Net migration in India

Net migration to India was -495,753 people in 2025.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
India, 2025 -495,753 People
Change from 2024 +21.4% 2024: -630,830 people
World, 2025 0 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 216th of 217 See the full ranking

Net migration in India over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Net migration (people), 2001 to 2025
Period IndiaWorld
2025 -495,753 people 0 people
2024 -630,830 people 0 people
2023 -979,179 people 0 people
2022 -1,353,478 people 0 people
2021 -348,916 people 0 people
2020 -73,806 people 0 people
2019 -978,969 people 0 people
2018 -589,794 people 0 people
2017 -251,642 people 0 people
2016 81,248 people 0 people
2015 -655,085 people 0 people
2014 -227,263 people 0 people
2013 -151,372 people 0 people
2012 -198,935 people 0 people
2011 -247,017 people 0 people
2010 -50,905 people 0 people
2009 -312,905 people 0 people
2008 -1,020,047 people 0 people
2007 -1,037,200 people 0 people
2006 -342,177 people 0 people
2005 -929,454 people 0 people
2004 -206,660 people 0 people
2003 -606,970 people 0 people
2002 -732,419 people 0 people
2001 -70,346 people 0 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +21.4% from -630,830 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -655,085 people, the figure has changed by +24.3%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, India has the 216th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.NETM · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for India
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects