What is the difference in total number of international immigrants between Oman and Qatar?

53,630 immigrants, with Qatar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Oman and Qatar?

8 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Total number of international immigrants. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Oman vs Qatar: Total number of international immigrants

Oman

2.28 million immigrants

in 2024

Qatar

2.34 million immigrants

in 2024

Oman rank

34th

Qatar rank

32nd

Total number of international immigrants over time

Oman
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 2.34 million immigrants against 2.28 million immigrants in Oman, a difference of 53,630 immigrants.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Oman ahead.

Oman ranks 34th and Qatar ranks 32nd of 232 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Oman averaged higher in 2 and Qatar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Oman	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1990s	532,712 immigrants	261,584 immigrants	271,127 immigrants	Oman
2000s	579,588 immigrants	541,108 immigrants	38,480 immigrants	Oman
2010s	1.32 million immigrants	1.75 million immigrants	433,822 immigrants	Qatar
2020s	2.02 million immigrants	2.26 million immigrants	234,745 immigrants	Qatar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total number of international immigrants, Oman or Qatar?: Qatar, at 2.34 million immigrants against 2.28 million immigrants in Oman as of 2024.
What is the difference in total number of international immigrants between Oman and Qatar?: 53,630 immigrants, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Oman and Qatar?: 8 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Oman and Qatar rank globally for total number of international immigrants?: Oman ranks 34th and Qatar ranks 32nd of 232 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Total number of international immigrants. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Total number of international immigrants
Unit: immigrants
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 1,856 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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