Tamil population by nation

This is a list of Tamil population per nation.

Country Numbers Percent Year Notes Refs
 India 60,793,814 5.91% 2001 census [lower-alpha 1] [1]
 Sri Lanka 3,135,770 15.40% 2012 census [lower-alpha 2] [2]
 Malaysia 1,396,000 2000 [lower-alpha 3] [4]
 United Kingdom 300,000 [3]
 South Africa 250,000 [3]
 Canada 200,000 [lower-alpha 4] [6]
 Singapore 188,591 5.00% 2010 census [lower-alpha 5] [7]
 United States 130,731 2006–08 census estimate [8]
 France 125,000 [9]
 Réunion 120,000 [3]
 Fiji 80,000 [3]
 Mauritius 72,089 5.83% 2011 census [lower-alpha 6] [10]
 Germany 50,000 [3]
  Switzerland 40,000 [3]
 Australia 50,151 0.23% 2011 Census [11]
 Italy 25,000 [3]
 Netherlands 20,000 [3]
 Norway 10,000 [3]
 Thailand 10,000 [3]
 United Arab Emirates 10,000 [3]
 Bahamas 7,000 [3]
 Denmark 7,000 [3]
 China 5,000 [3]
 Qatar 4,000 [3]
 Seychelles 4,000 [3]
 New Zealand 3,000 [3]
 Vietnam 3,000 [3]
 Sweden 2,000 [3]
 Cambodia 1,000 [3]

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. Canada Census 2011 tables show the Tamil population in Canada at 131,265.[5]
  5. Resident Indian Tamil population. Another source puts the Tamil population in Singapore at 200,000.[3]
  6. Tamil, Tamil Hindu and Christian Tamil. Another source puts the Tamil population in Mauritius at 115,000.[3]

References

  1. "Scheduled Languages in descending order of speaker's strength - 2001". Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  2. "Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 - Table A3: Population by distirct, ethnic group and sex" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sivasupramaniam, V. "History of the Tamil Diaspora". International Conferences on Skanda-Murukan.
  4. "Tamil". Ethnologue.
  5. Census, Canada. "Detailed Mother Tongue tables". Canada Census.
  6. Foster, Carly. "Group Backgrounds: Tamils". Diversity Watch. Ryerson University School of Journalism.
  7. "Basic Demographic Characteristics: Table 6 Indian Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex". Census of Population 2010 Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion. Department of Statistics, Singapore.
  8. US Census. "Nation's Linguistic Diversity". United States Census Bureau.
  9. "Politically French, culturally Tamil: 12 Tamils elected in Paris and suburbs". TamilNet. 18 March 2008.
  10. "Volume: II Demographic and Fertility Characteristics" (PDF). The 2011 Housing and Population Census. Statistics Mauritius. p. 68.
  11. "Census Explorer". Special Broadcasting Service.
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