Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The Indian Diaspora

I’m currently reading ‘Leaving India’ by Minal Hajratwala, interesting facts about The Indian Diaspora… My great grandfather arrived in Trinidad from India in 1896, and now my brother over 100 years later is living in India.

1900

Estimated size of the Indian Diaspora: 373,609

Countries with more than 10,000 people of Indian origin: 6

1. British Guiana

2. Trinidad and Tobago

3. Mauritius

4. Natal

5. Jamaica

6. Fiji

1945

Estimated size of the Indian Diaspora: 1,157,728

Countries with more than 10,000 people of Indian origin: 10

1. Mauritius

2. South Africa

3. Trinidad and Tobago

4. British Guiana

5. Fiji

6. Kenya

7. Tanganyika

8. Uganda

9. Jamaica

10. Zanzibar

1984

Estimated size of the Indian Diaspora: 4,599,063

Countries with more than 10,000 people of Indian origin: 33

1. South Africa

2. England and Wales

3. Guyana

4. Trinidad and Tobago

5. USA

6. Fiji

7. United Arab Emirates

8. Canada

9. Singapore

10. Surinam

11. Saudi Arabia

12. Oman

13. Netherlands

14. Yemen

15. Kenya

16. Kuwait

17. Tanganyika

18. Qatar

19. Bahrain

20. Muscat

21. Iraq

22. Zambia

23. Mozambique

24. Iran

25. Indonesia

26. Thailand

27. Australia

28. Nigeria

29. Germany

30. Hong Kong

31. Jordan

32. New Zealand

33. Libya

2001

Estimated size of the Indian Diaspora: 11,510,644

Countries with more than 10,000 people of Indian origin: 47

1. USA

2. Saudi Arabia

3. England and Wales

4. South Africa

5. Canada

6. Mauritius

7. Trinidad and Tobago

8. Guyana

9. Fiji

10. Oman

11. Singapore

12. Kuwait

13. Reunion

14. Netherlands

15. Australia

16. Surinam

17. Qatar

18. Bahrain

19. Kenya

20. Yemen

21. United Arab Emirates

22. Tanganyika

23. Thailand

24. Italy

25. Portugal

26. France

27. Jamaica

28. Indonesia

29. New Zealand

30. Hong Kong

31. Israel

32. Guadeloupe

33. Philippines

34. Germany

35. Madagascar

36. Spain

37. Nigeria

38. Mozambique

39. Zimbabwe

40. Russia

41. Switzerland

42. Zambia

43. Libya

44. Uganda

45. Austria

46. Lebanon

47. Sweden

[Via http://culturepology.wordpress.com]

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