Tamil population by nation

This is a list of Tamil population per nation.

Country	Numbers	Percent	Year	Notes	Refs
India	60,793,814	5.91%	2001 census	[lower-alpha 1]	[1]
Sri Lanka	3,135,770	15.40%	2012 census	[lower-alpha 2]	[2]
Malaysia	1,800,000		2012	[lower-alpha 3]	[4]
United Kingdom	300,000				[3]
South Africa	250,000				[3]
Canada	200,000			[lower-alpha 4]	[6]
United States	190,685		2009–13 census estimate		[7]
Singapore	188,591	5.00%	2010 census	[lower-alpha 5]	[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%	2011 Census		[11]
Italy	25,000				[3]
Netherlands	20,000				[3]
Norway	10,000				[3]
Thailand	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]

See also

• List of territorial entities where Tamil is an official language
• Tamil population by cities

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. 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. US Census. "Nation's Linguistic Diversity". United States Census Bureau.
8. "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.
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.