Sri Lankan diaspora

Sri Lankan diaspora
Total population
2,000,000+ (estimated)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 United Arab Emirates320,000 (2023)[2]
 India184,780 (2021)[3]
 Australia146,950 (2020)[4]
 Qatar145,256 (2016)[5]
 Canada136,240 (2021)[6]
 United Kingdom131,000-400,000 (2021)[7][8]
 Lebanon117,031 (2007)[9]
 Italy108,069 (2022)[10]
 Kuwait99,858 (2016)[11]
 Saudi Arabia84,794 (2022)[12]
 United States61,416 (2020)[13]
 France52,300 (2017)[14]
 Japan40,917 (2023)[15]
  Switzerland28,838 (2019)[16]
 Oman26,268 (2017)[17]
 Germany25,900 (2019)[18]
 South Korea20,239 (2017)[17]
 New Zealand16,830 (2018)[19]
 Norway15,818 (2021)[20]
 Netherlands13,463 (2020)[21]
 Jordan12,582 (2017)[17]
 Denmark11,700 (2017)[22]
 Singapore11,066 (2017)[17]
 Bahrain10,099 (2017)[17]
 Thailand7,931 (2017)[17]
 Cyprus7,350 (2011)[23]
 Sweden7,106 (2017)[17]
 Maldives7,062 (2017)[17]
 Malaysia6,766 (2017)[17]
 China5,554 (2017)[17]
Languages
Sinhala, Tamil, other languages of Sri Lanka and various languages of the countries they inhabit
Religion
Theravada Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Sri Lankan

Populations stated are the maximum estimated
United States population, Foreign born stated only

The Sri Lankan diaspora are Sri Lankan emigrants and expatriates from Sri Lanka, and their descendants, that reside in a foreign country. They number a total estimated population of around 3 million.

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