# Net migration in India

Net migration in India was -979,179 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `in`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/india
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=in

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | -979,179 |
| 2022 | -1,353,478 |
| 2021 | -348,916 |
| 2020 | -73,806 |
| 2019 | -978,969 |
| 2018 | -589,794 |
| 2017 | -251,642 |
| 2016 | 81,248 |
| 2015 | -655,085 |
| 2014 | -227,263 |
| 2013 | -151,372 |
| 2012 | -198,935 |
| 2011 | -247,017 |
| 2010 | -50,905 |
| 2009 | -312,905 |
| 2008 | -1,020,047 |
| 2007 | -1,037,200 |
| 2006 | -342,177 |
| 2005 | -929,454 |
| 2004 | -206,660 |
| 2003 | -606,970 |
| 2002 | -732,419 |
| 2001 | -70,346 |
| 2000 | -143,960 |
| 1999 | -95,320 |
| 1998 | -1,049 |
| 1997 | 880 |
| 1996 | -26,388 |
| 1995 | -57,297 |
| 1994 | -375,253 |
| 1993 | 2,364 |
| 1992 | 35,155 |
| 1991 | -157,911 |
| 1990 | 125,514 |
| 1989 | -2,907 |
| 1988 | -155,676 |
| 1987 | -219,150 |
| 1986 | -249,545 |
| 1985 | -89,991 |
| 1984 | -32,313 |
| 1983 | 119,694 |
| 1982 | -10,687 |
| 1981 | 33,243 |
| 1980 | 210,914 |
| 1979 | 774,094 |
| 1978 | -210,444 |
| 1977 | 590,626 |
| 1976 | 275,984 |
| 1975 | 434,205 |
| 1974 | 347,869 |
| 1973 | -404,743 |
| 1972 | -82,816 |
| 1971 | -974,574 |
| 1970 | 233,782 |
| 1969 | -851,844 |
| 1968 | -995,416 |
| 1967 | -70,314 |
| 1966 | -566,982 |
| 1965 | -248,299 |
| 1964 | -141,916 |
| 1963 | 21,640 |
| 1962 | -70,514 |
| 1961 | 295,177 |
| 1960 | 146,955 |