Tamil diaspora
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The Tamil diaspora refers to descendants of the Tamil speaking immigrants who emigrated from their native lands in the southern Indian subcontinent (Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Sri Lanka) to other parts of the world. They are found primarily in Malaysia, Arab states of the Persian Gulf, South Africa, North America, Western Europe, and Singapore.[18] It can be divided into two main diasporic clusters, due to geographical, historical and cultural reasons, as Indian Tamil diaspora and Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora.
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புலம்பெயர் தமிழர் | |
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Total population | |
8 million | |
Malaysia | ~1,897,000 (2018.est)[1] |
South Africa | ~600,000 (2013)[2] |
United Arab Emirates | ~400,000[3][4] |
Saudi Arabia | ~350,000[4][3] |
France[lower-alpha 1] | ~302,000[5] |
United States | ~238,699[6] |
Canada | 237,599 (2021)[7][lower-alpha 2] |
Singapore | 198,449 (2020)[lower-alpha 3][8] |
United Kingdom | ~120,000 (2007)[9] |
Indonesia | ~75,000 (2008)[10] |
Mauritius | ~72,089 (2011)[11] |
Germany | ~60,000 (2008)[12] |
Australia | ~50,000 (2011)[13] |
Switzerland | ~35,000 (2008)[14] |
Italy | ~25,000 (2005)[15] |
Norway | ~10,000 (2000)[16] |
Denmark | ~9,000 (2003)[17] |
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Religion | |
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Four groups make up the bulk of the Tamil diaspora: colonial-era descendants of migrants to Southeast Asia, South Africa, East Africa, the Caribbean, and Fiji; recent, educated Tamil immigrants primarily to the U.S., Australia, and the U.K.; Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who resettled primarily in Canada, Western and Northern Europe, and Oceania between the 1980s and 2010s; and recent Tamil migration to the Gulf states of the Middle East as labor.