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|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 2–2.5 million.[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Canada | 942,170 (2021)[2][a] |
| United Kingdom | 700,000 (2006)[3] |
| United States | 253,740[4] |
| Australia | 239,033 (2021)[5] |
| Malaysia | 56,400 (2019)[6] |
| Philippines | 50,000 (2016)[7] |
| New Zealand | 34,227 (2018)[8] |
| Sweden | 24,000 (2013)[9] |
| Bangladesh | 23,700 (2019)[10] |
| Germany | 18,000 (2020)[11] |
| Nepal | 10,000 (2019)[12] |
| Languages | |
| Punjabi • Hindi-Urdu • English • others | |
| Religion | |
 Sikhism (incl. Nanakpanthi) •  Islam •  Hinduism •  Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indian diaspora, Pakistani diaspora, South Asian diaspora | |
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The Punjabi diaspora consists of the descendants of ethnic Punjabis who emigrated out of the Punjab region in the northern part of the South Asia to the rest of the world. Punjabis are one of the largest ethnic groups in both the Pakistani and Indian diasporas. The Punjabi diaspora numbers around the world has been given between 3 and 5 million, mainly concentrated in Britain, Canada, the United States, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.[1]
- ^ a b "567 Shinder S. Thandi, Punjabi diaspora and homeland relations". eprints.soas.ac.uk.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-08-17). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ McDonnell, John (5 December 2006). "Punjabi Community". House of Commons. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
We now estimate the Punjabi community at about 700,000, with Punjabi established as the second language certainly in London and possibly within the United Kingdom.
- ^ "US Census Bureau American Community Survey (2009-2013) See Row #62". 2.census.gov.
- ^ "Snapshot of Australia: A picture of the economic, social and cultural make-up of Australia on Census Night, 10 August 2021". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Malaysia". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Punjabi community involved in money lending in Philippines braces for 'crackdown' by new President". 18 May 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand". Stats New Zealand. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ Strazny, Philipp (1 February 2013). Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-45522-4 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Bangladesh". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Deutsche Informationszentrum für Sikhreligion, Sikhgeschichte, Kultur und Wissenschaft (DISR)". remid.de. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Unstats.unorg. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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