Malayali people living outside India
Ethnic group
Malayali diaspora മറുനാടൻ മലയാളികൾ
c. 6 million
(including 3.5 million Kerala Gulf diaspora [ 1] ) (2020 est.) United Arab Emirates 773,000[ 2] Kuwait 634,738[ 3] Saudi Arabia 595,000[ 2] Qatar 445,000[ 3] Malaysia 228,900[ 4] Oman 195,300[ 3] Bahrain 101,556[ 3] United States 84,000[ 5] Canada 77,910[ 6] Australia 53,206[ 7] [ 8] Israel 46,600[citation needed ] United Kingdom 45,264[ 9] Singapore 26,000[ 10] Ireland 24,674[ 11] New Zealand 6,800[ 12] Germany 5,867[ 13] Indonesia 4,000[citation needed ] Austria 3,784[ 14] Japan 500[ 15] Finland 474[ 16] Malayalam Predominantly : Hinduism Minority : Islam Christianity [ 17] Buddhism , Judaism , Atheism and others[ 17]
The Malayali Diaspora refers to the Malayali people who live outside their homeland of the Indian state of Kerala and the Union Territories of Mahé, India and Lakshadweep .[ 18] They are predominantly found in the Persian Gulf , North America , Europe , Australia , Caribbean , Africa and other regions around the world.
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^ a b "Kerala Migration Survey – 2014" . The Indian Express.( This is the number of approximate emigrants from Kerala, which is closely related to, but different from the actual number of Malayalis.) . No. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014 .
^ a b c d Zachariah, K. C. & Rajan, S. Irudaya (2011), Kerala Migration Survey 2011 Archived 2020-01-10 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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^ "Lok Sabha 2019: How the Telugu diaspora is pulling its weight in the two states" . 29 March 2019.