Tamil population by nation

This is a list of Tamil population per nation.

CountryTamil PopulationPercentYearNotesRefs 5.89% 2011 census 3,281,987 15.07% 2024 census 2,327,000 6.7% 2020 estimates 1,000,000 1.8% 2018 estimates 341,396 0.1% 2021 estimates 250,000 0.4% 2018 estimates 237,890 0.7% 2021 census 198,449 4.9% 2020 census 125,000 0.18% 2008 estimates 123,203 0.2% 2021 census 120,000 14.5% 2017 estimates 95,411 0.38% 2021 Census 80,000 9.5% 2017 estimates 72,089 5.83% 2011 census 60,000 0.07% 2008 estimates 40,000 0.46% 40,000 0.01% 36,000 9% 2020 estimates 25,000 0.04% 20,000 0.12% 13,000 0.24% 10,107 0.21% 2018 Census 10,000 0.1% 2020 estimates 10,000 0.11% 2016 estimates 7,398 0.1% 2011 census 7,000 0.12% 2020 estimates 7,000 0.06% 2016 estimates 7,000 0.2% 2020 estimates 5,000 0.0003% 2020 estimates 4,000 0.2% 2020 estimates 4,000 4.2% 2020 estimates 4,296 0.1% 2011 census 1,800 0.04% 2016 census 1,500 0.003% 2020 estimates 1,000 0.02% 2019 estimates 1,000 0.01% 2020 estimates 1,000 0.006% 2020 estimates 1,000 0.2% 2020 estimates 500 0.1% 2020 estimates 500 0.005% 2020 estimates 500 0.001% 2020 estimates 300 0.003% 2020 estimates 200 0.002% 2016 estimates 200 2% 2020 estimates 50 0.008% 2018 estimates 50 0.00025% 2020 estimates 50 0.0007% 2020 estimates 50 0.0009% 2020 estimates At least 200 0.0% 2018 estimates At least 1 0.0% 2018 data At least 1 0.0% 2018 data

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

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