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Indians in Myanmar 2026
India has the largest diaspora in the world & as per the Ministry of External Affairs, there are 3.5 Crores or 35 million Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) residing outside India.
As per the Ministry of External Affairs report, there are around 2,000,000 (20 Lakh) Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) in Myanmar, and 2660 are Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in Myanmar.
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Myanmar Indian population
Burmese Indians make up around 3-5% of the Myanmar population, and approx population of Indians in Myanmar as of 2026 is 21 Lakh or 2.1 million. Some of the Cities where Indians are in large numbers are
- Yangon (Rangoon)
- Mandalay
- Pyin U Lwin
- Kalaw
Burmese Indians mostly are Tamils from Tamil Nadu. Others include Telugus from Andhra Pradesh and Marwaris from the Marwar region of India’s Rajasthan state as well as Bengalis hailing from the Indian state of West Bengal and small numbers of Malayalis from Kerala, Kannadigas from Karnataka, Odias from Odisha, Punjabis from the state of Punjab who is mostly Sikhs and two groups of Gujaratis, both Gujarati-speaking Parsis and Gujaratis proper who are mostly Hindus or Muslims by faith hailing from the state of Gujarat.
Religion of Indian population in Myanmar
Burmese Indians practice Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Christianity. Predominantly, Burmese Indians are Hindu. The practice of Hinduism among Burmese Indians is also influenced by Buddhism. In addition to Hindu deities, the Buddha is also worshiped, and many Hindu temples in Myanmar house statues of the Buddha.
Source: MEA report about overseas Indian population.