Punjabi diaspora
Ethnic Punjabis and their descendants living outside of India and Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Punjabi diaspora refers to the descendants of ethnic Punjabis who emigrated out of the Punjab region in the northern part of the South Asia to the rest of the world. Punjabis are one of the largest ethnic groups in both the Pakistani and Indian diasporas. The Punjabi diaspora numbers around the world has been given between 2.5 and 10 million, mainly concentrated in Britain, Canada, United States, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.[1]
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Total population | |
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2.5―10 million.[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Canada | 942,170 (2021)[2][lower-alpha 1] |
United Kingdom | 700,000 (2006)[3] |
United States | 253,740[4] |
Australia | 239,033 (2021)[5] |
Malaysia | 56,400 (2019)[6] |
Philippines | 50,000 (2016)[7] |
New Zealand | 34,227 (2018)[8] |
Sweden | 24,000 (2013)[9] |
Bangladesh | 23,700 (2019)[10] |
Germany | 18,000 (2020)[11] |
Nepal | 10,000 (2019)[12] |
Languages | |
Punjabi and its dialects • Hindi-Urdu • English • Swahili • Malaysian • Cantonese • Thai • Indonesian • Tamil • Tagalog • German • Swedish • Italian • and numerous more other languages | |
Religion | |
Sikhism (incl. Nanakpanthi) • Islam • Hinduism • Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Indian Diaspora, Pakistani diaspora, South Asian Diaspora |
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