Migration flows · 2025
India
Where people move to and from India in 2025. The left column is where residents go; the right column is where arrivals come from. Reported movements only.
Total leaving India
223,349
Total arriving in India
253,673
India & its flows
Flat world map. Red arrows & labels = where people go to; green arrows & labels = where people come from. Drag to pan, scroll or use the buttons to zoom (zoom in to reveal names of small or clustered countries).
Incoming vs outgoing by year
Yearly totals of people arriving in and leaving India. Reported movements only.
Where India’s people go
Top destination countries
- 1 United States 113,770
- 2 Canada 71,341
- 3 Italy 12,916
- 4 Australia 8,037
- 5 United Kingdom 4,288
- 6 Korea, Rep. 4,272
- 7 New Zealand 1,694
- 8 Germany 1,385
- 9 Israel 1,269
- 10 South Africa 1,239
- 11 Portugal 815
- 12 France 595
- 13 Ireland 360
- 14 Austria 268
- 15 Brazil 247
- 16 Spain 167
- 17 Greece 137
- 18 Poland 113
- 19 Netherlands 89
- 20 Cyprus 74
- 21 Peru 70
- 22 Belgium 58
- 23 Switzerland 50
- 24 Argentina 49
- 25 Mexico 46
Where arrivals come from
Top origin countries
- 1 Sri Lanka 89,507
- 2 Myanmar 87,022
- 3 China 63,169
- 4 Afghanistan 8,377
- 5 Sudan 1,517
- 6 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 1,398
- 7 Yemen, Rep. 1,051
- 8 Russian Federation 329
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 208
- 10 Cameroon 208
- 11 Congo, Dem. Rep. 201
- 12 Ethiopia 120
- 13 Iraq 111
- 14 Iran, Islamic Rep. 110
- 15 Ukraine 98
- 16 West Bank and Gaza 62
- 17 Uganda 53
- 18 South Sudan 50
- 19 Congo, Rep. 23
- 20 Eritrea 15
- 21 Cote d'Ivoire 11
- 22 Tajikistan 10
- 23 Venezuela, RB 10
- 24 Bangladesh 8
- 25 Djibouti 5