Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Southern Asia

Number of immigrants in Southern Asia in 2024 — 16,459,536 people. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 14.1%.

2024 16.46M people +18.29% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 19.16M people1990
Period minimum 13.64M people2005

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Southern Asia, 1990–202412M14M16M18M20M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 19,155,930 people1995: 15,227,642 people2000: 14,930,955 people2005: 13,636,926 people2010: 14,439,064 people2015: 13,914,922 people2020: 13,914,646 people2024: 16,459,536 people
Change over the period: −2.7M (−14.08%) Average annual rate: -0.45 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 16.46M people
World 303M people
Number of immigrants — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 16.46M
2020 13.91M
2015 13.91M
2010 14.44M
2005 13.64M
2000 14.93M
1995 15.23M
1990 19.16M

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.