Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — South Asia

Number of immigrants in South Asia in 2024 — 8,344,814 people. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 2.9%.

2024 8.34M people +8.42% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 8.6M people1990
Period minimum 7.34M people2015

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — South Asia, 1990–20247M7.5M8M8.5M9M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 8,598,439 people1995: 8,549,144 people2000: 8,196,657 people2005: 7,822,848 people2010: 7,670,710 people2015: 7,339,031 people2020: 7,696,733 people2024: 8,344,814 people
Change over the period: −253,625 (−2.95%) Average annual rate: -0.09 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Asia

South Asia 8.34M people
World 303M people
Number of immigrants — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 8.34M
2020 7.7M
2015 7.34M
2010 7.67M
2005 7.82M
2000 8.2M
1995 8.55M
1990 8.6M

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.