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Migration in India

Statistics report about migration in India

This statistical report features key statistics on migration in India. The report consists of global overview of migration followed by overview of India. The next chapters provide relevant information on different types of migrations such as internal migration, emigration and forced migration.

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Global overview

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  • Premium Statistic Countries with largest immigrant populations worldwide 2024
  • Premium Statistic Countries with lowest migrant populations as a share of total population 2020
  • Premium Statistic Countries with the biggest emigration of millionaires 2022
  • Basic Statistic Natural disasters in 2024 that caused the most displacements
  • Premium Statistic Countries with highest number of Indian migrants 2025
  • Premium Statistic Top 100 corridors with the highest remittance flows worldwide 2021

India overview

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  • Basic Statistic Net migration in India 1960-2025
  • Premium Statistic Number of emigrants and immigrants in India 1995-2020
  • Premium Statistic Share of emigrants and immigrants in India 1995-2020
  • Premium Statistic Foreign students enrolled in India 2022, by country of origin

Internal migration

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  • Premium Statistic Share of migrants in rural India 2020-2021, by migration status
  • Premium Statistic Share of migrants in urban India 2020-2021, by migration status
  • Premium Statistic States with the highest share of external migrants India 2021
  • Premium Statistic States with the highest share of intra-state migrants India 2020-2021
  • Premium Statistic Highest inter-state job related migration India 2020 -2021

Emigration

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  • Premium Statistic Number of overseas Indians 2025, by type
  • Premium Statistic Number of Indians renouncing citizenship India 2011-2024
  • Premium Statistic Number of work emigrants India 2020-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of Indian students emigrated abroad 2016-2025
  • Premium Statistic Annual value of outgoing and incoming remittance flow in India 2021, by country
  • Premium Statistic Value of NRI deposits India 2020-2023 by type

Forced migration

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  • Basic Statistic Refugee population in India 1989-2023
  • Premium Statistic Growth in refugees granted asylum India 1990-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of refugees in India 2025, by source country or region
  • Premium Statistic Number of new asylum requests by Indians in Canada 1996-2019
  • Premium Statistic Number of new asylum requests by Indians in the United States 1996-2016
  • Premium Statistic Internal displacements from weather-related disasters in India 2008-2023
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