India Statistics

Overseas Indians: NRIs & PIOs 21,608,350 

Country Total NRI PIO
Total21,608,3509,734,25111,873,903
Afghanistan3,7493,7490
Albania20200
Algeria4504473
Andorra1401400
Angola1,5001,5000
Antigua & Barbuda63020610
Argentina1,4003001,100
Armenia4504455
Aruba3003000
Australia448,430213,710234,720
Austria25,00014,00011,000
Azerbaijan50047030
Bahamas41040010
Bahrain350,000350,0000
Bangladesh10,01210,00012
Barbados3,3303303,000
Belarus6026002
Belgium16,0006,5009,500
Bolivia1821820
Bosnia and Herzegovina30300
Botswana11,0009,0002,000
Brazil1,000800200
Brunei Darussalam7,0477,00047
Bulgaria2502500
Burkina Faso1551550
Burundi25020050
Cambodia1,5001,5000
Canada1,000,000200,000800,000
Cayman Islands86085010
Chile1,200350850
China67,00067,0000
China (Hong Kong)37,25023,00014,250
China (Taiwan)2,5252,50025
Colombia1161160
Comoros30050250
Congo (Dem Rep of)4,0003,600400
Costa Rica990
Cote d’Ivore4704700
Croatia503713
Cuba20317
Cyprus4,0003,900100
Czech Republic1,0501,00050
Denmark6,4193,9272,492
Djibouti3503500
Dominica (Commonwealth of)53030500
Dominican Republic1037
East Timor70700
Ecuador34340
Egypt3,5003,300200
El Salavador25241
Equatorial Guinea1001000
Eritrea5005000
Estonia1006535
Ethiopia9949922
Fiji313,798800312,998
Finland3,5002,800700
France65,00010,00055,000
France (Reunion Island)275,200200275,000
France (Guadeloupe St.Martinique)145,0000145,000
Gambia6006000
Georgia2002000
Germany70,50042,50028,000
Ghana7,1006,997107
Greece12,10012,000100
Grenada5,1001005,000
Guatemala24213
Guinea (Republic of)2532530
Guinea Bissau60600
Guyana320,200200320,000
Honduras52646
Hungary35030320
Iceland301101200
Indonesia85,00015,00070,000
Iran1,4301,4300
Iraq9,0008,9955
Ireland19,36518,0181,347
Israel78,2008,00070,000
Italy71,90770,6521,255
Jamaica53,5003,50050,000
Japan22,33522,3350
Jordan7,0006,97525
Kazakhstan2,5502,50050
Kenya75,00037,50037,500
Kiribati14410
Korea (DPR)330
Korea (Republic of)6,7326,72111
Kuwait579,390579,058332
Kyrgyzstan2,5002,5000
Lao PDR30025050
Latvia40400
Lebanon10,00010,0000
Lesotho (Kingdom of)1,200800400
Liberia1,4961,4951
Libya15,00014,9955
Liechtenstein (Principality of)330
Lithuania80719
Luxembourg1,000500500
Macedonia10100
Madagascar22,5002,50020,000
Malaysia2,050,000150,0001,900,000
Malawi7,0001,5005,500
Maldives26,00126,0001
Mali1021020
Malta1581508
Marshall Islands (Republic of)15141
Mauritania20200
Mauritius882,22015,000867,220
Micronesia330
Moldova18153
Mongolia60600
Montserrat21010200
Morocco4000400
Mozambique21,0001,00020,000
Myanmar356,5603,160353,400
Namibia16014020
Nauru21417
Nepal600,000112,500487,500
Netherlands201,0006,000195,000
Netherlands Antilles4,5004,5000
New Zealand107,00037,00070,000
Nicaragua16151
Niger40400
Nigeria30,00030,0000
Niue330
Norway12,8283,4799,349
Oman557,713556,0001,713
Palau (Republic of)14140
Palestine (PLO)81801
Panama6,5006,5000
Papua New Guinea8008000
Paraguay40070330
Peru31627343
Philippines50,00047,0003,000
Poland2,1001,845255
Portugal80,00011,27268,728
Qatar500,000500,0000
Romania94887870
Russian Federation14,20014,063137
Rwanda54050040
Samoa704030
Sao Tome and Principe (Republic of)330
Saudi Arabia1,789,0001,789,0000
Senegal3003000
Serbia and Montenegro (State of)28235
Seychelles8,5004,0004,500
Sierra Leone5295290
Singapore590,000270,000320,000
Slovak Republic803545
Slovenia463412
Soloman Islands20200
South Africa1,218,00018,0001,200,000
Spain30,00015,00015,000
Sri Lanka1,600,5005001,600,000
St. Kitts and Nevis450300150
St. Lucia5,2502505,000
St. Vincent & the Grenadines3,050503,000
Sudan7,0005,0002,000
Suriname140,300300140,000
Swaziland55050500
Sweden18,0004,00014,000
Switzerland15,5777,8427,735
Syria65063515
Tajikistan3693627
Tanzania54,7005,30049,400
Thailand150,00090,00060,000
Togo3023020
Trinidad & Tobago551,5001,500550,000
Tunisia1121075
Turkey34530540
Turkmenistan7007000
Turks & Caicos Islands81080010
Uganda20,00015,0005,000
Ukraine4,0003,850150
UAE1,702,9111,700,0002,911
UK1,500,0001,500,0000
USA2,245,239927,2831,317,956
Uruguay70700
Uzbekistan2002000
Vanuatu50500
Venezuela2002000
Vietnam78075030
Yemen111,00011,000100,000
Zambia13,0005,0008,000
Zimbabwe10,50050010,000

Source: The Ministry of Indian Overseas Affairs