Tamil population by nation

This is a list of Tamil population per nation.

Country Numbers Percent Rank Year Notes Refs
 India 72,147,030 5.91% 5th largest ethnic group 2011 census [lower-alpha 1] [1]
 Sri Lanka 3,135,770 15.40% 2nd largest ethnic group 2012 census [lower-alpha 2] [2]
 Malaysia 1,743,922 3rd largest ethnic group 2010 [lower-alpha 3] [4]
 Myanmar 1,000,000 [3]
 United Kingdom 300,000 [3]
 South Africa 250,000 [3]
 Canada 200,000 0.5% 19th largest ethnic group [lower-alpha 4] [6]
 Singapore 188,591 5.00% 3rd largest ethnic group 2010 census [lower-alpha 5] [7]
 United States 130,731 29th largest ethnic group 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% 25th largest ethnic group 2011 Census [11]
 Italy 25,000 [3]
 Netherlands 20,000 [3]
 Guyana 13,000 [3]
 Norway 10,000 [3]
 Thailand 10,000 [3]
 Suriname 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]
 Uganda 1,000 [3]
 Ghana 1,000 [3]
World ~80,000,000 ~1.1% 15th largest ethnic group 2006-12 census estimate [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 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 24 25 26 27 28 29 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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