Kerala Gulf diaspora
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The Kerala Gulf diaspora refers to the people of Kerala living in the West Asian Arab states of the Persian Gulf. A report presented in 2014, estimates that 90 percent of Kerala's 2.36 million-strong diaspora resides in the Middle East.[4] Nearly 80 percent of Indians living in Kuwait are from Kerala according to the 2008 survey[citation needed] commissioned by the Department of Non-resident Keralite Affairs.
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Total population | |
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3.5 million (2020 est.)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 773,624[2] |
![]() | 634,728[2] |
![]() | 447,440[2] |
![]() | 445,000[2] |
![]() | 134,019[2] |
![]() | 101,556[3] |
Languages | |
Malayalam, Gulf Arabic | |
Religion | |
Hinduism, Islam, Christianity |
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