Pravasi Bharatiya Divas --- Statistics and facts

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin
Statistics
Continent / Country Articles Overseas Indian Population
Asia 13,700,000
Pakistan Mohajir 4,100,000 Nepal 4,000,000
Malaysia Malaysian Indian, Chitty, Tamil diaspora 2,400,000
Myanmar Burmese Indians, Myanmar Indian Muslims,Anglo-Indian 2,000,000
Saudi Arabia 1,500,000
United Arab Emirates Indians in the United Arab Emirates 1,300,000
Sri Lanka Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka (As opposed to native Sri Lankan Tamils) 850,000[Oman 450,000
Singapore Indian Singaporean, Tamil diaspora 320,000
Kuwait 295,000
Bahrain 150,000
Qatar 125,000
Thailand 65,000
China (PRC, ROC, Hong Kong) South Asians in Hong Kong, Indians in Hong Kong 62,300 Philippines Indian Filipino, Filipinos of Indian descent 125,000
Indonesia Indian Indonesian, Tamil diaspora 55,000
Israel Indians in Israel 45,000
Japan 18,906
Lebanon 11,000
Maldives 9,000
Brunei 7,600
South Korea 2,700
Syria 1,800
Bhutan 1,500
Kazakhstan 1,200
Afghanistan 1000
Iran Indians in Iran 800
Uzbekistan 700
Turkmenistan 700
Vietnam Indians in Vietnam 320
Cambodia 300
Turkey 300
Laos 125
Kyrgyzstan 100[
Europe 3,950,000
United Kingdom Indian British 1,600,000
Netherlands Hindoestanen 217,000
France Indo French 75,000
Italy Indo Italian 71,500
Portugal Indo Portuguese 70,
Spain Indo Spanish 29,000
Russia 16,000Switzerland 13,
Austria 12,000
Sweden 11,000
Belgium Indians in Belgium 7,000
Greece 7,
Norway 6,
Ukraine 3,500
Denmark 2,500
Republic of Ireland 1,600
Finland 1,200
Americas 4,700,000+
United States Indian American, Indo-Caribbean American,South Asian American 2,662,112[
Canada Indo-Canadian, Tamil Canadians 960,000
Trinidad and Tobago Indo-Trinidadian, Indo-Caribbean 525,000
Guyana Indo-Guyanese, Indo-Caribbean 327,000
Suriname Hindoestanen 175,000
Jamaica Indo-Jamaican, Indo-Caribbean 90,000
Guadeloupe Indo-Caribbean 41,000
Cuba Indo-Caribbean 34,000
Brazil Asian Latin American 16,900
Grenada Indo-Grenadians, Indo-Caribbean 12,000
Panama Indo-Caribbean, Indians in Panama 9,000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Indo-Caribbean 21,500[citation needed] St. Lucia Indo-Caribbean 4,700 Puerto Rico Asian Latin American 4,500[citation needed] Barbados Indians in Barbados, Indo-Caribbean 2,200

Argentina Asian Latin American 1,600
Saint Kitts and Nevis Indo-Caribbean 1,100
Venezuela Asian Latin American, Indo-Caribbean 690
Chile Indian Chilean 650
Netherlands Antilles Indo-Caribbean 600
Belize Indo-Caribbean, Asian Latin American 500
Mexico Indian Mexicans 400
Antigua and Barbuda Indo-Caribbean 300
Peru Asian Latin American 145
Colombia Asian Latin American 20
Africa 2,800,000
South Africa Indian South Africans,Asians in South Africa 1,300,000
Mauritius Indo-Mauritian 855,000
Réunion Indo-Réunionnaise 220,000
Kenya Indians in Kenya 100,000
Tanzania Indians in Tanzania 90,000
Uganda Indians in Uganda 90,000
Madagascar Indians in Madagascar 28,000
Nigeria Indian Language School 25,000
Mozambique Indians in Mozambique 21,000
Libya 20,
Zimbabwe Indians in Zimbabwe 16,000
Libya 12,400
Botswana Indians in Botswana 9,000
Zambia Indians in Zambia 6,000
Seychelles Indo-Seychellois 5,000
Ghana 3,800
Eritrea 1,753
Côte d'Ivoire 300
Namibia 110

Oceania 600,000
Fiji Indians in Fiji 340,000
Australia Indian Australian 235,000
New Zealand Indo Kiwi 105,

Total Overseas Indian Population ~25,000,000

A non-resident Indian (NRI) is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country, a person of Indian origin who is born outside India, or a person of Indian origin who resides outside India. Other terms with the same meaning are overseas Indian and expatriate Indian. In common usage, this often includes Indian born individuals (and also people of other nations with Indian blood) who have taken the citizenship of other countries.
A Person of Indian Origin (PIO) is usually a person of Indian origin who is not a citizen of India. For the purposes of issuing a PIO Card, the Indian government considers anyone of Indian origin up to four generations removed, to be a PIO. [2] Spouses of people entitled to a PIO card in their own right can also carry PIO cards. This latter category includes foreign spouses of Indian nationals, regardless of ethnic origin. PIO Cards exempt holders from many restrictions applying to foreign nationals, such as visa and work permit requirements, along with certain other economic limitations.
The NRI and PIO population across the world is estimated at over 30 million (not including Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan diasporas).
The Indian government recently introduced the "Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)" scheme in order to allow a limited form of dual citizenship to Indians, NRIs and PIOs for the first time since independence in 1947. It is expected that the PIO Card scheme will be phased out in coming years in favour of OCI.
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