Tamil population by nation

This is a list of Tamil population per nation.

Country Numbers Percent Year Notes Refs
 India69,026,8815.89%2011 census[lower-alpha 1][1]
 Sri Lanka3,135,77015.40%2012 census[lower-alpha 2][2]
 Malaysia1,800,0006.7%2012[lower-alpha 3][4]
 Myanmar100,0002018[5]
 United Kingdom300,000[3]
 South Africa250,000[3]
 Canada200,000[lower-alpha 4][7]
 United States190,6852009–13 census estimate[8]
 Singapore188,5915.00%2010 census[lower-alpha 5][9]
 France125,000[10]
 Réunion120,000[3]
 Fiji80,000[3]
 Australia73,1610.3%2016 Census[11]
 Mauritius72,0895.83%2011 census[lower-alpha 6][12]
 Germany50,000[3]
  Switzerland40,000[3]
 Italy25,000[3]
 Netherlands20,000[3]
 Norway10,000[3]
 Thailand10,000[3]
 United Arab Emirates10,000[3]
 Bahamas7,000[3]
 Denmark7,000[3]
 China5,000[3]
 Qatar4,000[3]
 Seychelles4,000[3]
 New Zealand3,000[3]
 Vietnam3,000[3]
 Sweden2,000[3]
 Cambodia1,000[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.[6]
  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. ↑ "Abstract of speakers strength and mother tongues - 2011" (PDF). Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  2. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 - Table A3: Population by district, 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. ↑ "Valluvar Kottam goes overseas, to be inaugurated at Myanmar in May". THE TIMES OF INDIA.
  6. ↑ Census, Canada. "Detailed Mother Tongue tables". Canada Census.
  7. ↑ Foster, Carly. "Group Backgrounds: Tamils". Diversity Watch. Ryerson University School of Journalism. Archived from the original on 2008-02-14.
  8. ↑ US Census. "Nation's Linguistic Diversity". United States Census Bureau.
  9. ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 2013-09-08.
  10. ↑ "Politically French, culturally Tamil: 12 Tamils elected in Paris and suburbs". TamilNet. 18 March 2008.
  11. ↑ "Census Explorer". Special Broadcasting Service.
  12. ↑ "Volume: II Demographic and Fertility Characteristics" (PDF). The 2011 Housing and Population Census. Statistics Mauritius. p. 68.
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