The number of Indians naturalizing for citizenship in a foreign country are increasing than ever before. The United States is the top destination for Indians for acquiring Citizenship, followed by UK and Australia.

46,188 Indians naturalized for US citizenship in 2016, according to 2016 US Naturalization statistics

16,615 Indians became New Canadian citizens in 2016, according to Immigration Canada

21,989 Indians became Australian citizens in 2015-16, according to Australian Government

24,656 Indians naturalized for UK citizenship in 2016, according to UK Citizenship Statistics

13,194 Indians acquired citizenship in Europe in 2015, according to EuroStat Statistics (breakdown see below)

EU 2015 Belgium 312 Bulgaria 0 Czech Republic 4 Denmark 107 Germany 1,352 Estonia 0 Ireland 1,611 Greece 23 Spain 605 France 392 Croatia 0 Italy 6,176 Cyprus 16 Latvia 0 Lithuania 0 Luxembourg 7 Hungary 8 Malta 5 Netherlands 647 Austria 233 Poland 36 Portugal 454 Romania 3 Slovenia 1 Slovakia 1 Finland 137 Sweden 458 Iceland 9 Liechtenstein 0 Norway 383 Switzerland 214

The Government of India does not allow dual citizenship for India, and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) Scheme was introduced by amending the Citizenship Act, 1955 in August 2005

As of Dec 2016, Over 30 million Overseas indians live abroad, according to Ministry of External Affairs. Overseas Indians are people of Indian birth or descent who live outside India.

The Top 5 countries of Indian population abroad are

United States – 4.4 million

Saudi Arabia – 3 million

Malaysia – 2.9 million

United Arab Emirates – 2.8 million

Myanmar – 2.0 million

Country Overseas Indians

(2016) 1 Afghanistan 2,969 2 Albania 50 3 Algeria 3,787 4 Andorra 160 5 Angola 4,000 6 Anguilla 20 7 Antigua & Barbuda 550 8 Argentina 2,400 9 Armenia 1,488 10 Aruba 1,000 11 Australia 496,000 12 Austria and Montenegro 20,000 13 Azerbaijan 1,777 14 Bahamas 400 15 Bahrain 316,175 16 Bangladesh 10,391 17 Barbados 2,214 18 Belarus 340 19 Belgium 18,651 20 Belize 1,500 21 Benin 1,563 22 Bhutan 60,000 23 Bolivia 60 24 Bonaire & Smaller Islands 200 25 Bosnia & Herzegovina 24 26 Botswana 12,000 27 Brazil 1,225 28 British Virgin Islands 78 29 Brunei Darussalam 11,598 30 Bulgaria 162 31 Burkina Faso 205 32 Burundi 500 33 Cambodia 1,410 34 Cameroon 245 35 Canada 1,016,185 36 Cape Verde Islands 20 37 Cayman Islands 1,600 38 Central African Republic 10 39 Chad 120 40 Chile 2,700 41 China 56,020 42 China (Hong Kong) 51,430 43 China (Taiwan) 2,572 44 Colombia 218 45 Comoros 230 46 Congo (Dem. Rep. of) 9,025 47 Congo (Republic of) 358 48 Cook Island 205 49 Costa Rica 250 50 Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 1,500