Sikhism by country

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% respectively, India have the largest proportional representation of Sikhs.

Despite centuries of emigration and a large Punjabi sikhs diaspora of about 3.6 million, as of 2021, the majority of the world's 26.4 million Sikhs live in the India, specially in East Punjab region of India comprising today's (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh as well as Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh) where Sikhism traces its roots in late 15th century.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

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[]

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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[citation needed]	0.001%	0.001%
Oceania	Australia	125,904[7]	0.54%	0.52%
Central Europe	Austria	2,794[8]	0.03%	0.01%
South Asia	Bangladesh	23,000[9]	0.01%	0.01%
Western Europe	Belgium	10,000	0.09%	0.04%
South America	Brazil	300[10]	<0.01%	<0.01%
North America	Canada	454,200[11]	1.2%	1.92%
East Asia	People's Republic of China	7,500	<0.01%	0.03%
Northern Europe	Denmark	2,000[12]	0.04%	<0.01%
Oceania	Fiji	2,577[13]	0.3%	0.01%
Western Europe	France	10,000	0.02%	0.04%
Central Europe	Germany	10,000–20,000[14]	0.03%	0.05–0.17%
Southern Europe	Greece	20,000[15]	0.1%	0.07%
Western Europe	Iceland	100	0.03%	<0.01%
South Asia	India	22,700,000[16]	1.72%	90.2%
Southeast Asia	Indonesia	15,000[17]	<0.01%	<0.01%
Western Europe	Ireland	1,200[18]	0.03%	<0.01%
Southern Europe	Italy	70,000[19]	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 Tanzania	50,000-100,000[1]	0.64%	0.21%-0.42%
Middle East	Kuwait	10,000–20,000[20]	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[21]	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[22]	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	8,000-40,000[23][24]	0.003%	0.032%
Central America	Panama	300	<0.01%	<0.01%
Southeast Asia	Philippines	50,000[25][26]	0.1%	0.09%
Southeast Asia	Thailand	70,000[27]	0.1%	0.29%
Central America	Trinidad	300	<0.01%	<0.01%
Western Europe	United Kingdom	432,000	0.68%	0.80%
North America	United States	700,000[28]	0.3%	2.22%
Southern Africa	Zambia	3,000	0.03%	0.01%
Total		22,459,358

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).

See also[]

• Sikh diaspora
• Punjabis

General:

• List of religious populations

References[]