Lok Sabha Question No. 3631 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Foreign Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3631 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## Foreign Students

3631. SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether a number of Foreign students coming to the country has dipped drastically; and (b) if so, the number of foreign students who arrived in the country during the last three years and the current year country -wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani)

(a): There is no definite trend, in so far as number of foreign students coming to the country is concerned. (b): As per the records of Ministry of Home Affairs, the number of foreign students who arrived in the country, as on 31 st December of 2012, 2013 and 2014, and during the current year country -wise is attached at Annexure .

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Annexure -I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3631 for 21.12.2015 asked by SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN on "Foreign Students".

| Country                               | No. of students   | No. of students   | No. of students   |        |
|---------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------|
|                                       | 2012              | 2013              | 2014              | 2015   |
| Afghanistan                           | 5214              | 6511              | 2636              | 5605   |
| Albania                               | 1                 | 26                | 0                 | 2      |
| Algeria                               | 8                 | 13                | 6                 | 31     |
| Andorra                               | 1                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0      |
| Angola                                | 100               | 333               | 300               | 280    |
| Antigua &Barbuda                      | 0                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0      |
| Argentina                             | 44                | 61                | 23                | 81     |
| Armenia                               | 41                | 80                | 44                | 48     |
| Australia                             | 304               | 301               | 145               | 309    |
| Austria                               | 118               | 118               | 48                | 69     |
| Azerbaijan                            | 15                | 13                | 1                 | 9      |
| Bahamas                               | 4                 | 1                 | 0                 | 1      |
| Bahrain                               | 347               | 719               | 80                | 271    |
| Bangladesh                            | 1634              | 1983              | 705               | 5431   |
| Barbados                              | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 1      |
| Belarus                               | 43                | 56                | 12                | 41     |
| Belgium                               | 66                | 98                | 43                | 125    |
| Belize                                | 5                 | 14                | 3                 | 1      |
| Benin (Dahomey) Bermuda               | 22                | 27 1              | 14 0              | 16 0   |
| Bolivia                               | 0 9               | 10                | 4                 | 4      |
| Bosnia &Herzegovina                   | 6                 | 7                 | 2                 | 4      |
|                                       | 42                | 73                | 29                | 50     |
| Botswana                              |                   |                   |                   |        |
| Brazil                                | 185               | 223               | 58                | 169    |
| Brunei Darussalam                     | 2                 | 3                 | 1                 | 0      |
| Bulgaria                              | 60                | 50                | 10                | 33     |
| Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Burundi    | 12 177            | 11 311            | 9 85              | 29 110 |
| Cambodia(Kampuchia)                   | 141               | 157               | 20                | 151    |
| Cameroon                              | 254               | 386               | 136               | 124    |
| Canada                                | 781               | 915               | 458               | 527    |
| Cape Verde                            | 0                 | 0                 | 1                 | 8      |
| Central African Republic              | 1                 | 2                 | 1                 | 0      |
| Chile                                 | 35                | 43                | 13                | 51     |
| China                                 | 1309              | 1518              | 367               | 820    |
| Colombia                              | 81                | 84                | 25                | 73     |
| Comoros                               |                   | 4                 | 69                | 58     |
|                                       | 26                |                   |                   |        |
| Congo                                 | 2715              | 2868              | 994               | 754    |
| Costa Rica                            | 10                | 13                | 3                 | 21     |
| Côte D'ivoire                         | 979               | 962               | 638               | 308 10 |
| Croatia                               | 30                | 31                | 8                 |        |
| Cuba                                  | 5                 | 4                 | 2                 | 0      |
| Cyprus Czech Republic                 | 2 47              | 2 47              | 0 8               | 1 80   |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 223               | 759               | 5                 | 1      |
| Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)  | 0                 | 880               | 1257              | 0      |

| Denmark                          | 49    | 64     | 29   | 111    |
|----------------------------------|-------|--------|------|--------|
| Djibouti                         | 258   | 517    | 305  | 142    |
| Dominican Island                 | 10    | 0      | 0    | 5      |
| Dominican Republic               | 1     | 10     | 3    | 6      |
| East Timor                       | 16    | 51     | 58   | 11     |
| Ecuador                          | 14    | 14     | 9    | 3      |
| Egypt                            | 86    | 134    | 69   | 153    |
| El Salvador                      | 8     | 16     | 5    | 25     |
| Eritrea                          | 316   | 621    | 150  | 251    |
| Estonia                          | 27    | 31     | 6    | 24     |
| Ethiopia                         | 930   | 1104   | 479  | 310    |
| Fiji                             | 150   | 178    | 64   | 168    |
| Finland                          | 69    | 93     | 27   | 61     |
| France                           | 1576  | 1736   | 422  | 1328   |
| Gabon                            | 27    | 42     | 33   | 26     |
| Gambia                           | 9     | 15     | 33   | 48     |
| Georgia                          | 10    | 10     | 0    | 10     |
| Germany                          | 1064  | 1271   | 306  | 687    |
| Ghana                            | 153   | 265    | 140  | 448    |
| Greece                           | 20    | 14     | 8    | 7      |
| Grenada                          | 0     | 0      | 0    | 9      |
| Guatemala                        | 3     | 5      | 4    | 22     |
| Guinea                           | 21    | 40     | 9    | 30     |
| Guinea Bissau                    | 0     | 1      | 2    | 7      |
| Guyana                           | 34    | 44     | 21   | 9      |
| Hondurau                         | 2     | 5      | 1    | 5      |
| Hungary                          | 31    | 35     | 11   | 29     |
| Iceland                          | 12    | 4      | 0    | 8      |
| Indonesia                        | 311   | 328    | 138  | 268    |
| Iran                             | 5354  | 6599   | 2350 | 2872   |
| Iraq                             | 3232  | 5444   | 2444 | 2584   |
| Israel                           | 67    | 69     | 41   | 84     |
| Italy                            |       | 352    | 96   | 287    |
|                                  | 289   |        | 4    | 7      |
| Jamaica Japan                    | 7 534 | 10 536 | 146  | 326    |
| Kazakhstan                       |       |        | 57   | 161    |
|                                  | 223   | 256    |      |        |
| Kiribati                         | 5     | 7      | 0    | 3      |
| Kenya                            | 1038  | 1182   | 383  | 351    |
| Kuwait                           | 16    | 20     | 2    | 5      |
| Kyrgyzstan                       | 97    | 96     | 11   | 99     |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 128   | 160    | 43   | 118    |
| Latvia                           | 24    | 19     | 2    | 19     |
|                                  |       |        | 29   |        |
| Lesotho Liberia                  | 51 39 | 53 50  | 9    | 129 15 |
| Libya Arab Jamahiriya            | 299   | 441    | 80   | 101    |
| Lithuania                        | 42    | 43     | 4    | 62     |
| Luxemborg                        | 4     | 6      | 1    | 10     |
| Macau Spl. Admin Region of China | 0     | 0      | 0    | 1      |
| Madagascar                       | 25    | 30     | 26   | 114    |
| Malawi                           | 37    | 57     | 23   | 34     |

| Malaysia                     | 4494     | 4005   | 3919   | 6471   |
|------------------------------|----------|--------|--------|--------|
| Maldives                     | 1562     | 1276   | 885    | 1028   |
| Mali                         | 71       | 78     | 121    | 110    |
| Malta                        | 3        | 2      | 1      | 1      |
| Mauritania                   | 83       | 116    | 50     | 12     |
| Mauritius                    | 602      | 609    | 271    | 698    |
| Mexico                       | 103      | 159    | 47     | 107    |
| Monaco                       | 0        | 0      | 0      | 2      |
| Mongolia                     | 1184     | 1163   | 557    | 541    |
| Montenegro                   | 0        | 0      | 0      | 3      |
| Morocco                      | 25       | 41     | 14     | 47     |
| Mozambique                   | 92       | 155    | 52     | 235    |
| Myanmar                      | 830      | 634    | 418    | 581    |
| Namibia                      | 172      | 315    | 192    | 226    |
| Nauru                        | 0        | 3      | 2      | 2      |
| Nepal                        | 32       | 39     | 6      | 15     |
| Netherlands                  | 140      | 124    | 56     | 290    |
| New Zealand                  | 73       | 88     | 33     | 57     |
| Nicaragua                    | 0        | 2      | 1      | 1      |
| Niger                        | 24       | 38     | 13     | 135    |
| Nigeria                      | 2339     | 3592   | 2726   | 2675   |
| Norway                       | 134      | 253    | 61     | 175    |
| Oman                         | 332      | 438    | 236    | 344    |
| Others                       | 246      | 116    | 3      | 7      |
| Pakistan                     | 621      | 978    | 6      | 21 0   |
| Palau Palestine              | 0 135    | 1 213  | 0 86   | 249    |
| Panama                       | 10       | 13     | 31     | 2      |
| Papua - New - Guinea         | 12       | 11     | 20     | 45     |
| Paraguay                     | 3        | 4      | 3      | 12     |
| Peru                         | 22       | 18     | 10     | 37     |
| Philippines                  | 93       | 112    | 43     | 78     |
| Poland                       |          | 158    | 31     | 88     |
| Portugal                     | 117 30   | 40     | 9      | 46     |
| Qatar                        | 1        | 7      | 2      | 14     |
| Refugees                     | 0        | 0      | 0      | 3      |
| Refugees (stateless)         | 0        | 16     | 0      | 0      |
| Refugees (USA)               | 0        | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| Republic of Korea            | 3158     | 3438   | 1839   | 2634   |
| Republic of Moldova          | 4        | 150    | 2      | 6      |
| Reunion island               | 14       | 0      | 0      | 1      |
| Romania                      | 46       | 59     | 16     | 25     |
| Russian Federation           |          | 585    | 214    | 505    |
| Rwanda                       | 655 1555 | 1926   | 323    | 389    |
| Saint Helena                 | 0        | 0      | 0      | 1      |
| Saint Lucia                  | 1        | 2      | 0      | 0      |
| Saint Vincent and Grenadines | 1        | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| Senegal                      | 11       | 14     | 6      | 19     |
| Serbia                       | 21       | 10     | 9      | 41     |
| Seychelles                   | 76       | 75     | 68     | 35     |
| Sierra Leone                 | 20       | 32     | 5      | 12     |
| Singapore                    | 261      | 296    | 220    | 111    |

| Slovakia                           | 31    | 17    | 6     | 22    |
|------------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| Slovenia                           | 24    | 30    | 5     | 10    |
| Somalia                            | 490   | 995   | 737   | 947   |
| South Africa                       | 224   | 384   | 183   | 319   |
| South Sudan                        | 0     | 221   | 413   | 465   |
| Spain                              | 283   | 229   | 83    | 243   |
| Sri Lanka                          | 2547  | 2505  | 1643  | 2258  |
| Stateless                          | 2     | 64    | 1     | 2     |
| Sudan                              | 4759  | 4857  | 3078  | 3448  |
| Suriname                           | 6     | 5     | 1     | 1     |
| Swaziland                          | 21    | 13    | 3     | 17    |
| Sweden                             | 170   | 252   | 52    | 171   |
| Switzerland                        | 153   | 183   | 64    | 165   |
| Syrian Arab Republic               | 208   | 347   | 164   | 206   |
| Taiwan                             | 105   | 115   | 71    | 90    |
| Tajikistan                         | 152   | 176   | 63    | 160   |
| Thailand                           | 2159  | 1855  | 1061  | 3161  |
| Tibet                              | 0     | 134   | 7     | 0     |
| Togo                               | 0     | 22    | 10    | 37    |
| Tonga                              | 13    | 13    | 4     | 18    |
| Trinidad &Tobago                   | 37    | 39    | 5     | 21    |
| Tunisia                            | 8     | 9     | 3     | 21    |
| Turkey                             | 136   | 197   | 101   | 119   |
| Turkmenistan                       | 191   | 344   | 106   | 222   |
| Tuvalu                             | 5     | 17    | 8     | 5     |
| Uganda                             | 654   | 737   | 364   | 394   |
| UK British Dependent Ter. Citizens | 0     | 0     | 0     | 1     |
| UK British Overseas Citizens       | 1     | 1     | 0     | 0     |
| UK British Solomon Island          | 0     | 0     | 2     | 0     |
| UK British Subject                 | 0     | 1     | 0     | 0     |
| Ukraine                            | 148   | 164   | 27    | 123   |
| United Arab Emirates               | 76    | 25    | 6     | 36    |
| United Kingdom                     | 1047  | 976   | 333   | 339   |
| United Republic of Tanzania        | 1641  | 2123  | 1300  | 1632  |
| United States                      | 4752  | 5449  | 2022  | 1801  |
| Upper Volta                        | 1     | 3     | 0     | 0     |
| Uruguay                            | 14    | 9     | 0     | 8     |
| Uzbekistan                         | 193   | 259   | 65    | 179   |
| Vanuatu (New Hebrides)             | 1     | 1     | 0     | 1     |
| Venezuela                          | 20    | 39    | 9     | 27    |
| Vietnam                            | 862   | 861   | 121   | 345   |
| West Samoa                         | 2     | 2     | 2     | 7     |
| Yemen                              | 3192  | 5206  | 2691  | 3043  |
| Yugoslavia                         | 8     | 8     | 0     | 0     |
| Zambia                             | 184   | 312   | 138   | 367   |
|                                    | 76753 |       |       |       |
| Total                              |       | 93693 | 44620 | 66885 |