Indian people

Indians

Flag of India
Total population
c. 1.4 billion
Regions with significant populations
Indian diaspora: c. 17.9 million[1]
United States	4,506,308[2]
Saudi Arabia	3,255,864[3]
Malaysia	2,975,000[3]
United Arab Emirates	2,803,751[3]
Canada	1,858,755[a]
United Kingdom	1,825,000[3]
Sri Lanka	1,614,000[3]
South Africa	1,560,000[3]
Nigeria	1,000,000[4]
Mauritius	894,500[3]
Oman	796,001[5]
Australia	700,000[6]
Kuwait	700,000[7]
Qatar	650,000[8]
Nepal	600,000[9]
Bangladesh	500,000-1,000,000[10]
Germany	161,000-1,000,000+[11][5]
Trinidad and Tobago	468,524[5]
Thailand	465,000[5]
Bahrain	400,000[5]
Guyana	327,000[5]
Fiji	315,000[5]
Réunion (Overseas France)	297,300[12]
Singapore	250,300[13]
Netherlands	240,000[5]
Italy	197,301[5]
New Zealand	155,178[14]
Suriname	148,000[5]
Indonesia	120,000[5]
Israel	85,000[15]
France	58,983[16]
Japan	46,000[17]
Portugal	24,550+[18]
Brazil	23,254[19]
Ireland	20,000+[20]
Poland	9,900[21]
Cayman Islands	1,218[22]
Languages
Languages of India, including: Assamese Awadhi Bagheli Bengali Bhil Bhojpuri Bodo Braj Bhasha Bundeli Chhattisgarhi Dogri English Garhwali Gondi Gujarati Haryanvi Hindi Kannauji Kashmiri Kannada Khandeshi Kodava Konkani Kumaoni Kurukh Kutchi Ladakhi Magahi Maithili Malayalam Marathi Meitei[23][24] Nepali Odia Punjabi Rajasthani Sanskrit Santhali Sindhi Tamil Telugu Tripuri Tulu Urdu
Religion
Majority: Hinduism Minorities: Islam Christianity Sikhism Buddhism Jainism Zoroastrianism Judaism Sarnaism Sanamahism Baháʼí Irreligion Others

Indian people or Indians are the citizens and nationals of the Republic of India. In 2022, the population of India stood at 1.4 billion people. According to UN forecasts, India overtook China as the world's most populous country by the end of April 2023, containing 17.50 percent of the global population.^[25][26][27] In addition to the Indian population, the Indian overseas diaspora also boasts large numbers, particularly in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and the Western world.^[5]

While the demonym "Indian" applies to people originating from the present-day Republic of India, it was also used as the identifying term for people originating from what is now Pakistan and Bangladesh prior to the Partition of India in 1947.^[28][29]

Particularly in North America, the terms "Asian Indian" and "East Indian" are sometimes used to differentiate Indians from the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Although the misidentification of indigenous Americans as Indians occurred during the European colonization of the Americas, the term "Indian" is still used as an identifier for indigenous populations in North America and the Caribbean. This usage is growing rarer, as terms such as indigenous, Amerindian, and specifically First Nations in Canada, and Native American in the United States, are widely used in official discourse and in law.

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