Sikhism by country

The Sikh diaspora and population centers as of 2004.^[1]

Sikhism can be found predominantly in the Punjab region of India but Sikh communities exist on every inhabited continent, with the largest emigrant population being in Canada, with slightly more than in the United Kingdom. There are approximately 30 million sikhs in the world.

Methodology

The figures on this list are either based on each of the country's respective censuses or are calculated by specific organisations. Some of these figures are rounded off. In case of conflicting estimates, both the lowest and highest estimates are included.

Countries

Sikhs and Sikhism by country

Region	Country	No. of Sikhs	Sikh %	% of all Sikhs
South Asia	Afghanistan	3,000	0.01%	0.01%
Oceania	Australia	72,296[2]	0.12%	0.3%
Central Europe	Austria	2,794[3]	0.03%	0.01%
South Asia	Bangladesh	100,000[4]	0.07%	0.42%
Western Europe	Belgium	10,000	0.09%	0.04%
North America	Canada	468,673[5]	1.4%	1.96%
East Asia	People's Republic of China	7,500	<0.01%	0.03%
Northern Europe	Denmark	700	0.01%	<0.01%
Oceania	Fiji	4,676[6]	0.55%	0.02%
Western Europe	France	10,000	0.02%	0.04%
Central Europe	Germany	12,000–40,000[7]	0.03%	0.11%
Southern Europe	Greece	20,000[8]	0.11%	0.09%
Western Europe	Iceland	100	0.03%	<0.01%
South Asia	India	21,500,000[9]	2.00%	90.2%
Southeast Asia	Indonesia	15,000[10]	<0.01%	<0.01%
Middle East	Iran	60 families[11]	<0.01%	<0.01%
Western Europe	Ireland	1,200[12]	0.03%	<0.01%
Southern Europe	Italy	70,000[13]	0.11%	0.29%
East Asia	Japan	2,000	<0.01%	<0.01%
Central Asia	Kazakhstan	800	<0.01%	<0.01%
East Africa	Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania	50,000-100,000[14]	0.64%	0.21%-0.42%
Middle East	Kuwait	20,000[15]	0.64%	0.09%
Middle East	Lebanon	3,000	0.07%	0.01%
Southern Africa	Malawi	3,000	0.02%	0.01%
Southeast Asia	Malaysia	100,000[16]	0.37%	0.42% Sikhism in Singapore 15,000
Southern Africa	Mauritius	37,700	0.3%	0.16%
North America	Mexico	8,000	<0.01%	0.03%
South Asia	Nepal	5,890[17]	0.02%	0.02%
Western Europe	Netherlands	12,000	0.07%	0.05%
Oceania	New Zealand	19,191[18]	0.43%	0.04%
West Africa	Niger	3,000	0.02%	0.01%
Northern Europe	Norway	5,000	<0.01%	0.02%
South Asia	Pakistan	20,000[19]	0.01%	0.01%
Southeast Asia	Thailand	70,000[20]	0.1%	0.29%
Western Europe	United Kingdom	432,000	0.8%	1.77%
North America	United States	250,000[21]	0.08%	1.05%
Southern Africa	Zambia	3,000	0.03%	0.01%
Total		23,848,796–23,877,296

By region

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, refers to the percentage of Sikhs in a region (Sikhs in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Sikh percentage compared to the total Sikh population of the world (Sikhs in the region * 100/total Sikh population of the world).

Sikhism in Africa

Region	Total Population	Sikhs	% of Sikhs	% of Sikh total
Central Africa	83,121,055	14,000	0.017%	0.059%
East Africa	193,741,900	50,000-100,000	0.0005%	0.2%
North Africa	202,151,323	0	0%	0%
Southern Africa	137,092,019	47,700	0.035%	0.2%
West Africa	268,997,245	3,000	0.0011%	0.013%
Total	885,103,542	64,700	0.0531%	0.272%

Sikhism in Asia

Region	Total Population	Sikhs	% of Sikhs	% of Sikh total
Central Asia	92,019,166	800	0.0009%	0.0034%
East Asia	1,527,960,261	11,500	0.0008%	0.05%
Middle East	274,775,527	29,000	0.011%	0.122%
South Asia	1,437,326,682	21,533,890	1.5%	90.5%
Southeast Asia	571,337,070	276,600	0.05%	1.162%
Total	3,903,418,706	21,851,190	1.5627%	91.8374%

Sikhism in Europe

Region	Total Population	Sikhs	% of Sikhs	% of Sikh total
Central Europe	74,510,241	15,294-43,294	0.021%-0.06%	0.064%-0.2%
Eastern Europe	212,821,296	5,000	0.00235%	0.021%
Western Europe	375,832,557	1,024,300	0.272%	3.37%
Scandinavia	25,310,130	6,700 - 7,200	0.03%	0.03%
Total	728,571,703	1,099,294 - 1,127,794	0.26635% - 0.30535%	3.485% - 3.621%

Sikhism in The Americas

Region	Total Population	Sikhs	% of Sikhs	% of Sikh total
Caribbean	24,898,266	0	0%	0%
Central America	41,135,205	0	0%	0%
North America	446,088,748	1,028,415	0.23054%	3.88%
South America	371,075,531	0	0%	0%
Total	883,197,750	1,028,415	0.1164%	3.88%

Sikhism in Oceania

Region	Total Population	Sikhs	% of Sikhs	% of Sikh total
Oceania	30,564,520	92,000	0.133%	0.171%

See also

• Sikh diaspora
• Punjabi people

General:

• List of religious populations

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