Sikhism by country
Most of the 25 million followers of Sikhism, the world's fifth-largest religion, live in the northern Indian state of Punjab, the only Sikh-majority administrative division on Earth,[2] but Sikh communities exist on every inhabited continent. Sizeable Sikh populations in countries across the world exist in India (20,833,116),[3] Canada (771,790),[4] England (520,092),[5] the United States (~472,498),[8] and Australia (210,397), while countries with the largest proportions of Sikhs include Canada (2.12%),[4] India (1.72%), Cyprus (1.1%)[9][10] and England (0.92%),[5][11] New Zealand (0.87%), and Australia (0.83%).

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Administrative divisions with significant proportions of Sikhs include Punjab, India (Sikhs account for 58 percent of the population), Chandigarh, India (13.1 percent), British Columbia, Canada (5.9 percent),[4] Haryana, India (4.9 percent), Delhi, India (3.4 percent), West Midlands, England (2.9 percent), Manitoba, Canada (2.7 percent),[4] Alberta, Canada (2.5 percent),[4] Uttarakhand, India (2.3 percent), and Ontario, Canada (2.1 percent).[4] Meanwhile, cities outside India with the largest Sikh populations are Brampton, Ontario, Canada (163,260),[12] Surrey, British Columbia, Canada (154,415),[13] and London, England (144,543).[14]
Countries
The figures on the table below are either based on each of the country's respective censuses or are calculated by specific organizations. Some of these figures are rounded off. In case of conflicting estimates, both the lowest and highest estimates are included.
Largest proportions
Largest populations
India 23,623,837[30][lower-alpha 1][3][62]
Canada 771,790[4][61]
United Kingdom 524,000[72]
United States ~500,000[74] [75]
Australia 210,397[66][67]
Italy 150,000[76][77][78]
Malaysia 120,000[79]
United Arab Emirates 52,000[80]
Philippines 50,000[81][82]
New Zealand 40,908[83]
Thailand 40,000[84]
Oman 35,540[47]
Spain 26,000[85]
Kuwait 15,000[69][86]
Germany 15,000[87]
Hong Kong 15,000[88]
Cyprus 13,280[9][89]
Singapore 12,000[90]
Indonesia 10,000[91]
Belgium 10,000[92]
Subnational divisions
| Administrative division | 2021[4][14][93][94][lower-alpha 3] | |
|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |
| 16,004,754 | 57.69% | |
| 1,243,752 | 4.91% | |
| 872,930 | 1.27% | |
| 643,500 | 0.32% | |
| 570,581 | 3.4% | |
| 300,435 | 2.14% | |
| 290,870 | 5.92% | |
| 236,340 | 2.34% | |
| 232,585 | 1.9% | |
| 232,495 | 0.59% | |
| 223,247 | 0.2% | |
| 172,398 | 2.9% | |
| 151,412 | 0.21% | |
| 144,543 | 1.64% | |
| 138,329 | 13.11% | |
| 103,600 | 2.48% | |
| 91,745 | 1.41% | |
| 79,896 | 1.16% | |
| 74,348 | 0.8% | |
| 71,422 | 0.22% | |
| 70,036 | 0.27% | |
| 63,523 | 0.07% | |
| 58,246 | 0.1% | |
| 53,950 | 1.11% | |
| 47,165 | 0.58% | |
| 44,999 | 0.22% | |
| 35,470 | 2.71% | |
| 30,340 | 0.09% | |
| 28,773 | 0.05% | |
| 28,612 | 0.37% | |
| 27,713 | 0.54% | |
| 26,484 | 0.29% | |
| 24,284 | 0.38% | |
| 24,034 | 0.44% | |
| 23,832 | 1.52% | |
| 23,779 | 0.02% | |
| 23,345 | 0.28% | |
| 23,044 | 0.08% | |
| 21,991 | 0.05% | |
| 20,672 | 0.07% | |
| 18,583 | 0.7% | |
| 17,259 | 0.97% | |
| 14,601 | 0.02% | |
| 11,862 | 0.16% | |
| 11,042 | 0.18% | |
| 9,904 | 0.02% | |
| 9,716 | 0.11% | |
| 9,529 | 0.07% | |
| 9,197 | 0.13% | |
| 9,127 | 0.09% | |
| 9,035 | 0.82% | |
| 8,339 | 0.12% | |
| 7,771 | 0.06% | |
| 7,465 | 0.13% | |
| 7,206 | 0.27% | |
| 6,929 | 0.07% | |
| 4,842 | 1.57% | |
| 4,730 | 0.49% | |
| 4,589 | 0.07% | |
| 4,323 | 0.95% | |
| 4,200 | 0.14% | |
| 4,074 | 0.89% | |
| 3,814 | 0.01% | |
| 3,287 | 0.24% | |
| 3,045 | 0.1% | |
| 2,973 | 0.5% | |
| 2,263 | 0.83% | |
| 2,208 | 0.4% | |
| 1,890 | 0.1% | |
| 1,868 | 0.31% | |
| 1,780 | 0.23% | |
| 1,647 | 0.32% | |
| 1,527 | 0.05% | |
| 1,473 | 0.1% | |
| 1,401 | 0.6% | |
| 1,347 | 0.81% | |
| 1,286 | 0.34% | |
| 1,165 | 0.77% | |
| 1,070 | 0.03% | |
| 850 | 0.17% | |
| 510 | 0.23% | |
| 447 | 0.19% | |
| 389 | 0.07% | |
| 385 | 0.97% | |
| 315 | 0.18% | |
| 297 | 0.02% | |
| 286 | 0.03% | |
| 234 | 0.2% | |
| 210 | 0.22% | |
| 171 | 0.36% | |
| 123 | 0.26% | |
| 110 | 0.27% | |
| 102 | 0.2% | |
| 51 | 0.1% | |
| 33 | 0.1% | |
| 10 | 0.03% | |
| 8 | 0.01% | |
Historical Demographics
The Afghan Sikh population declined from between 200,000 and 500,000 (1.8% to 4.6% of the Afghan population) in the 1970s[96][97][98][99][100] to 45 in 2022 following decades of conflict.
| Country | 2021 | 2011 | 2001 | Change (2011-2021) | Change (2001-2021) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | ± | +% | ± | +% | |
| 20,833,116 | 1.72% | 19,237,391 | 1.87% | 1,595,725 | 8.29% | |||||
| 771,790 | 2.12% | 454,965 | 1.38% | 278,410 | 0.94% | 316,825 | 69.64% | 176,555 | 63.42% | |
| 520,092 | 0.92% | 420,196 | 0.79% | 327,343 | 0.63% | 99,896 | 23.77% | 92,853 | 28.37% | |
| 472,498 | 0.14% | 361,540 | 0.12% | 163,518 | 0.06% | 110,958 | 30.69% | 198,022 | 121.1% | |
| 210,397 | 0.83% | 72,296 | 0.34% | 17,437 | 0.09% | 138,101 | 191.02% | 54,859 | 314.61% | |
| 40,908[lower-alpha 4] | 0.87% | 19,191[lower-alpha 5] | 0.45% | 5,199 | 0.14% | 21,717 | 113.16% | 13,992 | 269.13% | |
| 2,540[lower-alpha 6] | 0.3% | 3,067[lower-alpha 7] | 0.4% | -527 | -17.18% | |||||
[113][114][103][115][116][105][106][4][107][108][118][94][95][119][lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 9][lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 11][lower-alpha 12][lower-alpha 13][lower-alpha 14][122][123]
Notes
- Sikhs comprise 1.7% (23,623,837) of India's total population of 1,389,637,446 per 2022 estimate by the World Factbook.[30]
- Total of countries listed above. List last totaled in February 2023.
- 2011 census data for India,[3] 2018 census data for New Zealand[95]
- 2018 census
- 2013 census
- 2007 census
- 1996 census
- According to Singh, there were at least 2 lakh Sikhs and Hindus (in a 60:40 ratio) in Afghanistan until the 1970s.[96]
- “If you go through the evidence and data from the 1970s to date, you will be able to see how drastically their population has fallen,” says Ehsan Shayegan, an Afghan researcher with Porsesh Research and Studies Organization studying the minority religions of Kabul. “In the 70s, there were around 700,000 Hindus and Sikhs, and now they are estimated to be less than 7,000,” Shayegan says... “In 1992, they were a 220,000-strong community, just before the start of the civil war in Kabul. It was also around the same time that our problems started,” he says.[97]
- An investigation by TOLOnews reveals that the Sikh and Hindu population number was 220,000 in the 1980's. That number dropped sharply to 15,000 when the mujahideen was in power during the 1990's and remained at that level during the Taliban regime. It is now estimated that only 1,350 Hindus and Sikhs remain in the country.[99]
- In the late 1980s, there were about 500,000 Sikhs scattered across Afghanistan, many here for generations[100]
- “There were over two lakh (200,000) Sikhs just in Kabul in the 1980s,” Mr Singh says. Today, there are about 7,000 Sikhs and Hindus throughout the whole of Afghanistan.[98]
- Singh explained 800 of his community families still lived in Kabul, Kandahar, Ghazni, Helmand, Nangarhar, Kunduz and Balkh provinces.[120]
- Over the years, Afghan Sikhs and the Hindu population have dwindled from nearly 700,000 in the 1970s to less than a few hundred, today. “We are about 70 to 80 families who are left in all over Afghanistan. It used to be many more, but as of today, we are maybe 400 to 450 adults and about 100 to 200 children. So we are not more than a total of 700,” Sutaka said, trying hard to keep a steady tone.[121]
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- "Solidarity for Sikhs after Afghanistan massacre". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- Table 28, 2006 Census Data – QuickStats About Culture and Identity – Tables Archived 2017-10-11 at the Wayback Machine.
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