The number of immigrants from Bangladesh in 2020 stood at over three million making it the highest international migrant stock in India. However, the number has declined significantly since 1990. Pakistani migrants constituted the second-highest international migrant stock at over one million people. The total number of international migrants represented 0.4 percent of the total population of India.
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Migration Policy Institute. (July 11, 2024). International migrants in India in 2020, by nationality (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1478353/india-international-migrants-in-india-by-nationality/
Migration Policy Institute. "International migrants in India in 2020, by nationality (in 1,000s)." Chart. July 11, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1478353/india-international-migrants-in-india-by-nationality/
Migration Policy Institute. (2024). International migrants in India in 2020, by nationality (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1478353/india-international-migrants-in-india-by-nationality/
Migration Policy Institute. "International Migrants in India in 2020, by Nationality (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1478353/india-international-migrants-in-india-by-nationality/
Migration Policy Institute, International migrants in India in 2020, by nationality (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1478353/india-international-migrants-in-india-by-nationality/ (last visited July 16, 2024)
International migrants in India in 2020, by nationality (in 1,000s) [Graph], Migration Policy Institute, July 11, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1478353/india-international-migrants-in-india-by-nationality/