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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 348,443[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Suriname 148,443[1] | |
 Netherlands | 200,000[2] |
| Languages | |
| Sarnami Hindustani, Dutch, English, Sranan Tongo, Hindi-Urdu | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Hinduism Minority: Islam, Christianity, Irreligion and Others | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Surinamese people, Indian diaspora, Indo-Caribbeans, Indians in the Netherlands, Surinamese people in the Netherlands, Pakistanis in the Netherlands, Indo-Caribbean Americans, Indo-Caribbean Canadians, British Indo-Caribbean people, Indo-Guyanese, Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian, Indo-Jamaicans, Indo-Fijians, Indo-Mauritians, Indo-South Africans | |
Indo-Surinamese, Indian-Surinamese or Hindustani Surinamese are nationals of Suriname of Indian origin, who trace their ancestry to India and the wider subcontinent. Their ancestors were indentured workers from (the former) British Raj brought by the Dutch and the British to the (then) Dutch colony of Suriname during the mid-19th to the early 20th century.[3] Per the 2012 Census of Suriname, 148,443 citizens of Suriname are of Indo-Surinamese origin, constituting 27.4% of the total population, making them the largest ethnic group in Suriname on an individual level.
- ^ a b "Census" (PDF). Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek in Suriname (General Statistics Bureau of Suriname). p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ a b "Suriname Indians in the Netherlands – the Indian in Them Lives on".
- ^ "Hindostanen in Suriname (in Dutch)". Outlook. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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