This is a list of Tamil population per nation.
Country | Tamil Population | Percent | Year | Notes | Refs |
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India | 69,810,141[ clarify ] | 5.89% | 2011 census | [lower-alpha 1] | [1] |
Sri Lanka | 3,135,770 | 15.40% | 2012 census | [lower-alpha 2] | [2] |
Malaysia | 2,327,000 | 6.7% | 2020 estimates | [lower-alpha 3] | [4] |
Myanmar | 1,000,000 | 1.8% | 2018 estimates | [lower-alpha 4] [3] | [7] [8] [9] |
United States | 341,396 | 0.1% | 2021 estimates | [lower-alpha 5] | [10] [11] [12] |
South Africa | 250,000 | 0.4% | 2018 estimates | [13] | |
Canada | 237,890 | 0.7% | 2021 census | [14] | |
Singapore | 198,449 | 4.9% | 2020 census | [lower-alpha 6] | [15] |
France | 125,000 | 0.18% | 2018 estimates | [16] | |
England | 123,203 | 0.2% | 2021 census | [17] | |
Réunion | 120,000 | 14.5% | 2017 estimates | [3] | |
Australia | 95,411 | 0.38% | 2021 Census | [18] | |
Fiji | 80,000 | 9.5% | 2017 estimates | [3] | |
Mauritius | 72,089 | 5.83% | 2011 census | [lower-alpha 7] | [19] |
Germany | 60,000 | 0.07% | 2020 estimates | [20] | |
Switzerland | 40,000 | 0.46% | 2020 estimates | [3] | |
Indonesia | 40,000 | 0.01% | 2020 estimates | [21] | |
Guadeloupe | 36,000 | 9% | 2020 estimates | [22] | |
Italy | 25,000 | 0.04% | 2020 estimates | [3] | |
Netherlands | 20,000 | 0.12% | 2020 estimates | [3] | |
Norway | 13,000 | 0.24% | 2019 estimates | [23] | |
New Zealand | 10,107 | 0.21% | 2018 Census | [24] | |
United Arab Emirates | 10,000 | 0.1% | 2020 estimates | [3] | |
Austria | 10,000 | 0.11% | 2016 estimates | [25] | |
Scotland | 7,398 | 0.1% | 2011 census | [26] | |
Denmark | 7,000 | 0.12% | 2020 estimates | [3] | |
Belgium | 7,000 | 0.06% | 2016 estimates | [27] | |
Bahrain | 7,000 | 0.2% | 2020 estimates | [3] | |
China | 5,000 | 0.0003% | 2020 estimates | [3] | |
Qatar | 4,000 | 0.2% | 2020 estimates | [3] | |
Seychelles | 4,000 | 4.2% | 2020 estimates | [3] | |
Wales | 4,296 | 0.1% | 2011 census | [28] | |
Ireland | 1,800 | 0.04% | 2016 census | [29] | |
Spain | 1,500 | 0.003% | 2020 estimates | [30] | |
Finland | 1,000 | 0.02% | 2019 estimates | [31] | |
Portugal | 1,000 | 0.01% | 2020 estimates | [32] | |
Cambodia | 1,000 | 0.006% | 2020 estimates | [3] | |
Malta | 1,000 | 0.2% | 2020 estimates | [3] | |
Maldives | 500 | 0.1% | 2020 estimates | [33] | |
Greece | 500 | 0.005% | 2020 estimates | [34] | |
Poland | 500 | 0.001% | 2020 estimates | [35] | |
Czech Republic | 300 | 0.003% | 2020 estimates | [36] | |
Hungary | 200 | 0.002% | 2016 estimates | [37] | |
Nauru | 200 | 2% | 2020 estimates | [38] | |
Luxembourg | 50 | 0.008% | 2018 estimates | [39] | |
Romania | 50 | 0.00025% | 2020 estimates | [40] | |
Bulgaria | 50 | 0.0007% | 2020 estimates | [41] | |
Slovakia | 50 | 0.0009% | 2020 estimates | [42] | |
Pakistan | At least 200 | 0.0% | 2018 estimates | [lower-alpha 8] | [43] |
Guyana | At least 1 | 0.0% | 2018 data | [44] | |
Papua New Guinea | At least 1 | 0.0% | 2018 data | [45] | |
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