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Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | ||
==Immigration into Qatar== | ==Immigration into Qatar== | ||
*The number of people in Qatar fluctuates considerably depending on the season, since the '''country relies heavily on migrant labour'''. | |||
*In early 2017, Qatar's total population was 2.6 million, with '''foreigners making up a vast majority of Qatar's population'''. Only 313,000 of the population (12%) were Qatari citizens, while the remaining 2.3 million (88%) were expatriates. | |||
*The combined number of South Asians (from the countries of the Indian subcontinent including Sri Lanka) by themselves represent over 1.5 million people (60%) of Qatar's population. Among these, '''Indians''' are the largest community, numbering 650,000 in 2017, followed by 350,000 '''Nepalis''', 280,000 '''Bangladeshis''', 145,000 '''Sri Lankans''', and 125,000 '''Pakistanis'''. | |||
*The contingent of expatriates which are not of South Asian origin represent around 28% of Qatar's population, of which the largest group is 260,000 '''Filipinos''' and 200,000 '''Egyptians''', plus many other nationalities (including nationals of other Arab countries, Europeans, etc.).<ref>"Qatar: Demographics", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar#Demographics, accessed 4 August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Qatar== | ==Emigration From Qatar== | ||
'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' | '''KNOMAD Statistics:''' | ||