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World Sikh population breakdown
The Sikh diaspora and population centers as of 2004[1]
Sikhism can be found predominantly in the Punjab state of India but Sikh communities exist on every inhabited continent, with the largest total emigrant population being in the United States , Canada and the United Kingdom . At 1.7% and 1.54% respectively, India , and Canada have the largest proportional representation of Sikhs. Outside of India, Canada is home to the largest proportion of Sikhs worldwide, forming a large representation of Indo-Canadians , as well as a growing minority of Sikh converts of various origins.
Despite centuries of emigration and a large Punjabi diaspora, as of 2020, the majority of the world's 30 million Sikhs live in the Punjab region of India , where Sikhism traces its roots.[2]
Methodology
The figures on this list are either based on each of the country's respective censuses or are calculated by specific organisations. Some of these figures are rounded off. In case of conflicting estimates, both the lowest and highest estimates are included.
Countries
Sikhs and Sikhism by country
Region
Country
No. of Sikhs
Sikh %
% of all Sikhs
Central Asia
Afghanistan
3,000
0.01%
0.01%
South America
Argentina
300 [3]
0.001%
0.001%
Oceania
Australia
125,904 [4]
0.54%
0.52%
Central Europe
Austria
2,794 [5]
0.03%
0.01%
South Asia
Bangladesh
23,000 [6]
0.01%
0.01%
Western Europe
Belgium
10,000
0.09%
0.04%
North America
Canada
468,670 [7]
1.40%
1.96%
East Asia
People's Republic of China
7,500
<0.01%
0.03%
Northern Europe
Denmark
2,000 [8]
0.04%
<0.01%
Oceania
Fiji
2,577 [9]
0.3%
0.01%
Western Europe
France
10,000
0.02%
0.04%
Central Europe
Germany
10,000–20,000 [10]
0.03%
0.05–0.17%
Southern Europe
Greece
20,000 [11]
0.1%
0.07%
Western Europe
Iceland
100
0.03%
<0.01%
South Asia
India
22,700,000 [12]
1.72%
90.2%
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
15,000 [13]
<0.01%
<0.01%
Western Europe
Ireland
1,200 [14]
0.03%
<0.01%
Southern Europe
Italy
70,000 [15]
0.11%
0.29%
East Asia
Japan
2,000
<0.01%
<0.01%
East Asia
South Korea
2,000
<0.01%
<0.01%
Central Asia
Kazakhstan
800
<0.01%
<0.01%
East Africa
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
50,000-100,000 [1]
0.64%
0.21%-0.42%
Middle East
Kuwait
20,000 [16]
0.64%
0.08%
Middle East
Lebanon
3,000
0.07%
0.01%
Southern Africa
Malawi
3,000
0.02%
0.01%
Southeast Asia
Malaysia
100,000 [17]
0.37%
0.42%
Southern Africa
Mauritius
37,700
0.3%
0.16%
North America
Mexico
8,000
<0.01%
0.03%
South Asia
Nepal
5,890 [18]
0.02%
0.02%
Western Europe
Netherlands
12,000
0.07%
0.05%
Oceania
New Zealand
40,908
0.43%
0.04%
West Africa
Niger
3,000
0.02%
0.01%
Northern Europe
Norway
5,000
<0.01%
0.02%
South Asia
Pakistan
50,000 [19]
0.03%
0.08%
Southeast Asia
Philippines
50,000 [20] [21]
0.1%
0.09%
Southeast Asia
Thailand
70,000 [22]
0.1%
0.29%
Western Europe
United Kingdom
853,000
0.68%
1.8%
North America
United States
700,000 [23]
0.2%
1.05%
Southern Africa
Zambia
3,000
0.03%
0.01%
Total
25,000,000
By region
These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, refers to the percentage of Sikhs in a region (Sikhs in the region/total population of the region). The last column shows the Sikh percentage compared to the total Sikh population of the world (Sikhs in the region/total Sikh population of the world).
Sikhism in Africa
Region
Total population
Sikhs
% of Sikhs
% of Sikh total
Central Africa
83,121,055
14,000
0.017%
0.059%
East Africa
193,741,900
50,000-100,000
0.0005%
0.2%
North Africa
202,151,323
0
0%
0%
Southern Africa
137,092,019
47,700
0.035%
0.2%
West Africa
268,997,245
3,000
0.0011%
0.013%
Total
885,103,542
64,700
0.0531%
0.272%
Sikhism in Asia
Region
Total population
Sikhs
% of Sikhs
% of Sikh total
Central Asia
92,019,166
800
0.0009%
0.0034%
East Asia
1,527,960,261
11,500
0.0008%
0.05%
Middle East
274,775,527
29,000
0.011%
0.122%
South Asia
1,437,326,682
21,533,890
1.5%
90.5%
Southeast Asia
571,337,070
276,600
0.05%
1.162%
Total
3,903,418,706
21,851,190
1.5627%
91.8374%
Sikhism in Europe
Region
Total population
Sikhs
% of Sikhs
% of Sikh total
Central Europe
74,510,241
15,294-43,294
0.021%-0.06%
0.064%-0.2%
Eastern Europe
212,821,296
5,000
0.00235%
0.021%
Western Europe
375,832,557
1,024,300
0.272%
3.37%
Scandinavia
25,310,130
8,000 - 9,500
0.03%
0.03%
Total
728,571,703
1,099,294 - 1,127,794
0.26635% - 0.30535%
3.485% - 3.621%
Sikhism in the Americas
Region
Total population
Sikhs
% of Sikhs
% of Sikh total
Caribbean
24,898,266
0
0%
0%
Central America
41,135,205
0
0%
0%
North America
446,088,748
1,028,415
0.23054%
3.88%
South America
371,075,531
300
0.001%
0.001%
Total
883,197,750
1,028,715
0.1164%
3.88%
Sikhism in Oceania
Region
Total population
Sikhs
% of Sikhs
% of Sikh total
Oceania
36,659,000
149,771
0.409%
0.623%
See also
General:
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