NRI’s, PIO’s & OCI’s – FACTS AND FIGURES
We have now been in print for more than four years, striving to be a bridge between India and its diaspora spread all across the world. While it did look easy in the beginning, it has over time dawned on us how tough that task we have set for ourselves is, given the spread and diversity of our diaspora. While what we present here could rightfully be categorised as ‘trivia,’ it is at the same time, a sobering fact to many of us – the Indian diaspora is indeed world girdling. Some nuggets of information about them are downright interesting. Here, let’s take a look:
- Around 6 Crore 16 Lakh 80 Thousand 8 Hundred and 38 NRI’s, PIO’s & OCI’s are settled all around the world.
- If we compare the Population of NRI’s, PIO’s & OCI’s with the Population of India, they are just about 4.93%.
- 9% of our Diaspora are PIOs, which is more than NRIs at 21.1%. But if we look at presence, NRI’s are present in maximum countries around the world whereas PIOs and OCI’s are mostly in countries with maximum overseas Indian populations (50%).
- South Africa is the only country where NRI’s, PIO’s & OCI’s are in major figures with around 3.6 Cr., while for U.S.A the figure is approx. 89.2 Lakh and the least figure of around 61.6 Lakh is in Saudi Arabia.
POPULATION OF OVERSEAS INDIANS | ||||
SI.No. | Country | Non-Resident Indians (2016) | Persons of Indian Origin (2016) | Overseas Citizens of India (2016) |
1 | Afghanistan | 2,960 | 9 | 2,969 |
2 | Albania | 50 | – | 50 |
3 | Algeria | 3,770 | 17 | 3,787 |
4 | Andorra | 160 | 0 | 160 |
5 | Angola | 1,500 | 2,500 | 4,000 |
6 | Anguilla | 15 | 5 | 20 |
7 | Antigua & Barbuda | 250 | 300 | 550 |
8 | Argentina | 600 | 1,800 | 2,400 |
9 | Armenia | 1,465 | 23 | 1,488 |
10 | Aruba | – | 1,000 | 1,000 |
11 | Australia | 241,000 | 255,000 | 496,000 |
12 | Austria & Montenegro | 15,500 | 4,500 | 20,000 |
13 | Azerbaijan | 1,694 | 83 | 1,777 |
14 | Bahamas | 300 | 100 | 400 |
15 | Bahrain | 312,918 | 3,257 | 316,175 |
16 | Bangladesh | 10,385 | 6 | 10,391 |
17 | Barbados | 100 | 2,114 | 2,214 |
18 | Belarus | 280 | 60 | 340 |
19 | Belgium | 10,651 | 8,000 | 18,651 |
20 | Belize | 200 | 1,300 | 1,500 |
21 | Benin | 1,563 | 0 | 1,563 |
22 | Bhutan | 60,000 | 0 | 60,000 |
23 | Bolivia | 50 | 10 | 60 |
24 | Bonaire & Smaller Islands | – | 200 | 200 |
25 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 23 | 1 | 24 |
26 | Botswana | 9,000 | 3,000 | 12,000 |
27 | Brazil | 832 | 393 | 1,225 |
28 | British Virgin Islands | 75 | 3 | 78 |
29 | Brunei Darussalam | 11,500 | 98 | 11,598 |
30 | Bulgaria | 100 | 62 | 162 |
31 | Burkina Faso | 200 | 5 | 205 |
32 | Burundi | 465 | 35 | 500 |
33 | Cambodia | 1,400 | 10 | 1,410 |
34 | Cameroon | 245 | 0 | 245 |
35 | Canada | 184,320 | 831,865 | 1,016,185 |
36 | Cape Verde Islands | 20 | 0 | 20 |
37 | Cayman Islands | 1,500 | 100 | 1,600 |
38 | Central African Republic | 10 | 0 | 10 |
39 | Chad | 120 | 0 | 120 |
40 | Chile | 1,400 | 1,300 | 2,700 |
41 | China | 55,500 | 520 | 56,020 |
42 | China (Hong Kong) | 45,000 | 6,430 | 51,430 |
43 | China (Taiwan) | 2,444 | 128 | 2,572 |
44 | Colombia | 112 | 106 | 218 |
45 | Comoros | 30 | 200 | 230 |
46 | Congo (Dem. Rep. of) | 9,000 | 25 | 9,025 |
47 | Congo (Republic of) | 350 | 8 | 358 |
48 | Cook Island | 5 | 200 | 205 |
49 | Costa Rica | 230 | 20 | 250 |
50 | Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 1,500 | 0 | 1,500 |
51 | Croatia | 42 | 38 | 80 |
52 | Cuba | 500 | 200 | 700 |
53 | Curacao | – | 1,500 | 1,500 |
54 | Cyprus | 5,730 | 128 | 5,858 |
55 | Czech Republic | 1,800 | 600 | 2,400 |
56 | Denmark | 8,100 | 3,100 | 11,200 |
57 | Djibouti | 350 | 0 | 350 |
58 | Dominica (Commonwealth of) | 50 | 500 | 550 |
59 | Dominican Republic | 100 | 75 | 175 |
60 | East Timor | 70 | 0 | 70 |
61 | Ecuador | 43 | 47 | 90 |
62 | Egypt | 3,500 | 265 | 3,765 |
63 | EI Salvador | 3 | 3 | 6 |
64 | Equatorial Guinea | 250 | 0 | 250 |
65 | Eritrea | 1,000 | 3 | 1,003 |
66 | Estonia | 450 | 50 | 500 |
67 | Ethiopia | 5,250 | 23 | 5,273 |
68 | Fiji | 1,000 | 313,798 | 314,798 |
69 | Finland | 5,500 | 1,500 | 7,000 |
70 | France | 19,000 | 90,000 | 109,000 |
71 | France (Reunion Island) | 250 | 280,000 | 280,250 |
72 | France (Guadeloupe, St. Martinique, Mayotte) | 420 | 66,800 | 67,220 |
73 | Gabon | 100 | 10 | 110 |
74 | Gambia | 600 | 15 | 615 |
75 | Georgia | 3,228 | 8 | 3,236 |
76 | Germany | 76,093 | 67,029 | 143,122 |
77 | Ghana | 10,000 | 0 | 10,000 |
78 | Greece | 12,319 | 181 | 12,500 |
79 | Grenada | 200 | 5,000 | 5,200 |
80 | Guatemala | 84 | 33 | 117 |
81 | Guinea (Republic of) | 700 | 0 | 700 |
82 | Guinea Bissau | 100 | 3 | 103 |
83 | Guyana | 300 | 297,493 | 297,793 |
84 | Haiti | 580 | 0 | 580 |
85 | Holy See | NA | 0 | 0 |
86 | Honduras | 13 | 2 | 15 |
87 | Hungary | 902 | 98 | 1,000 |
88 | Iceland | 225 | 80 | 305 |
89 | Indonesia | 7,500 | 100,000 | 107,500 |
90 | Iran | 4,000 | 190 | 4,190 |
91 | Iraq | 10,000 | 0 | 10,000 |
92 | Ireland | |||
93 | Israel | 12,467 | 85,000 | 97,467 |
94 | Italy | 172,301 | 25,000 | 197,301 |
95 | Jamaica | 4,000 | 70,000 | 74,000 |
96 | Japan | 28,047 | 670 | 28,717 |
97 | Jordan | 11,000 | 82 | 11,082 |
98 | Kazakhstan | 5,500 | 250 | 5,75 |
99 | Kenya | 20,000 | 60,000 | 80,000 |
100 | Kiribati | – | 50 | 50 |
101 | Korea (DPR) | 12 | 0 | 12 |
102 | Korea (Republic of) | 10,869 | 310 | 11,179 |
103 | Kuwait | 921,666 | 1,594 | 923,260 |
104 | Kyrgyzstan | 4,786 | 28 | 4,814 |
105 | Laos, PDR | 425 | 75 | 500 |
106 | Latvia | 604 | 20 | 624 |
107 | Lebanon | 8,000 | 30 | 8,030 |
108 | Lesotho (Kingdom of ) | 500 | 1,000 | 1,500 |
109 | Liberia | 3,000 | 0 | 3,000 |
110 | Libya | 1,500 | 2 | 1,502 |
111 | Liechtenstein (Principality of ) | 5 | 5 | 10 |
112 | Lithuania | 250 | 50 | 300 |
113 | Luxembourg | 500 | 500 | 1,000 |
114 | Macedonia | 10 | 5 | 15 |
115 | Madagascar | 2,500 | 15,000 | 17,500 |
116 | Malaysia | 244,274 | 2,742,000 | 2,986,274 |
117 | Malawi | 2,500 | 8,000 | 10,500 |
118 | Maldives | 25,000 | 108 | 25,108 |
119 | Mali | 212 | 0 | 212 |
120 | Malta | 300 | 65 | 365 |
121 | Marshall Islands (Republic of) | 14 | 1 | 15 |
122 | Mauritania | 200 | 0 | 200 |
123 | Mauritius | 10,500 | 884,000 | 894,500 |
124 | Mexico | 1,750 | 250 | 2,000 |
125 | Micronesia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
126 | Moldova | 190 | 10 | 200 |
127 | Monaco | 30 | 40 | 70 |
128 | Mongolia | 150 | 5 | 155 |
129 | Montserrat | 40 | 200 | 240 |
130 | Morocco | 300 | 20 | 320 |
131 | Mozambique | 1,500 | 20,000 | 21,500 |
132 | Myanmar | 8,337 | 2,000,000 | 2,008,337 |
133 | Namibia | 200 | 59 | 259 |
134 | Nauru | 6 | 0 | 6 |
135 | Nepal | 600,000 | 0 | 600,000 |
136 | Netherlands | 25,000 | 200,000 | 225,000 |
137 | Netherlands Antilles | – | 2,700 | 2,700 |
138 | New Zealand | 75,000 | 125,000 | 200,000 |
139 | Nicaragua | 6 | 6 | 12 |
140 | Niger | 150 | 0 | 150 |
141 | Nigeria | 40,000 | 35 | 40,035 |
142 | Norway | 7,718 | 12,300 | 20,018 |
143 | Oman | 795,082 | 919 | 796,001 |
144 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
145 | Palau (Republic of) | 15 | 0 | 15 |
146 | Palestine (PLO) | 65 | 0 | 65 |
147 | Panama | 4,000 | 9,000 | 13,000 |
148 | Papua New Guinea | 1,400 | 100 | 1,500 |
149 | Paraguay | 200 | 400 | 600 |
150 | Peru | 400 | 50 | 450 |
151 | Philippines | 100,000 | 15,000 | 115,000 |
152 | Poland | 4,000 | 600 | 4,600 |
153 | Portugal | 6,935 | 65,000 | 71,935 |
154 | Qatar | 600,000 | Nil | 600,000 |
155 | Romania | 500 | 210 | 710 |
156 | Russian Federation | 28,610 | 1,950 | 30,560 |
157 | Rwanda | 2,940 | 60 | 3,000 |
158 | Samoa | 40 | 30 | 70 |
159 | San Marino | NA | 0 | 0 |
160 | Sao Tome and Principe (Rep. of) | 50 | 0 | 50 |
161 | Saudi Arabia | 3,050,000 | 3,567 | 3,053,567 |
162 | Senegal | 380 | 31 | 411 |
163 | Serbia | 46 | 6 | 52 |
164 | Seychelles | 4,000 | 6,000 | 10,000 |
165 | Sierra Leone | 900 | 50 | 950 |
166 | Singapore | 350,000 | 300, | |
167 | Slovak Republic | 130 | 50 | 180 |
168 | Slovenia | 80 | 50 | 13 |
169 | Solomon Islands | 20 | 0 | 20 |
170 | Somalia | 100 | 0 | 100 |
171 | South Africa | 60,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,560,000 |
172 | Spain | 35,308 | 20,000 | 55,308 |
173 | Sri Lanka | 14,000 | 1,600,000 | 1,614,000 |
174 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 250 | 500 | 750 |
175 | St. Lucia | 250 | 5,005 | 5,255 |
176 | St. Martin | – | 5,300 | 5,300 |
177 | St. Vincent & the Grenadines | 50 | 3,000 | 3,050 |
178 | Sudan | 3,400 | 100 | 3,500 |
179 | South Sudan | 500 | Nil | 500 |
180 | Suriname | 150 | 154,321 | 154,471 |
181 | Swaziland | 500 | 500 | 1,000 |
182 | Sweden | 12,500 | 9,000 | 21,500 |
183 | Switzerland | 13,295 | 6,738 | 20,033 |
184 | Syria | 107 | 0 | 107 |
185 | Tajikistan | 590 | 20 | 610 |
186 | Tanzania | 10,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 |
187 | Thailand | 20,000 | 175,000 | 195,000 |
188 | Togo | 500 | 10 | 510 |
189 | Tonga | 6 | 40 | 46 |
190 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,800 | 555,000 | 556,800 |
191 | Tunisia | 121 | 11 | 132 |
192 | Turkey | 847 | 64 | 911 |
193 | Turkmenistan | 309 | – | 309 |
194 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 200 | 35 | 235 |
195 | Tuvalu | – | 50 | 50 |
196 | Uganda | 23,500 | 6,500 | 30,000 |
197 | Ukraine | 5,737 | 317 | 6,054 |
198 | UAE | 2,800,000 | 3,751 | 2,803,751 |
199 | UK | 325,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,825,000 |
200 | USA | 1,280,000 | 3,180,000 | 4,460,000 |
201 | Uruguay | 500 | 30 | 530 |
202 | Uzbekistan | 650 | 47 | 697 |
203 | Vanuatu | 10 | 800 | 810 |
204 | Venezuela | 75 | 40 | 115 |
205 | Vietnam | 2,600 | 2,120 | 4,720 |
206 | Yemen | 400 | 10,000 | 10,400 |
207 | Zambia | 5,000 | 18,000 | 23,000 |
208 | Zimbabwe | 500 | 9,000 | 9,500 |
TOTAL | 13,008,012 | 17,835,407 | 30,843,419 |
(Source: Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi)