Lusail stadium where the opening and closing World Cup 2022 matches take place (Photo: David Ramos/ Getty Images)

According to FIFA, there is a special category of tickets available only to residents of host nation Qatar and fans in the Gulf Arab state have bought the largest number of tickets.

The countries with people buying most tickets are Canada, the UK, France, Germany, India, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the US.

FIFA is expected to sell a total of 3 million tickets during the World Cup scheduled for November this year.