Not surprising to know that Indian diaspora is the largest (17.5 million) in the world
At 17.5 Million, Indian Diaspora Largest in the World : UN, https://www.thequint.com/news/india/indian-diaspora-largest-in-the-world-un-report, 29th Nov. 2019
It is not surprising to know that the Indian diaspora is the largest in the world. Right in mid 1980s in my foreign stints in Western Europe and USA, I have seen Indian stores and Indian food restaurants in Western Europe & USA which was a clear sign of settled presence of Indians there for some years in the past. And as globalization has grown & grown, more & more Indians migrated to Western Europe and USA, and Australia and New Zealand, along with many Indians working for decades in oil rich countries of Middle East (but not settling down there as that was, and continues to be, prohibited by those countries I think).
The vast majority of my friends & colleagues from my Bombay software industry days (1984 to 2002) are settled in USA, Western Europe and Australia (one person lived for some years in New Zealand but later returned to India). Only a small minority remained in India (with me being one of this small minority)! So I am NOT surprised at all to know that the Indian diaspora is the largest in the world.
However the article also says, quoting from the (UN agency) International Organization for Migration's Global Migration Report 2020: "This figure remains a very small percentage of the world's population (at 3.5 percent), meaning that the vast majority of people globally (96.5 percent) are estimated to be residing in the country in which they were born".
So the vast majority of Indians continue to live in India. Only a small percentage have migrated to, and settled down in, the West, and another perhaps small percentage again migrated (temporarily) for many years to oil-rich Middle Eastern countries for earning a livelihood but did not settle down there.
It is not surprising to know that the Indian diaspora is the largest in the world. Right in mid 1980s in my foreign stints in Western Europe and USA, I have seen Indian stores and Indian food restaurants in Western Europe & USA which was a clear sign of settled presence of Indians there for some years in the past. And as globalization has grown & grown, more & more Indians migrated to Western Europe and USA, and Australia and New Zealand, along with many Indians working for decades in oil rich countries of Middle East (but not settling down there as that was, and continues to be, prohibited by those countries I think).
The vast majority of my friends & colleagues from my Bombay software industry days (1984 to 2002) are settled in USA, Western Europe and Australia (one person lived for some years in New Zealand but later returned to India). Only a small minority remained in India (with me being one of this small minority)! So I am NOT surprised at all to know that the Indian diaspora is the largest in the world.
However the article also says, quoting from the (UN agency) International Organization for Migration's Global Migration Report 2020: "This figure remains a very small percentage of the world's population (at 3.5 percent), meaning that the vast majority of people globally (96.5 percent) are estimated to be residing in the country in which they were born".
So the vast majority of Indians continue to live in India. Only a small percentage have migrated to, and settled down in, the West, and another perhaps small percentage again migrated (temporarily) for many years to oil-rich Middle Eastern countries for earning a livelihood but did not settle down there.
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