatar's net migration change in 2008?▾
Qatar's net migration decreased by 32.6% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest net migration in 2008?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 2008 at 1.4M.
What is the net migration of Qatar in 2008?▾
The net migration of Qatar in 2008 was 165,572. This ranked 201st globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Qatar's net migration?▾
Qatar's net migration went from 245,703 in 2007 to 165,572 in 2008, a 32.6% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Qatar matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2008. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: -2.4%. View full analysis →
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