India's religious minorities have been more likely to leave India country population, 2010
India’s religious minorities have been more likely to migrate internationally. Religious minorities make up a larger share of India’s international migrant population than they do among the nation’s domestic population, according to 2010 Pew Research Center estimates. For example, about 19% of the Indian international migrant population was Christian, compared with only 3% of the population in India. Similarly, an estimated 27% of the Indian international migrant population was Muslim, compared with 14% of the population in India. The reverse is true for Hindus: Only 45% of India’s international migrant population was Hindu, compared with 80% of the population in India.
India's religious minorities have been  | more likely to leave India  | Religious breakdown in %of India's emigrants and  | country population, 2010  | 8  | Other religion  | 14  | Christian  | 19  | 27  | Muslim  | 80  | Hindu  | 45  | Migra ints from India India's pop ulation  | Sources: Pew Research Center projections. See methodologyof  | The Future ofWorld Religions: Population Religious Growth Projections,  | 2010-2050" and "Faith Religions: on the Move: Population The Religious Projections, Affillia tion of  | Interna tiona Migrants for details.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 