Lok Sabha Question No. 549 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-05
Subject: Indians Settled Abroad
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Prasun Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUEATION NO.549 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2020

## INDIANS SETTLED ABROAD

## 549. SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Indians currently settled abroad country-wise; and
- (b) the estimate of the remittances they send back home?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [SHRI V.MURALEEDHARAN]

- (a) As per the data received from Indian Missions, there are an estimated 13.62 million Indian Nationals abroad. The country-wise data is attached.
- (b) As per the RBI data, during 2018-19, US$ 76.4 billion was received as remittances. During period 2019-20 (April-September), US$ 41.9 billion has been received.

## Number of Indians abroad

|   SI. No. | Country                   | Indians   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|
|         1 | Afghanistan               | 3,087     |
|         2 | Albania                   | 50        |
|         3 | Algeria                   | 3,500     |
|         4 | Andorra                   | 160       |
|         5 | Angola                    | 2,500     |
|         6 | Anguilla                  | 30        |
|         7 | Antigua & Barbuda         | 220       |
|         8 | Argentina                 | 600       |
|         9 | Armenia                   | 3,000     |
|        10 | Aruba                     | 600       |
|        11 | Australia                 | 2,41,000  |
|        12 | Austria and Montenegro    | 13,000    |
|        13 | Azerbaijan                | 1,243     |
|        14 | Bahamas                   | 250       |
|        15 | Bahrain                   | 3,23,292  |
|        16 | Bangladesh                | 10,385    |
|        17 | Barbados                  | 600       |
|        18 | Belarus                   | 420       |
|        19 | Belgium                   | 12,386    |
|        20 | Belize                    | 250       |
|        21 | Benin                     | 1,563     |
|        22 | Bhutan                    | 60,000    |
|        23 | Bolivia                   | 50        |
|        24 | Bonaire & Smaller Islands | 54        |
|        25 | Bosnia & Herzegovina      | 20        |
|        26 | Botswana                  | 3,000     |
|        27 | Brazil                    | 4,729     |
|        28 | British Virgin Islands    | 50        |
|        29 | Brunei Darussalam         | 11,000    |
|        30 | Bulgaria                  | 250       |
|        31 | Burkina Faso              | 200       |
|        32 | Burundi                   | 465       |
|        33 | Cambodia                  | 1,500     |
|        34 | Cameroon                  | 800       |
|        35 | Canada                    | 1,78,410  |
|        36 | Cape Verde Islands        | 20        |
|        37 | Cayman Islands            | 1,500     |
|        38 | Central African Republic  | 100       |
|        39 | Chad                      | 120       |

|   40 | Chile                                       | 1,530    |
|------|---------------------------------------------|----------|
|   41 | China                                       | 55,500   |
|   42 | China (Hong Kong)                           | 31,989   |
|   43 | China (Rep. of) (Taiwan)                    | 4,010    |
|   44 | Colombia                                    | 539      |
|   45 | Comoros                                     | 30       |
|   46 | Congo (Dem. Rep. of)                        | 10,000   |
|   47 | Congo (Republic of)                         | 350      |
|   48 | Cook Island                                 | 5        |
|   49 | Costa Rica                                  | 230      |
|   50 | Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)                 | 1,500    |
|   51 | Croatia                                     | 10       |
|   52 | Cuba                                        | 600      |
|   53 | Curacao                                     | 700      |
|   54 | Cyprus                                      | 7,254    |
|   55 | Czech Republic                              | 1,800    |
|   56 | Denmark                                     | 8,100    |
|   57 | Djibouti                                    | 500      |
|   58 | Dominica (Commonwealth of)                  | 15       |
|   59 | Dominican Republic                          | 54       |
|   60 | East Timor                                  | 70       |
|   61 | Ecuador                                     | 355      |
|   62 | Egypt                                       | 3,950    |
|   63 | EI Salvador                                 | 17       |
|   64 | Equatorial Guinea                           | 250      |
|   65 | Eritrea                                     | 300      |
|   66 | Estonia                                     | 535      |
|   67 | Ethiopia                                    | 5,500    |
|   68 | Fiji                                        | 1,400    |
|   69 | Finland                                     | 5,159    |
|   70 | France                                      | 29,000   |
|   71 | France (Reunion Island)                     | 250      |
|   72 | France (Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Martin) | 420      |
|   73 | Gabon                                       | 1,100    |
|   74 | Gambia                                      | 700      |
|   75 | Georgia                                     | 7,363    |
|   76 | Germany                                     | 1,08,965 |
|   77 | Ghana                                       | 10,000   |
|   78 | Greece                                      | 12,015   |
|   79 | Grenada                                     | 200      |
|   80 | Guatemala                                   | 88       |
|   81 | Guinea (Republic of)                        | 700      |

|   82 | Guinea Bissau                    | 100       |
|------|----------------------------------|-----------|
|   83 | Guyana                           | 600       |
|   84 | Haiti                            | 75        |
|   85 | Holy See                         | 0         |
|   86 | Honduras                         | 17        |
|   87 | Hungary                          | 1,026     |
|   88 | Iceland                          | 257       |
|   89 | Indonesia                        | 7,500     |
|   90 | Iran                             | 4,000     |
|   91 | Iraq                             | 18,000    |
|   92 | Ireland                          | 15,000    |
|   93 | Israel                           | 12,467    |
|   94 | Italy                            | 1,72,301  |
|   95 | Jamaica                          | 5,000     |
|   96 | Japan                            | 38,423    |
|   97 | Jordan                           | 17,330    |
|   98 | Kazakhstan                       | 7,520     |
|   99 | Kenya                            | 20,000    |
|  100 | Kiribati                         | 0         |
|  101 | Korea (DPR)                      | 15        |
|  102 | Korea (Republic of)              | 13,236    |
|  103 | Kuwait                           | 10,29,861 |
|  104 | Kyrgyzstan                       | 11,200    |
|  105 | Laos, PDR                        | 425       |
|  106 | Latvia                           | 1,160     |
|  107 | Lebanon                          | 8,500     |
|  108 | Lesotho (Kingdom of )            | 500       |
|  109 | Liberia                          | 1,500     |
|  110 | Libya                            | 1,500     |
|  111 | Liechtenstein (Principality of ) | 5         |
|  112 | Lithuania                        | 1,000     |
|  113 | Luxembourg                       | 2,331     |
|  114 | Macedonia(North)                 | 7         |
|  115 | Madagascar                       | 2,500     |
|  116 | Malaysia                         | 2,24,882  |
|  117 | Malawi                           | 2,500     |
|  118 | Maldives(Male)                   | 25,200    |
|  119 | Mali                             | 436       |
|  120 | Malta                            | 5,000     |
|  121 | Marshall Islands (Republic of)   | 14        |
|  122 | Mauritania                       | 150       |
|  123 | Mauritius                        | 10,500    |
|  124 | Mexico                           | 6,500     |
|  125 | Micronesia                       | 35        |
|  126 | Moldova                          | 600       |

|   128 | Mongolia                        | 150       |
|-------|---------------------------------|-----------|
|   129 | Montserrat                      | 40        |
|   130 | Morocco                         | 258       |
|   131 | Mozambique                      | 2,300     |
|   132 | Myanmar                         | 9,000     |
|   133 | Namibia                         | 200       |
|   134 | Nauru                           | 20        |
|   135 | Nepal                           | 6,00,000  |
|   136 | Netherlands                     | 40,000    |
|   137 | Netherlands Antilles            | 2,581     |
|   138 | New Zealand                     | 80,000    |
|   139 | Nicaragua                       | 1         |
|   140 | Niger                           | 150       |
|   141 | Nigeria                         | 50,000    |
|   142 | Norway                          | 7,718     |
|   143 | Oman                            | 7,79,351  |
|   144 | Pakistan                        | 0         |
|   145 | Palau (Republic of)             | 27        |
|   146 | Palestine (PLO)                 | 20        |
|   147 | Panama                          | 11,000    |
|   148 | Papua New Guinea                | 3,000     |
|   149 | Paraguay                        | 200       |
|   150 | Peru                            | 399       |
|   151 | Philippines                     | 1,05,000  |
|   152 | Poland                          | 10,000    |
|   153 | Portugal                        | 11,393    |
|   154 | Qatar                           | 7,56,062  |
|   155 | Romania                         | 1,741     |
|   156 | Russian Federation              | 23,590    |
|   157 | Rwanda                          | 2,000     |
|   158 | Samoa                           | 40        |
|   159 | San Marino                      | 0         |
|   160 | Sao Tome and Principe (Rep. of) | 50        |
|   161 | Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)       | 25,94,947 |
|   162 | Senegal                         | 500       |
|   163 | Serbia                          | 303       |
|   164 | Seychelles                      | 12,000    |
|   165 | Sierra Leone                    | 900       |
|   166 | Singapore                       | 3,50,000  |
|   167 | Slovak Republic                 | 550       |
|   168 | Slovenia                        | 126       |
|   169 | Solomon Islands                 | 20        |
|   170 | Somalia                         | 500       |
|   171 | South Africa                    | 60,000    |
|   172 | Spain                           | 51,000    |
|   173 | Sri Lanka                       | 14,000    |
|   174 | St. Kitts and Nevis             | 500       |

| 175   | St. Lucia                    | 550         |
|-------|------------------------------|-------------|
| 176   | St. Maarten                  | 2,170       |
| 177   | St. Vincent & the Grenadines | 50          |
| 178   | Sudan                        | 2,600       |
| 179   | South Sudan                  | 1,000       |
| 180   | Suriname                     | 205         |
| 181   | Swaziland(Eswatini)          | 500         |
| 182   | Sweden                       | 16,600      |
| 183   | Switzerland                  | 17,400      |
| 184   | Syria                        | 107         |
| 185   | Tajikistan                   | 1,500       |
| 186   | Tanzania                     | 10,000      |
| 187   | Thailand                     | 20,000      |
| 188   | Togo                         | 500         |
| 189   | Tonga                        | 6           |
| 190   | Trinidad & Tobago            | 1,800       |
| 191   | Tunisia                      | 121         |
| 192   | Turkey                       | 1,091       |
| 193   | Turkmenistan                 | 207         |
| 194   | Turks & Caicos Islands       | 200         |
| 195   | Tuvalu                       | 0           |
| 196   | Uganda                       | 23,500      |
| 197   | Ukraine                      | 2,500       |
| 198   | UAE                          | 34,20,000   |
| 199   | UK                           | 3,51,000    |
| 200   | USA                          | 12,80,000   |
| 201   | Uruguay                      | 570         |
| 202   | Uzbekistan                   | 350         |
| 203   | Vanuatu                      | 10          |
| 204   | Venezuela                    | 50          |
| 205   | Vietnam                      | 5,000       |
| 206   | Yemen                        | 500         |
| 207   | Zambia                       | 6,000       |
| 208   | Zimbabwe                     | 9,000       |
|       | TOTAL                        | 1,36,19,384 |

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