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People Statistics · Country

Born abroad in India

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

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

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Latest value · 2024 0.3% −0.1 pp since 2020
Countries · 2024 39 of 42 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2010 −0.2 pp
vs World −3.4 pp World: 3.7% · 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

2005 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2020 2015 2010 2005 2000 1995 1990
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryBorn abroad
1 Hong Kong SAR China 39.4%
2 Saudi Arabia 32.1%
3 Canada 18.8%
4 Gabon 16.0%
5 Germany 13.7%
6 United States 13.4%
7 Lebanon 11.9%
8 France 11.1%
9 Greece 10.8%
10 Netherlands 10.5%
11 United Kingdom 9.9%
12 Spain 9.9%
13 Congo - Brazzaville 8.6%
14 Russia 8.1%
15 Norway 7.8%
16 Czechia 6.5%
17 Lithuania 6.1%
18 Italy 5.6%
19 Argentina 4.2%
20 Finland 3.7%
21 Sierra Leone 2.7%
22 Liberia 2.6%
23 Poland 1.9%
24 Türkiye 1.9%
25 Chile 1.5%
26 Congo - Kinshasa 1.1%
27 Ecuador 1.0%
28 Yemen 0.8%
29 Bulgaria 0.8%
30 Bangladesh 0.7%
31 Mexico 0.7%
32 Romania 0.7%
33 Algeria 0.6%
34 India 0.5%
35 South Korea 0.5%
36 Egypt 0.4%
37 Honduras 0.4%
38 Colombia 0.3%
39 Brazil 0.3%
40 Philippines 0.2%
41 China 0.1%
42 Indonesia 0.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2005

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).