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Born abroad in India

1990 – 2024 · 8 data points 39 of 42 · Countries Updated 21 Oct 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Born abroad, 1990 – 2024 percent · India · World
−0.2 pp since 2010
India World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Compared with Born abroad · percent
India
0.3%
World
3.7%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance India · 1990 – 2024
Latest value 0.3% · 2024
First value 0.8% · 1990
Highest 0.8% · 1990
Lowest 0.3% · 2024
Data points 8

By year

All years · 1990 – 2024

YearIndiaChange World
2024 0.3% −0.1 pp 3.7%
2020 0.4% ±0.0 pp 3.5%
2015 0.4% −0.1 pp 3.3%
2010 0.5% ±0.0 pp 3.2%
2005 0.5% −0.1 pp 2.9%
2000 0.6% −0.1 pp 2.8%
1995 0.7% −0.1 pp 2.8%
1990 0.8% 2.9%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

1995 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBorn abroad
42 South Korea 0.1%
41 Indonesia 0.1%
40 China 0.1%
39 Philippines 0.2%
38 Egypt 0.2%
37 Colombia 0.3%
36 Bulgaria 0.4%
35 Brazil 0.5%
34 Mexico 0.5%
33 Romania 0.6%
32 India 0.7%
31 Yemen 0.8%
30 Bangladesh 0.8%
29 Algeria 0.9%
28 Chile 0.9%
27 Ecuador 1.3%
26 Türkiye 2.0%
25 Finland 2.0%
24 Sierra Leone 2.4%
23 Poland 2.5%
22 Honduras 2.6%
21 Spain 3.1%
20 Italy 3.2%
19 Congo - Kinshasa 4.1%
18 Argentina 4.5%
17 Czechia 5.1%
16 Norway 5.4%
15 Congo - Brazzaville 7.0%
14 United Kingdom 7.2%
13 Lithuania 7.5%
12 Russia 8.0%
11 Greece 8.2%
10 Netherlands 9.0%
9 Liberia 9.6%
8 France 10.2%
7 United States 10.6%
6 Germany 11.7%
5 Lebanon 11.8%
4 Gabon 15.3%
3 Canada 16.5%
2 Saudi Arabia 36.5%
1 Hong Kong SAR China 39.6%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1995

What it means

The share of residents who were born in another country.

How it is calculated

Residents born outside the country divided by the total population (some countries count foreign citizens instead).