Tamil population by nation

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This is a list of Tamil population per nation.

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CountryTamil PopulationPercentYearNotesRefs
Flag of India.svg  India 69,810,141[ clarify ]5.89%2011 census [lower-alpha 1] [1]
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3,135,77015.40%2012 census [lower-alpha 2] [2]
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 2,327,0006.7%2020 estimates [lower-alpha 3] [4]
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 1,000,0001.8%2018 estimates [lower-alpha 4] [3] [7] [8] [9]
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 341,3960.1%2021 estimates [lower-alpha 5] [10] [11] [12]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 250,0000.4%2018 estimates [13]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 237,8900.7%2021 census [14]
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 198,4494.9%2020 census [lower-alpha 6] [15]
Flag of France.svg  France 125,0000.18%2018 estimates [16]
Flag of England.svg  England 123,2030.2%2021 census [17]
Flag of France.svg  Réunion 120,00014.5%2017 estimates [3]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 95,4110.38%2021 Census [18]
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 80,0009.5%2017 estimates [3]
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 72,0895.83%2011 census [lower-alpha 7] [19]
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 60,0000.07%2020 estimates [20]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 40,0000.46%2020 estimates [3]
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 40,0000.01%2020 estimates [21]
Flag of France.svg  Guadeloupe 36,0009%2020 estimates [22]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25,0000.04%2020 estimates [3]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20,0000.12%2020 estimates [3]
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13,0000.24%2019 estimates [23]
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 10,1070.21%2018 Census [24]
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 10,0000.1%2020 estimates [3]
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 10,0000.11%2016 estimates [25]
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 7,3980.1%2011 census [26]
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7,0000.12%2020 estimates [3]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7,0000.06%2016 estimates [27]
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 7,0000.2%2020 estimates [3]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5,0000.0003%2020 estimates [3]
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 4,0000.2%2020 estimates [3]
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 4,0004.2%2020 estimates [3]
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 4,2960.1%2011 census [28]
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1,8000.04%2016 census [29]
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1,5000.003%2020 estimates [30]
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1,0000.02%2019 estimates [31]
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1,0000.01%2020 estimates [32]
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1,0000.006%2020 estimates [3]
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1,0000.2%2020 estimates [3]
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 5000.1%2020 estimates [33]
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 5000.005%2020 estimates [34]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5000.001%2020 estimates [35]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3000.003%2020 estimates [36]
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2000.002%2016 estimates [37]
Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 2002%2020 estimates [38]
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 500.008%2018 estimates [39]
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 500.00025%2020 estimates [40]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 500.0007%2020 estimates [41]
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 500.0009%2020 estimates [42]
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan At least 2000.0%2018 estimates [lower-alpha 8] [43]
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana At least 10.0%2018 data [44]
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea At least 10.0%2018 data [45]

See also

Notes

  1. Mother tongue Tamil.
  2. Sri Lankan Tamil and Indian Tamil only. Sri Lankan Moors and other ethnic groups whose mother tongue is Tamil are excluded.
  3. Another source puts the Tamil population in Malaysia at 1,060,000. [3]
  4. The Times of India gives Myanmar's Tamil population as 10 lakh (1,000,000) as of 2018. The Union of Catholic Asian News and La Croix International state that Tamil people comprise about 2 percent of Myanmar's population of 51 million as of 2018. This is contradicted by other sources. Sivasupramaniam states that Burma had a Tamil population of 200,000 once but this had reduced after the end of World War II. [3] Tamil Nation states that Burma had a Tamil population of 200,000 as of 1966. [5] Tamil Catholics are estimated to number about 50,000. [6]
  5. The U.S. census data considers only the population age 5 and older.
  6. Resident Indian Tamil population. Another source puts the Tamil population in Singapore at 200,000. Note: The Singapore Tamil population data provided by the Singapore government excludes Tamils who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. The figure for the 'percentage of Tamils' is based on the number of ethnic Tamils among the resident population of Singapore, ignoring the foreign workers. [3]
  7. Tamil, Tamil Hindu, and Christian Tamil. Another source puts the Tamil population in Mauritius at 115,000. [3]
  8. The Hindu mentions Pakistan's Tamil population as 100 families.

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