Sri Lankan diaspora
Emigrants and expatriates from Sri Lanka / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sri Lankan diaspora are Sri Lankan emigrants and expatriates from Sri Lanka, and their descendants, that reside in a foreign country. They number a total estimated population of around 3 million.
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Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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2,000,000+ (estimated)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
United Arab Emirates | 320,000 (2023)[2] |
India | 184,780 (2021)[3] |
Australia | 146,950 (2020)[4] |
Qatar | 145,256 (2016)[5] |
Canada | 136,240 (2021)[6] |
United Kingdom | 131,000-400,000 (2021)[7][8] |
Lebanon | 117,031 (2007)[9] |
Italy | 108,069 (2022)[10] |
Kuwait | 99,858 (2016)[11] |
Saudi Arabia | 84,794 (2022)[12] |
United States | 61,416 (2020)[13] |
France | 52,300 (2017)[14] |
Japan | 40,917 (2023)[15] |
Switzerland | 28,838 (2019)[16] |
Oman | 26,268 (2017)[17] |
Germany | 25,900 (2019)[18] |
South Korea | 20,239 (2017)[17] |
New Zealand | 16,830 (2018)[19] |
Norway | 15,818 (2021)[20] |
Netherlands | 13,463 (2020)[21] |
Jordan | 12,582 (2017)[17] |
Denmark | 11,700 (2017)[22] |
Singapore | 11,066 (2017)[17] |
Bahrain | 10,099 (2017)[17] |
Thailand | 7,931 (2017)[17] |
Cyprus | 7,350 (2011)[23] |
Sweden | 7,106 (2017)[17] |
Maldives | 7,062 (2017)[17] |
Malaysia | 6,766 (2017)[17] |
China | 5,554 (2017)[17] |
Languages | |
Sinhala, Tamil, other languages of Sri Lanka and various languages of the countries they inhabit | |
Religion | |
Theravada Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Sri Lankan | |
Populations stated are the maximum estimated United States population, Foreign born stated only |
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