Fewer than half of India-born migrants are Hindu
Pew’s 2020 estimate: Hindus 41%, Muslims 32.6%, Christians 16.4%. These are people living outside their birth country, regardless of when they left.
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A country’s majority religion does not tell us the composition of its emigrants. This is an estimate for the entire stock abroad at one date.
One 0–100% scale. The final bar combines other religions, the unaffiliated, Buddhists and Jews.
- Hindus among emigrants — share % of migrants
2020: 41
- Muslims among emigrants — share % of migrants
2020: 32.6
- Christians among emigrants — share % of migrants
2020: 16.4
- Other religions among emigrants — share % of migrants
2020: 8.5
- Religiously unaffiliated among emigrants — share % of migrants
2020: 0.9
- Buddhists among emigrants — share % of migrants
2020: 0.5
- Jews among emigrants — share % of migrants
2020: 0.1
Pew 2024 release, Outgoing, India, 2020. Seven shares come from one table; the four smaller groups are added. Estimates combine international migrant stocks and religious-composition data.
Some composition estimates are indirect. Shares are rounded to 0.1 percentage point. This is neither a 2020 departure flow nor a measure of practice or evidence of reasons for migration or conversion. No mixing with the revised 2025 population release.
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How does the mix differ by destination?