Tamil population by nation

This is a list of Tamil population per nation.

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	[c]	[4]
Myanmar	1,000,000	1.8%	2018 estimates	[d][3]	[7][8][9]
United States	341,396	0.1%	2021 estimates	[e]	[10][11][12]
South Africa	250,000	0.4%	2018 estimates		[13]
Canada	237,890	0.7%	2021 census		[14]
Singapore	198,449	4.9%	2020 census	[f]	[15]
France	125,000	0.18%	2018 estimates		[16]
England	123,203	0.2%	2021 census		[17]
Réunion	120,000	14.5%	2017 estimates		[3]
Australia	95,411	0.38%	2021 Census		[18]
Fiji	80,000	9.5%	2017 estimates		[3]
Mauritius	72,089	5.83%	2011 census	[g]	[19]
Germany	60,000	0.07%	2020 estimates		[20]
Switzerland	40,000	0.46%	2020 estimates		[3]
Indonesia	40,000	0.01%	2020 estimates		[21]
Guadeloupe	36,000	9%	2020 estimates		[22]
Italy	25,000	0.04%	2020 estimates		[3]
Netherlands	20,000	0.12%	2020 estimates		[3]
Norway	13,000	0.24%	2019 estimates		[23]
New Zealand	10,107	0.21%	2018 Census		[24]
United Arab Emirates	10,000	0.1%	2020 estimates		[3]
Austria	10,000	0.11%	2016 estimates		[25]
Scotland	7,398	0.1%	2011 census		[26]
Denmark	7,000	0.12%	2020 estimates		[3]
Belgium	7,000	0.06%	2016 estimates		[27]
Bahrain	7,000	0.2%	2020 estimates		[3]
China	5,000	0.0003%	2020 estimates		[3]
Qatar	4,000	0.2%	2020 estimates		[3]
Seychelles	4,000	4.2%	2020 estimates		[3]
Wales	4,296	0.1%	2011 census		[28]
Ireland	1,800	0.04%	2016 census		[29]
Spain	1,500	0.003%	2020 estimates		[30]
Finland	1,000	0.02%	2019 estimates		[31]
Portugal	1,000	0.01%	2020 estimates		[32]
Cambodia	1,000	0.006%	2020 estimates		[3]
Malta	1,000	0.2%	2020 estimates		[3]
Maldives	500	0.1%	2020 estimates		[33]
Greece	500	0.005%	2020 estimates		[34]
Poland	500	0.001%	2020 estimates		[35]
Czech Republic	300	0.003%	2020 estimates		[36]
Hungary	200	0.002%	2016 estimates		[37]
Nauru	200	2%	2020 estimates		[38]
Luxembourg	50	0.008%	2018 estimates		[39]
Romania	50	0.00025%	2020 estimates		[40]
Bulgaria	50	0.0007%	2020 estimates		[41]
Slovakia	50	0.0009%	2020 estimates		[42]
Pakistan	At least 200	0.0%	2018 estimates	[h]	[43]
Guyana	At least 1	0.0%	2018 data		[44]
Papua New Guinea	At least 1	0.0%	2018 data		[45]

See also

• List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language
• Tamil population by cities
• States of India by Tamil speakers

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. The Times of India gives Myanmar's Tamil population as 10 lakh (1,000,000) as of 2018. The Union of Catholic Asian News and La Croix International state that Tamil people comprise about 2 percent of Myanmar's population of 51 million as of 2018. This is contradicted by other sources. Sivasupramaniam states that Burma had a Tamil population of 200,000 once but this had reduced after the end of World War II.^[3] Tamil Nation states that Burma had a Tamil population of 200,000 as of 1966.^[5] Tamil Catholics are estimated to number about 50,000.^[6]
5. The U.S. census data considers only the population age 5 and older.
6. Resident Indian Tamil population. Another source puts the Tamil population in Singapore at 200,000. Note: The Singapore Tamil population data provided by the Singapore government excludes Tamils who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. The figure for the 'percentage of Tamils' is based on the number of ethnic Tamils among the resident population of Singapore, ignoring the foreign workers.^[3]
7. Tamil, Tamil Hindu, and Christian Tamil. Another source puts the Tamil population in Mauritius at 115,000.^[3]
8. The Hindu mentions Pakistan's Tamil population as 100 families.