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Indian diaspora
Indian citizens and persons of Indian origin living abroad / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Overseas Indians (ISO: Pravāsī Bhāratīya), officially Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origin (PIOs) are Indians who reside or originate outside of India.[30][31] According to the Government of India, Non-Resident Indians are citizens of India who currently are not living in India, while the term People of Indian Origin refers to people of Indian birth or ancestry who are citizens of countries other than India (with some exceptions). Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) is given to People of Indian Origin and to persons who are not People of Indian Origin but married to Indian citizen or People of Indian Origin. Persons with OCI status are known as Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs).[32] The OCI status is a permanent visa for visiting India with a foreign passport.
Pravāsī Bhāratīya | |
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Total population | |
c. 32,285,425 (2023 estimate)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 4,946,306 (indian ancestry and immigrants)[2] |
![]() | 3,425,144 (immigrants)[1][3] |
![]() | 1,884,476 (immigrants)(2022 census) [4] |
![]() | 2,012,600 (immigrants)[5] |
![]() | 2,009,207 (Indian ancestry)[1][6] |
![]() | 1,858,755 (Indian ancestry)[7][lower-alpha 1] |
![]() | 1,697,506 (Indian ancestry)[8] |
![]() | 1,451,862 (Indian ancestry)[9] |
![]() | 1,375,667 (immigrants)[10] |
![]() | 1,152,175 (immigrants)[10][11] |
![]() | 1,000,000 (immigrants)[12] |
![]() | 804,500 (Indian ancestry)[1] |
![]() | 802,323 (immigrants)[13] |
![]() | 702,013 (immigrants)[10] |
![]() | 673,352 (Indian ancestry)[14] |
![]() | 426,941 (Indian ancestry)[10] |
![]() | 468,524 (Indian ancestry)[15] |
![]() | 362,274 (Indian ancestry)[16] |
![]() | 326,658 (immigrants)[1] |
![]() | 315,198 (Indian ancestry)[1] |
![]() | 299,382 (Indian ancestry)[1] |
![]() | 297,300 (Indian ancestry)[1] |
![]() | 247,000 (immigrants)[17] |
![]() | 239,193 (Indian ancestry)[18] |
![]() | 237,205 (Indian ancestry)[1] |
![]() | 162,492 (immigrants)[19] |
![]() | 127,014 (immigrants)[20] |
![]() | 125,900 (Indian ancestry)[21] |
![]() | 120,000 (Indian ancestry)[22] |
![]() | 100,000 (Indian ancestry and immigrants)[1] |
![]() | 65,486 (Indian ancestry)[23] |
![]() | 65,399 (immigrants)[24] |
![]() | 60,679 (immigrants)[25] |
![]() | 60,000 (immigrants)[1] |
![]() | 58,983 (immigrants)[26] |
![]() | 56,050 (immigrants)(55,500 are NRI; 550 are PIO)(permanent residents have Indian ancestry)[1][27] |
![]() | 58,094 (immigrants)[28] |
![]() | 46,326 (immigrants)[29] |
Languages | |
Languages of India | |
Religion | |
Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Baháʼí, Judaism |
According to a Ministry of External Affairs report, there are 29 million NRIs and PIOs (including OCIs) residing outside India; and overseas Indians comprise the world's largest overseas diaspora.[1] Every year, 2.5 million (25 lakh) Indians migrate overseas, which is the highest annual number of migrants in the world.[33]