Citizens and nationals of India
Ethnic group
Indians c. 1.4 billion Indian diaspora :c. 17.9 million [1] United States 4,506,308[2] Saudi Arabia 3,255,864[3] Malaysia 2,975,000[3] United Arab Emirates 2,803,751[3] Canada 1,858,755[a] United Kingdom 1,825,000[3] Sri Lanka 1,614,000[3] South Africa 1,560,000[3] Nigeria 1,000,000[4] Mauritius 894,500[3] Oman 796,001[5] Australia 700,000[6] Kuwait 700,000[7] Qatar 650,000[8] Nepal 600,000[9] Bangladesh 500,000-1,000,000[10] Germany 161,000-1,000,000+[11] [5] Trinidad and Tobago 468,524[5] Thailand 465,000[5] Bahrain 400,000[5] Guyana 327,000[5] Fiji 315,000[5] Réunion (Overseas France ) 297,300[12] Singapore 250,300[13] Netherlands 240,000[5] Italy 197,301[5] New Zealand 155,178[14] Suriname 148,000[5] Indonesia 120,000[5] Israel 85,000[15] France 58,983[16] Japan 46,000[17] Portugal 24,550+[18] Brazil 23,254[19] Ireland 20,000+[20] Poland 9,900[21] Cayman Islands 1,218[22] Languages of India , including: Majority:
Minorities:
Indian people or Indians are the citizens and nationals of the Republic of India . In 2022, the population of India stood at 1.4 billion people. According to UN forecasts, India overtook China as the world's most populous country by the end of April 2023, containing 17.50 percent of the global population.[25] [26] [27] In addition to the Indian population, the Indian overseas diaspora also boasts large numbers, particularly in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and the Western world .[5]
While the demonym "Indian" applies to people originating from the present-day Republic of India , it was also used as the identifying term for people originating from what is now Pakistan and Bangladesh prior to the Partition of India in 1947.[28] [29]
Particularly in North America , the terms "Asian Indian" and "East Indian" are sometimes used to differentiate Indians from the indigenous peoples of the Americas . Although the misidentification of indigenous Americans as Indians occurred during the European colonization of the Americas , the term "Indian" is still used as an identifier for indigenous populations in North America and the Caribbean . This usage is growing rarer, as terms such as indigenous, Amerindian, and specifically First Nations in Canada , and Native American in the United States , are widely used in official discourse and in law.
^ Singh, Ruchi (7 March 2022). "Origin of World's Largest Migrant Population, India Seeks to Leverage Immigration" . migrationpolicy.org . Retrieved 5 November 2022 .
^ "Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States" . Census.gov . Retrieved 4 November 2022 .
^ a b c d e f g "Population of Overseas Indians (Compiled in December, 2017)" (PDF) . Ministry of External Affairs . 21 December 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2023 .
^ "There are only 50,000 Nigerians living in India, but there are over a million Indians living in Nigeria" . aljazeera . Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2022 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Population of Overseas Indians" (PDF) . Ministry of External Affairs (India) . 31 December 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016 .
^ "Indians are becoming visible in Australia like never before" . Lowy Institute. 28 May 2021.
^ "Kuwait MP seeks five-year cap on expat workers' stay" . Gulf News . 30 January 2014.
^ "Population of Qatar by nationality - 2017 report" . Retrieved 7 February 2017 .
^ "About India-Nepal Relations" . Embassy of India, Kathmandu, Nepal . February 2020.
^ "Dhaka has a question: what about the illegal Indian immigrants in Bangladesh?" . Scroll.in. 16 May 2014.
^ Immigration from outside Europe almost doubled Archived 9 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine . Federal Institute for Population Research. Retrieved 1 March 2017
^ "Population of Overseas Indians" . mea.gov.in . Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. 15 February 2023. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023 .
^ "Population in Brief 2015" (PDF) . Singapore Government . September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016 .
^ "[Stats NZ" . stats.govt.nz . Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .
^ "Indian Community in Israel" . indembassyisrael.gov.in . Retrieved 13 March 2021 .
^ "Population on 1 January by age group, sex and country of birth" . europa.eu . Eurostat. 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023 .
^ 令和5年6月末現在における在留外国人数について
^ [1] Archived 14 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine Portugal signs agreement with India on labour recruitment of Indian citizens, Observador with Lusa Agency, in Portuguese, Retrieved 14.12.2022.
^ "Imigrantes internacionais registrados no Brasil" . www.nepo.unicamp.br . Retrieved 20 August 2021 .
^ "Indian Community In Ireland" . irelandindiacouncil.ie . Ireland India Council. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018.
^ "Cudzoziemcy w Polsce po 2020 r. - Urząd do Spraw Cudzoziemców - Portal Gov.pl" . Urząd do Spraw Cudzoziemców .
^ "Labour Force Indicators by Sex, 2014- 2019" . eso.ky . Archived from the original on 7 March 2022.
^ "Meitei" . Ethnologue . Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
^ "Manipuri language | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 12 February 2023 . Manipuri language, Manipuri Meiteilon, also called Meitei (Meetei), a Tibeto-Burman language spoken predominantly in Manipur, a northeastern state of India.
^ "India to overtake China as world's most populous country in April 2023, United Nations projects" . United Nations . 24 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023 .
^ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah; correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia (24 April 2023). "India overtakes China to become world's most populous country" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 12 July 2023 .
^ "India's population to surpass China this week - UN" . BBC. April 24, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
^ Stern, Robert W. (2001). Democracy and Dictatorship in South Asia: Dominant Classes and Political Outcomes in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh . Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 6. ISBN 9780275970413 .
^ Henry Newman (1921). The Calcutta Review . University of Calcutta . p. 252. I have also found that Bombay is India, Satara is India, Bangalore is India, Madras is India, Delhi, Lahore, the Khyber, Lucknow, Calcutta, Cuttack, Shillong, etc., are all India.
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