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Diaspora and mobility: India and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2024, 1.0 million people born in India lived in United Kingdom, and 6 thousand people born in United Kingdom lived in India.

Benefits

  • BothThe number of people born in India who live in United Kingdom rose from 405 thousand in 1990 to 1.0 million 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 United Kingdom

people · 1990 to 2024, mid-year estimates

1990: 405,445Low 405,445 / High 1,044,7792024: 1,044,779

1990405,445
1995433,162
2000462,269
2005561,720
2010700,150
2015817,881
2020946,151
20241,044,779

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

People born in United Kingdom living in India

people · 1990 to 2024, mid-year estimates

1990: 4,749Low 4,749 / High 6,8232024: 5,693

19904,749
19955,119
20005,665
20056,237
20106,823
20156,413
20205,981
20245,693

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Benefits

  • BothAbout 250,000 people came from India in 2023, and a scheme gives 3,000 young professionals from each country up to two years to live and work in the other.
  • IndiaIn the first half of 2017 the UK gave nearly 500,000 visas to Indians, more than to any country other than China.

Sources: Wikipedia: India–United Kingdom relations (revision of 8 August 2026)

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