citizens or residents of India
"Indians" refers to the citizens or residents of India, a country in South Asia. This term matters because India is the world's most populous democracy and a major global economic and cultural force, making its people significant to understanding contemporary world affairs.
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Indian people or Indians are the citizens and nationals of the Republic of India or people who trace their ancestry to India. While the demonym "Indian" applies to people originating from the present-day India, it was also used as the identifying term for people originating from what is now Bangladesh and Pakistan prior to the Partition of India in 1947. The term "Indian" does not refer to a single ethnic group, but is used as a social construct for the various ethnic groups in or from India.
In 2022, the population of India stood at 1.4 billion people. According to United Nations forecasts, India overtook China as the world's most populous country by the end of April 2023, containing 17.50 percent of the global population. The Indian overseas diaspora also boasts large numbers, particularly in Arab states of the Persian Gulf and in the Western world (especially the Anglosphere), as well as historic descendant populations in various countries that were part of the British Empire (particularly in the Caribbean and South Africa) due to the Indian indenture system.
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