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The number of Indian students studying outside India rapidly increased by 163% between 1999 and 2006 to reach 145,539 as compared to slower growth of 25% between 2006 and 2013 to reach 181,872, according to an analysis of UNESCO data. [1] As of January 2021, more than 1 million Indian students are studying in 85 countries outside India. [2]
The total number of student visas granted to Indian students for 2006–2007 was 34,136; [218] a significant rise from 2002 to 2003, when 7,603 student visas were granted to Indian students. [219] According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 87% of Indians residing in Australia are under the age of 50, and over 83% are proficient in English.
Meanwhile, India overtook China as the world’s most populous country last year, and more than 40% of Indians are under 25 – prompting hopes of a youthful new engine for the global economy just ...
The number of Indian students in the United States grew from 148,360 in March 2015 to 194,438 in March 2016, a jump of 31.1%, according to the latest 'SEVIS by the Numbers' report. [18] This is second only to China. Indian students contributed $5.01 billion to the US economy in 2015–16 according to the Open Doors data 2016. [19]
India estimates 1.5 million students are studying at universities elsewhere — an eightfold increase since 2012 — with no country attracting more than the U.S.
The notable growth in international students from India has led to escalated tensions with Canada's large Indian Canadian community, who claim that students are "stealing their jobs" and "causing violence" within the established Indian enclaves of the country. [34] [35]
Nigerian nationals had a main applicant to dependency ratio exceeding one – 10 times the rate for all other countries except for India. [26] In 2022/23, 60,923 dependants accompanied 59,053 Nigerian students and 38,990 dependants accompanied 139,539 Indian students. [27]
He said the U.S. needed to recruit more international students for those fields, but from India - an increasingly important U.S. security partner - not China. For years, Chinese students have made ...