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While the total population of Punjab is 110 million as noted in the 2017 Pakistan census, [53] ethnic Punjabis comprise approximately 44.7% of the national population. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] With an estimated national population of 252 million in 2024, [ 5 ] ethnic Punjabis thus number approximately 112.8 million in Pakistan; [ a ] [ 54 ] this makes ...
Sikhism is the most common faith in Punjab, numbering over 16 million people representing 57.69% of the population, making it the only Sikh-majority state in India. Around 38.49% of the population (10.68 million) follow Hinduism , while Islam is followed by 1.93% of the population (535,000) and Christianity 1.26% (350,000). [ 43 ]
Punjab (/ p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b / ⓘ; [8] Punjabi: [pənˈdʒɑːb] ⓘ) is a state in northwestern India.Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territories of Jammu and Kashmir to the ...
Country Tamil Population Percent Year Notes Refs India 69,810,141 [clarify]: 5.89%: 2011 census [a][1] Sri Lanka 3,135,770: 15.40%: 2012 census [b][2] Malaysia 2,327,000: 6.7%: 2020 estimates
The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora refers to the global diaspora of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. It can be said to be a subset of the larger Sri Lankan and Tamil diaspora.. Like other diasporas, Sri Lankan Tamils are scattered and dispersed around the globe, with concentrations in South Africa, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Europe, Australia, United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Seychelles and Mauritius.
This is a list of Tamil population per city (excluding Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry).Some cities in Sri Lanka also includes Sri Lankan Moors population because most of them have Tamil as their mother tongue.In Singapore the number also includes ethnic Tamils who don't speak Tamil at home
There also exists a significant population in Sri Lanka who are native speakers of Tamil language and are of Islamic faith. Though a significant amount of evidence points towards these Muslims being ethnic Tamils, [103] [104] [105] they are controversially [103] [105] [106] listed as a separate ethnic group by the Sri Lankan government. [107 ...
Punjabis make up approximately 2.6% of the Canadian population as per the 2021 Canadian Census. [23] The largest Punjabi community in Canada is in Ontario, with 397,867 Punjabis as of 2021 (making up 2.84% of the overall population), while British Columbia is home to approximately 315,000 Punjabis (making up 6.41% of the overall population).