Tamil population by nation
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This is a list of Tamil population per nation.
| Country | Tamil Population | Percent | Year | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 India | 69,810,141[clarification needed] | 5.89% | 2011 census | [a] | [1] |
 Sri Lanka | 3,281,987 | 15.07% | 2024 census | [b] | [2][3] |
 Malaysia | 2,327,000 | 6.7% | 2020 estimates | [c] | [5] |
 Myanmar | 1,000,000 | 1.8% | 2018 estimates | [d][4] | [8][9][10] |
 United States | 341,396 | 0.1% | 2021 estimates | [e] | [11][12][13] |
 South Africa | 250,000 | 0.4% | 2018 estimates | [14] | |
 Canada | 237,890 | 0.7% | 2021 census | [15] | |
 Singapore | 198,449 | 4.9% | 2020 census | [f] | [16] |
 France | 125,000 | 0.18% | 2008 estimates | [17] | |
 England | 123,203 | 0.2% | 2021 census | [18] | |
| Réunion | 120,000 | 14.5% | 2017 estimates | [4] | |
 Australia | 95,411 | 0.38% | 2021 Census | [19] | |
 Fiji | 80,000 | 9.5% | 2017 estimates | [4] | |
 Mauritius | 72,089 | 5.83% | 2011 census | [g] | [20] |
 Germany | 60,000 | 0.07% | 2008
estimates |
[21] | |
 Switzerland | 40,000 | 0.46% | [4] | ||
 Indonesia | 40,000 | 0.01% | [22] | ||
| Guadeloupe | 36,000 | 9% | 2020 estimates | [23] | |
 Italy | 25,000 | 0.04% | [4] | ||
 Netherlands | 20,000 | 0.12% | [4] | ||
 Norway | 13,000 | 0.24% | [24] | ||
 New Zealand | 10,107 | 0.21% | 2018 Census | [25] | |
 United Arab Emirates | 10,000 | 0.1% | 2020 estimates | [4] | |
 Austria | 10,000 | 0.11% | 2016 estimates | [26] | |
 Scotland | 7,398 | 0.1% | 2011 census | [27] | |
 Denmark | 7,000 | 0.12% | 2020 estimates | [4] | |
 Belgium | 7,000 | 0.06% | 2016 estimates | [28] | |
 Bahrain | 7,000 | 0.2% | 2020 estimates | [4] | |
 China | 5,000 | 0.0003% | 2020 estimates | [4] | |
 Qatar | 4,000 | 0.2% | 2020 estimates | [4] | |
 Seychelles | 4,000 | 4.2% | 2020 estimates | [4] | |
 Wales | 4,296 | 0.1% | 2011 census | [29] | |
 Ireland | 1,800 | 0.04% | 2016 census | [30] | |
 Spain | 1,500 | 0.003% | 2020 estimates | [31] | |
 Finland | 1,000 | 0.02% | 2019 estimates | [32] | |
 Portugal | 1,000 | 0.01% | 2020 estimates | [33] | |
 Cambodia | 1,000 | 0.006% | 2020 estimates | [4] | |
 Malta | 1,000 | 0.2% | 2020 estimates | [4] | |
 Maldives | 500 | 0.1% | 2020 estimates | [34] | |
 Greece | 500 | 0.005% | 2020 estimates | [35] | |
 Poland | 500 | 0.001% | 2020 estimates | [36] | |
 Czech Republic | 300 | 0.003% | 2020 estimates | [37] | |
 Hungary | 200 | 0.002% | 2016 estimates | [38] | |
 Nauru | 200 | 2% | 2020 estimates | [39] | |
 Luxembourg | 50 | 0.008% | 2018 estimates | [40] | |
 Romania | 50 | 0.00025% | 2020 estimates | [41] | |
 Bulgaria | 50 | 0.0007% | 2020 estimates | [42] | |
 Slovakia | 50 | 0.0009% | 2020 estimates | [43] | |
 Pakistan | At least 200 | 0.0% | 2018 estimates | [h] | [44] |
 Guyana | At least 1 | 0.0% | 2018 data | [45] | |
 Papua New Guinea | At least 1 | 0.0% | 2018 data | [46] |
See also
Notes
- Mother tongue Tamil.
- Sri Lankan Tamil and Indian Tamil only. Sri Lankan Moors and other ethnic groups whose mother tongue is Tamil are excluded.
- 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.[4] Tamil Nation states that Burma had a Tamil population of 200,000 as of 1966.[6] Tamil Catholics are estimated to number about 50,000.[7]
- The U.S. census data considers only the population age 5 and older.
- 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.[4]