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Diaspora and mobility: India and France

First country

Second country

In 2024, 67 thousand people born in India lived in France.

Benefits

  • BothThe number of people born in India who live in France rose from 21 thousand in 1990 to 67 thousand in 2024.

Sources: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024 (retrieved 25 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

People born in India living in France

people · 1990 to 2024, mid-year estimates

1990: 21,247Low 21,247 / High 66,6882024: 66,688

199021,247
199526,265
200032,732
200541,999
201047,392
201553,809
202061,647
202466,688

Sources: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024 (retrieved 25 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Benefits

  • IndiaFrance offers 5-year visas to Indian students, and graduates get an extra year to look for work.
  • BothAbout 300 memoranda between Indian and French universities have been signed, and a consulate general was inaugurated in Marseille in February 2025.

Constraints

  • IndiaNumbers are modest: about 3,000 Indian students were in France in 2014.

Sources: Wikipedia: France–India relations (revision of 18 September 2026)

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