Most of the 25-30 million followers of Sikhism, the world's fifth-largest religion live in the northern Indian state of Punjab, the only Sikh-majority administrative division on Earth, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] but Sikh communities exist on every inhabited continent. Sizeable Sikh populations in countries across the world exist in India (20,833,116), [7] Canada (771,790), [8] England (520,092), [9] the United States (~280,000), [30] Italy (~220,000), and Australia (210,400), while countries with the largest proportions of Sikhs include Canada (2.12%), [8] India (1.56%), Cyprus (1.1%) [31] [32] England (0.92%), [9] [33] New Zealand (0.87%), and Australia (0.83%).
Administrative divisions with significant proportions of Sikhs include Punjab, India (Sikhs account for 58 percent of the population), Chandigarh, India (13.1 percent), British Columbia, Canada (5.9 percent), [8] Haryana, India (4.9 percent), Delhi, India (3.4 percent), West Midlands, England (2.9 percent), Manitoba, Canada (2.7 percent), [8] Alberta, Canada (2.5 percent), [8] Uttarakhand, India (2.3 percent), and Ontario, Canada (2.1 percent). [8] Meanwhile, cities outside India with the largest Sikh populations are Brampton, Ontario, Canada (163,260), [34] Surrey, British Columbia, Canada (154,415), [35] and London, England (144,543). [36]
At 93.33% Sikh, Tarn Taran is the world's most Sikh district or county. [37] Located in the heart of the Majha region of Punjab founded by Guru Arjan Dev - the 5th Sikh guru, [38] Tarn Taran also hosts the world's largest sarovar (sacred pool) [39] even surpassing the great Darbar Sahib - Golden Temple in the neighbouring Amritsar district.
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The figures on the table below are either based on each of the country's respective censuses or are calculated by specific organizations. Some of these figures are rounded off. In case of conflicting estimates, both the lowest and highest estimates are included.
Region | Country | No. of Sikhs | Sikh % | % of all Sikhs |
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Central Asia | ![]() | 140 (2022 est.) [40] | 0% | 0% |
South America | ![]() | 300 families (2012 est.) [41] | 0% | 0% |
Central Europe | ![]() | 9,000 (2020 est.) [42] | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Oceania | ![]() | 210,400 (2021 census) [43] | 0.83% | 0.9% |
South Asia | ![]() | 20 families (2012 est.) [44] | 0% | 0% |
Western Europe | ![]() | 10,000 (2020 est.) [45] | 0.09% | 0.04% |
South America | ![]() | 300 (2018 est.) [46] | 0% | 0% |
North America | ![]() | 771,790 (2021 census) [8] | 2.12% | 3.31% |
Southern Europe | ![]() | 13,280 (2020 est.) [31] [32] | 1.07% | 0.06% |
Northern Europe | ![]() | 4,000 (2019 est.) [47] | 0.07% | 0.02% |
Oceania | ![]() | 2,577 (2007 census) [48] | 0.31% | 0.01% |
Western Europe | ![]() | 30,000 (2017 est.) [49] | 0.04% | 0.13% |
Western Asia | ![]() | 200 (2018 est.) [50] | 0.01% | 0% |
Central Europe | ![]() | 18,000 (2017 est.) [51] | 0.02% | 0.08% |
Southern Europe | ![]() | 20,000 (2015 est.) [52] | 0.19% | 0.09% |
East Asia | ![]() | 12,000 (2021 est.) [53] | 0.16% | 0.05% |
Northern Europe | ![]() | 100 (2013 est.) [54] | 0.03% | 0% |
South Asia | ![]() | 20,833,116 (2011 census) | 1.72% | 89.27% |
Southeast Asia | ![]() | 15,000 (2009 est.) [55] | 0.01% | 0.06% |
Western Europe | ![]() | 2,183 (2022 census) [56] | 0.04% | 0.01% |
Southern Europe | ![]() | 220,000 (2022 est.) [70] | 0.37% | 0.94% |
East Africa | ![]() | 6,000 (2013 est.) [71] | 0.01% | 0.03% |
Middle East | ![]() | 15,000 (2021 est.) [72] | 0.35% | 0.06% |
Southeast Asia | ![]() | 100,000 (2016 est.) [73] | 0.3% | 0.43% |
South Asia | ![]() | 609 (2011 census) [74] | 0% | 0% |
Western Europe | ![]() | 15,000 (2022 est.) [75] | 0.08% | 0.06% |
Oceania | ![]() | 40,908 (2018 census) [76] | 0.87% | 0.18% |
Northern Europe | ![]() | 4,080 (2020 est.) [77] | 0.08% | 0.02% |
Middle East | ![]() | 33,704 (2020 est.) [78] | 0.75% | 0.14% |
South Asia | ![]() | 6,146 (2021 est.) [79] [80] [81] | 0% | 0.03% |
Central America | ![]() | 302 (2020 est.) [32] | 0.01% | 0% |
Southeast Asia | ![]() | 28,436 (2020 est.) [32] | 0.03% | 0.12% |
Southern Europe | ![]() | 35,000 (2020 est.) [82] | 0.34% | 0.15% |
Middle East | ![]() | 6,700 (2021 est.) [83] | 0.02% | 0.03% |
Southeast Asia | ![]() | 12,051 (2020 census) [84] | 0.35% | 0.05% |
Southern Africa | ![]() | 13,000 (2020 est.) [85] | 0.02% | 0.04% |
Southern Europe | ![]() | 26,000 (2020 est.) [86] | 0.05% | 0.11% |
Northern Europe | ![]() | 4,000 (2020 est.) [86] | 0.04% | 0.02% |
Southeast Asia | ![]() | 70,000 (2005 est.) [87] | 0.1% | 0.3% |
Central America | ![]() | 150 (2022 est.) [88] | 0.01% | 0% |
East Africa | ![]() | 2,400 (2021 est.) [89] | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Middle East | ![]() | 52,000 (2022 est.) [90] | 0.56% | 0.22% |
Western Europe | ![]() | 524,529 (2021 census) [9] [91] [92] | 0.85% | 2.25% |
North America | ![]() | 280,000 (2021 est.) [113] | 0.08% | 1.2% |
Total | 23,336,631 [lower-alpha 1] | 0.3% | 100% |
As a religious minority, Sikhs have fought long and hard to get official status and to be counted in many countries across the world. Through the efforts of Sikh organisations and communities in their respective countries, there is now readily available population data on Sikhs as part of the census in the following territories:
Country | Sikh Religion | Sikh Ethnicity (single response) | Sikh Ethnicity (multiple response) | |||||||
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Rank | Pop. | % | Year | Pop. | % | Year | Pop. | % | Year | |
![]() | 4th | 20,833,116 | 1.72% | 2011 [114] | ||||||
![]() | 4th | 771,790 | 2.12% | 2021 [8] | 194,640 | 0.54% | 2021 [115] | |||
![]() | 4th | 520,092 | 0.92% | 2021 [9] | 98,666 | 0.17% | 2021 [116] | |||
![]() | 48,321 | 0.01% | 2020 [117] [118] [119] | 70,697 | 0.02% | 2020 [120] [121] [122] | ||||
![]() | 5th | 210,400 | 0.83% | 2021 [123] | 60,501 | 0.24% | 2021 [124] | |||
![]() | 5th | 40,908 | 0.87% | 2018 [76] | 105 | 0% | 2018 [125] | 192 | 0% | 2018 [126] |
![]() | 6th | 12,051 | 0.35% | 2020 [84] | ||||||
![]() | 6th | 11,124 | 0.02% | 2010 [127] | ||||||
![]() | 5th | 10,988 | 0.20% | 2022 [128] | 873 | 0.02% | 2011 [129] | |||
![]() | 5th | 4,048 | 0.13% | 2021 [9] | 683 | 0.02% | 2021 [130] | |||
![]() | 4th | 2,577 | 0.31% | 2007 [131] | ||||||
![]() | 6th | 2,183 | 0.04% | 2022 [132] | ||||||
![]() | 7th | 1,496 | 0.01% | 2021 [133] | ||||||
![]() | 6th | 389 | 0.02% | 2021 [134] | 43 | 0% | 2021 [135] | |||
![]() | 182 | 0.01% | 2022 [136] | |||||||
![]() | 2023 | |||||||||
![]() | 7th | 3 | 0.01% | 2011 [137] |
Note: Official statistics do not count unregistered arrivals or those who have not completed the census or surveys. However, they do provide for a much more accurate depiction of Sikh communities as opposed to estimates from various Sikh organisations whose estimates can vary vastly with no statistically valuable source. Thus, official statistics and census data is highly important and Sikh communities continue to push for census inclusion in many countries where they are still not counted.
Country | Native Born [138] | % | Foreign Born [139] | % | Data |
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![]() | 296,673 | 57.0% | 223,419 | 43.0% | 2021 |
![]() | 236,400 | 30.6% | 535,390 | 69.4% | 2021 |
![]() | 51,939 | 24.9% | 157,940 | 75.1% | 2021 |
![]() | 8,369 | 69.5% | 3,682 | 30.5% | 2020 |
![]() | 2,431 | 60.1% | 1,617 | 39.9% | 2021 |
Canada has the largest Sikh population outside India, though this is largely due to the foreign born that were born outside Canada numbering 500,000+. Looking at the native born population, England ranks number 1 as having the largest number born in the diaspora.
Administrative division | 2021 [8] [36] [216] [217] [218] [lower-alpha 3] | |
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Pop. | % | |
![]() | 16,004,754 | 57.69% |
![]() | 1,243,752 | 4.91% |
![]() | 872,930 | 1.27% |
![]() | 643,500 | 0.32% |
![]() | 570,581 | 3.4% |
![]() ![]() | 300,435 | 2.14% |
![]() ![]() | 290,870 | 5.92% |
![]() | 236,340 | 2.34% |
![]() | 232,585 | 1.9% |
![]() | 223,247 | 0.2% |
![]() ![]() | 172,398 | 2.9% |
![]() | 151,412 | 0.21% |
![]() ![]() | 146,614 | 0.37% |
![]() ![]() | 144,543 | 1.64% |
![]() | 138,329 | 13.11% |
![]() ![]() | 103,600 | 2.48% |
![]() ![]() | 91,745 | 1.41% |
![]() | 79,896 | 1.16% |
![]() ![]() | 74,348 | 0.8% |
![]() | 71,422 | 0.22% |
![]() | 70,036 | 0.27% |
![]() | 63,523 | 0.07% |
![]() | 58,246 | 0.1% |
![]() ![]() | 53,950 | 1.11% |
![]() ![]() | 47,165 | 0.58% |
![]() ![]() | 35,470 | 2.71% |
![]() ![]() | 31,496 | 0.16% |
![]() | 30,340 | 0.09% |
![]() | 28,773 | 0.05% |
![]() ![]() | 27,713 | 0.54% |
![]() ![]() | 24,284 | 0.38% |
![]() ![]() | 24,034 | 0.44% |
![]() | 23,832 | 1.52% |
![]() ![]() | 23,345 | 0.28% |
![]() | 21,991 | 0.05% |
![]() | 20,672 | 0.07% |
![]() ![]() | 18,583 | 0.7% |
![]() ![]() | 17,316 | 0.22% |
![]() ![]() | 17,259 | 0.97% |
![]() ![]() | 15,417 | 0.17% |
![]() | 14,753 | 0.01% |
![]() | 14,601 | 0.02% |
![]() ![]() | 11,862 | 0.16% |
![]() ![]() | 10,777 | 0.04% |
![]() | 9,904 | 0.02% |
![]() ![]() | 9,055 | 0.17% |
![]() ![]() | 9,035 | 0.82% |
![]() ![]() | 7,465 | 0.13% |
![]() ![]() | 7,206 | 0.27% |
![]() ![]() | 6,812 | 0.1% |
![]() ![]() | 6,792 | 0.08% |
![]() ![]() | 5,809 | 0.06% |
![]() ![]() | 5,087 | 0.04% |
![]() | 4,842 | 1.57% |
![]() ![]() | 4,730 | 0.49% |
![]() ![]() | 4,354 | 0.03% |
![]() ![]() | 4,323 | 0.95% |
![]() | 4,074 | 0.89% |
![]() ![]() | 4,048 | 0.13% |
![]() ![]() | 4,013 | 0.06% |
![]() | 3,814 | 0.01% |
![]() ![]() | 3,517 | 0.03% |
![]() | 3,287 | 0.24% |
![]() | 3,045 | 0.1% |
![]() | 2,973 | 0.5% |
![]() ![]() | 2,379 | 0.03% |
![]() ![]() | 2,359 | 0.01% |
![]() | 2,263 | 0.83% |
![]() ![]() | 2,208 | 0.4% |
![]() ![]() | 2,177 | 0.03% |
![]() ![]() | 2,173 | 0.02% |
![]() | 1,890 | 0.1% |
![]() | 1,868 | 0.31% |
![]() ![]() | 1,780 | 0.23% |
![]() | 1,647 | 0.32% |
![]() | 1,527 | 0.05% |
![]() | 1,473 | 0.1% |
![]() ![]() | 1,431 | 0.01% |
![]() ![]() | 1,424 | 0.04% |
![]() ![]() | 1,412 | 0.02% |
![]() ![]() | 1,401 | 0.6% |
![]() | 1,347 | 0.81% |
![]() ![]() | 1,324 | 0.02% |
![]() | 1,286 | 0.34% |
![]() ![]() | 1,165 | 0.77% |
![]() ![]() | 1,130 | 0.03% |
![]() ![]() | 1,118 | 0.04% |
![]() | 1,070 | 0.03% |
![]() ![]() | 850 | 0.17% |
![]() ![]() | 690 | 0.02% |
![]() ![]() | 519 | 0.01% |
![]() | 510 | 0.23% |
![]() ![]() | 460 | 0.02% |
![]() ![]() | 456 | 0.01% |
![]() | 447 | 0.19% |
![]() | 389 | 0.07% |
![]() ![]() | 389 | 0.02% |
![]() ![]() | 385 | 0.97% |
![]() ![]() | 385 | 0.01% |
![]() ![]() | 365 | 0.01% |
![]() ![]() | 349 | 0.04% |
![]() ![]() | 341 | 0.01% |
![]() | 315 | 0.18% |
![]() | 297 | 0.02% |
![]() ![]() | 289 | 0% |
![]() | 286 | 0.03% |
![]() ![]() | 242 | 0.01% |
![]() | 234 | 0.2% |
![]() | 210 | 0.22% |
![]() ![]() | 190 | 0% |
![]() ![]() | 182 | 0.01% |
![]() ![]() | 182 | 0% |
![]() | 171 | 0.36% |
![]() ![]() | 163 | 0% |
![]() ![]() | 147 | 0.01% |
![]() ![]() | 143 | 0.01% |
![]() | 123 | 0.26% |
![]() ![]() | 110 | 0.27% |
![]() | 102 | 0.2% |
![]() ![]() | 91 | 0.01% |
![]() ![]() | 75 | 0.01% |
![]() | 51 | 0.1% |
![]() ![]() | 44 | 0% |
![]() | 33 | 0.1% |
![]() ![]() | 28 | 0% |
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A sub-district is a local administrative division known as different names in respective countries: called tehsils in India, electoral districts in Canada and wards in England. These are smaller than counties or districts and consist of neighbourhoods and suburbs. Newton, Surrey is the only Sikh majority sub-district outside India with Sikhs representing 51.5% of the population in 2021. [229] There are however, a number of other neighbourhoods outside India where Sikhs form the largest group (plurality).
Sub-District (Neighbourhood) | Division | Nation | % Sikh |
---|---|---|---|
Newton - Surrey | British Columbia | ![]() | 51.5% |
Blakenhall - Wolverhampton | West Midlands | ![]() | 40.7% |
Brampton East - Peel | Ontario | ![]() | 40.4% |
Southall Green - Ealing | London | ![]() | 36.8% |
Heston West - Hounslow | London | ![]() | 31.8% |
Lady Margaret - Ealing | London | ![]() | 28.2% |
Pinkwell - Hillingdon | London | ![]() | 26.5% |
Norwood Green - Ealing | London | ![]() | 26.2% |
Municipality | Sikh population | Total population | Sikh proportion % | Largest religious group |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 570,581 | 16,787,941 | 3.4% | Hindu (81.68%) |
![]() | 556,431 | 1,159,227 | 48% | Hindu (49.36%) |
![]() | 465,393 | 1,618,879 | 28.75% | Hindu (65.96%) |
![]() | 185,869 | 868,929 | 21.39% | Hindu (74.9%) |
![]() | 178,336 | 446,246 | 39.96% | Hindu (57.22%) |
![]() | 163,260 | 650,165 | 25.11% | Christian (35.72%) |
![]() | 154,415 | 562,565 | 27.45% | Christian (30.24%) |
![]() | 144,543 | 8,799,728 | 1.64% | Christian (40.66%) |
![]() | 138,329 | 1,055,450 | 13.11% | Hindu (80.78%) |
![]() | 100,139 | 446,246 | 35.04% | Hindu (62.61%) |
![]() | 85,983 | 166,864 | 51.53% | Sikh (51.53%) |
![]() | 85,286 | 4,917,750 | 1.73% | Christian (40.14%) |
![]() | 82,456 | 163,397 | 50.46% | Sikh (50.46%) |
The Afghan Sikh population declined from between 200,000 and 500,000 (1.8% to 4.6% of the Afghan population) in the 1970s [244] [245] [246] [247] [248] to 45 in 2022 following decades of conflict.
Country | 2021 | 2011 | 2001 | Change (2011-2021) | Change (2001-2011) | |||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | ± | +% | ± | +% | |
![]() | 20,833,116 | 1.72% | 19,237,391 | 1.87% | 1,595,725 | 8.29% | ||||
![]() | 771,790 | 2.12% | 454,965 | 1.38% | 278,410 | 0.94% | 316,825 | 69.64% | 176,555 | 63.42% |
![]() | 520,092 | 0.92% | 420,196 | 0.79% | 327,343 | 0.63% | 99,896 | 23.77% | 92,853 | 28.37% |
![]() | 269,986 | 0.08% | 189,242 | 0.06% | 119,740 | 0.04% | 80,744 | 42.67% | 69,502 | 58.04% |
![]() | 210,397 | 0.83% | 72,296 | 0.34% | 17,437 | 0.09% | 138,101 | 191.02% | 54,859 | 314.61% |
![]() | 40,908 [lower-alpha 4] | 0.87% | 19,191 [lower-alpha 5] | 0.45% | 5,199 | 0.14% | 21,717 | 113.16% | 13,992 | 269.13% |
![]() | 4,208 | 0.08% | 2,975 | 0.06% | ||||||
![]() | 4,048 | 0.13% | 2,962 | 0.10% | 2,015 | 0.07% | 1,086 | 947 | ||
![]() | 1,496 | 0.01% | 609 | 0.00% | 887 | |||||
![]() | <500? | <0.1% | 2,540 [lower-alpha 6] | 0.3% | 3,067 [lower-alpha 7] | 0.4% | -527 | -17.18% | ||
![]() | 389 | 0.02% | 216 | 0.01% | 219 | 0.01% | 173 | -3 | ||
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General:
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Indian Americans are citizens of the United States with ancestry from India. The terms Asian Indian and East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States, who are also referred to as "Indians" or "American Indians". With a population of more than 4.9 million, Indian Americans make up approximately 1.35% of the U.S. population and are the largest group of South Asian Americans, the largest Asian-alone group, and the largest group of Asian Americans after Chinese Americans. Indian Americans are the highest-earning ethnic group in the United States.
The Punjabi diaspora consists of the descendants of ethnic Punjabis who emigrated out of the Punjab region in the northern part of the South Asia to the rest of the world. Punjabis are one of the largest ethnic groups in both the Pakistani and Indian diasporas. The Punjabi diaspora numbers around the world has been given between 3-5 million, mainly concentrated in Britain, Canada, United States, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.
Sikhism inAfghanistan in the contemporary era is limited to small populations, primarily in major cities, with the largest numbers of Afghan Sikhs living in Jalalabad, Ghazni, Kabul, and to a lesser extent in Kandahar and Khost. Sikhs have been the most prevalent non-Muslim minority in Afghanistan, and despite the many political changes in recent Afghan history, governments and political groups have generally not indulged in openly discriminating against the Sikh minority; however, their status have been severely impacted amid the country's conflict since 1978.
Overseas Indians, officially Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origin (PIOs) are Indians who reside or originate outside of India. According to the Government of India, Non-Resident Indians are citizens of India who currently are not living in India, while the term People of Indian Origin refers to people of Indian birth or ancestry who are citizens of countries other than India. Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) is given to People of Indian Origin and to persons who are not People of Indian Origin but married to Indian citizen or People of Indian Origin. Persons with OCI status are known as Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs). The OCI status is a permanent visa for visiting India with a foreign passport.
The South Asian community in British Columbia was first established in 1897. The first immigrants originated from Punjab, British India, a northern region and state in modern-day India and Pakistan. Punjabis originally settled in rural British Columbia at the turn of the twentieth century, working in the forestry and agricultural industries.
Today there are well over 500,000 Sikhs in the United States.
Scholars and government officials estimate the Sikh American population to number around 500,000.
There are an estimated 500,000 Sikhs living in the U.S., many in New York and California.
Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world, and, today, there are more than 30 million Sikhs worldwide and an estimated 500,000 Sikh Americans;
There are more than 500,000 Sikhs in the United States.
Despite its relatively recent arrival in Chicago, Sikhism is the world's fifth-largest religion, with 25 to 30 million adherents around the globe and an estimated 500,000 in America today.
Sikhs, 25,000 (2020)....The "German Information Center for Sikh Religion, Sikh History, Culture and Science (DISR)" estimates the number of Sikhs in Germany at 18,000 for 2017
The Sikh community in Greece, numbered at around 20,000 according to a 2012 report, joined together to mark the holy day
it had chosen the city of Brixia because Italy had over 200,000 Sikhs living in the county with a majority in Brescia.
That it had chosen the city of Brixia because Italy had over 200,000 Sikhs living in it with a majority in Brescia
About 200,000 Sikhs live in different cities of Italy.
About 200,000 Sikhs live in different cities of Italy.
Italy has over 200,000 Sikhs who are active members of the Italian population, which is why this city was chosen
It is estimated that there are around 220,000 Sikh migrants in Italy. The community, however, has been largely invisible to native Italians. The majority of Sikhs are dairy workers, living far from the cities, and settled mainly in the farms of north and central Italy.
The total number of Indians in Italy has now crossed 200,000, making it the largest Indian diaspora in continental Europe and far greater than the 30,000 estimated in Spain. This Indian contingent is mainly made up of Punjabi Jat Sikhs.
Today, Italy has the largest Sikh population in Europe, only second to the United Kingdom, with an estimated number of 220,000
According to Gallo (2013), by contrast, the Sikhs would number at least 100,000. Barbara Bertolani estimates in 2013 "My own data gathered within the Sikh community in Italy show Sikh people constituting about 70% of all the Indians present, i.e., at least 84,000 residents
Up to 150,000 Sikhs now live there, making it the largest Sikh Community in Europe after the one in Britain
Despite the estimated 220,000 Sikh immigrants who inhabit the Po Valley, there seems to a whiff of change in the air
About 200,000 Sikhs live in different cities of Italy.
The vegan diet, the cult, the traditions. Customs and symbols of the 150,000 faithful of the religion born in India who now live in the Bel Paese
Religion(s): There are ten religious categories reported in the census 2011. Hindu is followed by 81.3 percent (21,551,492) of the population followed by Buddhism (9%; 2,396,099), Islam (4.4%; 1,162,370), Kirat (3.1%; 807,169), Christianity (1.4%; 375,699), Prakriti (0.5%; 121,982), Bon (13,006), Jainism (3,214), Bahai (1,283) and Sikhism (609).
In Nederland wonen zo'n 15.000 sikhs, die hier sinds de jaren zestig vanuit Afghanistan, Pakistan en India kwamen, op zoek naar werk of op de vlucht voor de Sovjets, de Taliban of de geradicaliseerde aanhangers van Indira Gandhi, nadat zij in 1984 door haar sikhlijfwacht was vermoord. Ons land telt inmiddels negen gurdwara's. [Some 15,000 Sikhs live in the Netherlands, who have come here from Afghanistan, Pakistan and India since the 1960s, looking for work or fleeing the Soviets, the Taliban or the radicalized followers of Indira Gandhi, after they were killed in 1984. her Sikh bodyguard had been killed. Our country now has nine gurdwaras.]
Sikhs (35,000), In recent years, the number of Indians (especially from Punjab/Haryana) has increased significantly owing to the easing of immigration norms by Portugal. However, since many of them do not have valid residency documents, official figures are not available.
Today there are well over 500,000 Sikhs in the United States.
Scholars and government officials estimate the Sikh American population to number around 500,000.
There are an estimated 500,000 Sikhs living in the U.S., many in New York and California.
Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world, and, today, there are more than 30 million Sikhs worldwide and an estimated 500,000 Sikh Americans;
There are more than 500,000 Sikhs in the United States.
Despite its relatively recent arrival in Chicago, Sikhism is the world's fifth-largest religion, with 25 to 30 million adherents around the globe and an estimated 500,000 in America today.
Sikh Population: 3 Persons
it had chosen the city of Brixia because Italy had over 200,000 Sikhs living in the county with a majority in Brescia.
That it had chosen the city of Brixia because Italy had over 200,000 Sikhs living in it with a majority in Brescia
About 200,000 Sikhs live in different cities of Italy.
About 200,000 Sikhs live in different cities of Italy.
Italy has over 200,000 Sikhs who are active members of the Italian population, which is why this city was chosen
According to Gallo (2013), by contrast, the Sikhs would number at least 100,000. Barbara Bertolani estimates in 2013 "My own data gathered within the Sikh community in Italy show Sikh people constituting about 70% of all the Indians present, i.e., at least 84,000 residents
Despite the estimated 220,000 Sikh immigrants who inhabit the Po Valley, there seems to a whiff of change in the air
Today there are well over 500,000 Sikhs in the United States.
Scholars and government officials estimate the Sikh American population to number around 500,000.
There are an estimated 500,000 Sikhs living in the U.S., many in New York and California.
Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world, and, today, there are more than 30 million Sikhs worldwide and an estimated 500,000 Sikh Americans;
There are more than 500,000 Sikhs in the United States.
Despite its relatively recent arrival in Chicago, Sikhism is the world's fifth-largest religion, with 25 to 30 million adherents around the globe and an estimated 500,000 in America today.
it had chosen the city of Brixia because Italy had over 200,000 Sikhs living in the county with a majority in Brescia.
That it had chosen the city of Brixia because Italy had over 200,000 Sikhs living in it with a majority in Brescia
About 200,000 Sikhs live in different cities of Italy.
About 200,000 Sikhs live in different cities of Italy.
Italy has over 200,000 Sikhs who are active members of the Italian population, which is why this city was chosen
According to Gallo (2013), by contrast, the Sikhs would number at least 100,000. Barbara Bertolani estimates in 2013 "My own data gathered within the Sikh community in Italy show Sikh people constituting about 70% of all the Indians present, i.e., at least 84,000 residents
Despite the estimated 220,000 Sikh immigrants who inhabit the Po Valley, there seems to a whiff of change in the air
Malaysia has nearly 100,000 Sikh population.
Miri Indian Association president, Councillor Karambir Singh was quoted as saying by the Borneo Post. Malaysia has nearly 100,000 Sikh population
The Malaysian Sikh community is the fourth largest ethnic group of Malaysian Indians. It is estimated that over 100,000 Sikhs reside in Malaysia. The Sikh population is the largest here among Southeast and East Asia.
Sikhs (35,000), In recent years, the number of Indians (especially from Punjab/Haryana) has increased significantly owing to the easing of immigration norms by Portugal. However, since many of them do not have valid residency documents, official figures are not available.
Sikhs, 25,000 (2020)....The "German Information Center for Sikh Religion, Sikh History, Culture and Science (DISR)" estimates the number of Sikhs in Germany at 18,000 for 2017
The Sikh community in Greece, numbered at around 20,000 according to a 2012 report, joined together to mark the holy day
In Nederland wonen zo'n 15.000 sikhs, die hier sinds de jaren zestig vanuit Afghanistan, Pakistan en India kwamen, op zoek naar werk of op de vlucht voor de Sovjets, de Taliban of de geradicaliseerde aanhangers van Indira Gandhi, nadat zij in 1984 door haar sikhlijfwacht was vermoord. Ons land telt inmiddels negen gurdwara's. [Some 15,000 Sikhs live in the Netherlands, who have come here from Afghanistan, Pakistan and India since the 1960s, looking for work or fleeing the Soviets, the Taliban or the radicalized followers of Indira Gandhi, after they were killed in 1984. her Sikh bodyguard had been killed. Our country now has nine gurdwaras.]
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