Global Organization for People of Indian Origin

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Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) is an international network of people of Indian origin (PIO).

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[edit] History

GOPIO was founded at the First Global Convention of People of Indian Origin in New York in 1989. The initial thrust of GOPIO was fighting human rights violation of people of Indian origin.

Although this has been improved in the last one decade, human rights violations continue to be a major issue for PIOs living outside India. GOPIO has now set its priorities in pooling its resources, both financial and professional, for the benefit of PIOs, the countries they come from and India.

The incumbent president of the GOPIO is P. P. Devaraj, a Tamil politician represents the Sri Lankan Tamils of Indian origin.[1]


[edit] Statistics

Continent / Country Articles Overseas Indian Population
Asia 13,700,000
Nepal 4,000,000[2]
Malaysia Malaysian Indian, Chitty, Tamil diaspora 2,400,000
Myanmar Burmese Indians, Myanmar Indian Muslims,
Anglo-Indian		 2,000,000[3]
Saudi Arabia 1,500,000 [1]
United Arab Emirates 1,300,000 [2]
Sri Lanka Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka 850,000[4]
Oman 450,000 [3]
Singapore Indian Singaporean, Tamil diaspora 320,000
Kuwait 295,000 [4]
Bahrain 150,000 [5]
Qatar 125,000 [6]
Thailand 65,000
China (PRC, ROC, Hong Kong) South Asians in Hong Kong 62,300
Philippines Indian Filipino, Filipinos of Indian descent 125,000
Indonesia Indian Indonesian, Tamil diaspora 55,000[3]
Israel 45,000 [7]
Pakistan Mohajir 4,100,000
Japan 16,400
Lebanon 11,000[3]
Maldives 9,000 [8]
Yemen 9,000 [9]
Brunei 7,600[3]
Cyprus 2000 [10]
South Korea #
Syria 1,800[3]
Bhutan 1,500[3]
Kazakhstan 1,200 [11]
Afghanistan 1000 [12]
Iran 800 [13]
Uzbekistan 700 [14]
Turkmenistan 700 [15]
Vietnam 320[3]
Cambodia 300[3]
Europe 2,300,000[5]
United Kingdom British Asian, Anglo-Indian 1,100,000 [16]
Netherlands Hindoestanen 217,000 [17]
Germany Indian-Germans 80,000 [18]
France 75,000 [19]
Italy 71,500 [20]
Portugal 70,000 [21]
Spain 29,000 [22]
Russia 16,000[3]
Switzerland 13,500 [23]
Austria 12,000 [24]
Sweden 11,000 [25]
Belgium 7,000 [26]
Greece 7,000 [27]
Norway 6,000 [28]
Ukraine 3,500 [29]
Denmark 2,500 [30]
Republic of Ireland 1,600 [31]
Finland 1,200 [32]
Americas 4,200,000
United States Indian American, Indo-Caribbean American,
South Asian American		 2,100,000 [33]
Canada Indo-Canadian, Tamil Canadians 960,000 [34]
Trinidad and Tobago Indo-Trinidadian, Indo-Caribbean 525,000 [35]
Guyana Indo-Guyanese, Indo-Caribbean 327,000 [36]
Suriname Hindoestanen 175,000 [37]
Jamaica Indo-Jamaican, Indo-Caribbean 90,000 [38]
Guadeloupe Indo-Caribbean 41,000 [39]
Brazil Asian Latin American 16,900 [40]
Panama Indo-Caribbean 9,000 [41]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Indo-Caribbean 21,500[citation needed]
St. Lucia Indo-Caribbean 4,700 [42]
Puerto Rico Asian Latin American 4,500[citation needed]
Barbados Indo-Caribbean 2,200[3]
Argentina Asian Latin American 1,600 [43]
Saint Kitts and Nevis Indo-Caribbean 1,100[3]
Belize Indo-Caribbean, Asian Latin American 500[3]
Mexico Indian Mexicans 400[3]
Africa 2,800,000
South Africa Indian South Africans,
Asians in South Africa		 1,300,000 [44]
Mauritius Indo-Mauritian 855,000 [45]
Réunion Indo-Réunionnaise 220,000 [46]
Kenya 100,000 [47]
Tanzania 90,000 [48]
Uganda 90,000 [49]
Madagascar 28,000 [50]
Nigeria Indian Language School1 2 25,000 [51]
Mozambique 21,000 [52]
Libya 20,000 [53]
Zimbabwe 16,000 [54]
Botswana Indians in Botswana 9,000 [55]
Zambia 6,000 [56]
Seychelles Indo-Seychellois 5,000 [57]
Ghana 3,800 [58]
Oceania 600,000
Fiji Indians in Fiji 340,000 [59]
Australia Indo Australian, Indian Australian 235,000 [60]
New Zealand Indo Kiwi 105,000 [61]
Total Overseas Indian Population 24,000,000


[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Int’l meeting of people of Indian origin begins today in SL. Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. (28). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  2. ^ Where big can be bothersome. The Hindu. January 07, 2001.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Overseas Indian Population 2001. Little India.
  4. ^ Data for 2001. From Lal, Brij V. (Gen. ed.), The Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora. Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2006, p.144
  5. ^ Indian population growth

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