| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3.5 million (2020 est.)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 UAE | 773,624[2] |
 Kuwait | 634,728[2] |
 Saudi Arabia | 447,440[2] |
 Qatar | 445,000[2] |
 Oman | 134,019[2] |
 Bahrain | 101,556[3] |
| Languages | |
| Malayalam, Gulf Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism, Islam, Christianity | |
The Kerala Gulf diaspora refers to the people of Kerala living in the West Asian Arab states of the Persian Gulf. A report presented in 2014, estimates that 90 percent of Kerala's 2.36 million-strong diaspora resides in the Middle East.[4] Nearly 80 percent of Indians living in Kuwait are from Kerala according to the 2008 survey[citation needed] commissioned by the Department of Non-resident Keralite Affairs.
- ^ Peter, Benoy; Sanghvi, Shachi; Narendran, Vishnu (2020). "Inclusion of Interstate Migrant Workers in Kerala and Lessons for India". The Indian Journal of Labour Economics. 63 (4): 1065–1086. doi:10.1007/s41027-020-00292-9. PMC 7659401. PMID 33204053.
- ^ a b c d e Zachariah, K. C. & Rajan, S. Irudaya (2008), Kerala Migration Survey 2007 Archived 26 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), Department of Non-resident Keralite Affairs, Government of Kerala, p. 48. This is the number of emigrants from Kerala, which is closely related to but different from the actual number of Malayalis.
- ^ Zachariah, K. C. & Rajan, S. Irudaya (2011), Kerala Migration Survey 2011 Archived 10 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), Department of Non-resident Keralite Affairs, Government of Kerala, p. 29. This is the number of emigrants from Kerala, which is closely related to but different from the actual number of Malayalis.
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