 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.