Arab diaspora
Arab diaspora is a term that refers to descendants of the Arab emigrants who, voluntarily or as forcibly, migrated from their native lands to non-Arab countries, primarily in the Americas, Europe, Southeast Asia, and West Africa.
Total population | |
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50,000,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brazil | 11,600,000–20,000,000 |
France | 5,500,000–7,000,000 |
Turkey | 5,000,000–9,000,000 |
United States | 3,700,000 |
Argentina | 3,500,000 |
Colombia | 3,200,000 |
Israel | 2,065,000 |
Chad | 1,800,000 |
Iran | 1,600,000–4,000,000 |
Venezuela | 1,600,000 |
Germany | 1,401,950 |
Spain | 1,350,000 |
Mexico | 1,100,000 |
Chile | 800,000 |
Canada | 750,925 |
Italy | 705,968 |
Sweden | 543,350 |
United Kingdom | 500,000 |
Australia | 500,000 |
Netherlands | 480,000–613,800 |
Ivory Coast | 300,000 |
Honduras | 280,000 |
Ecuador | 170,000 |
Niger | 150,000 (2006) |
Denmark | 121,000 |
Indonesia | 118,866 (2010) |
El Salvador | 100,000 |
Eritrea | 80,000 (2010) |
Uruguay | 75,000 |
Tanzania | 70,000 |
Kenya | 59,021 (2019) |
India | 54,947 |
Somalia | 30,000 |
Languages | |
Arabic (mother tongue), French, Italian, Spanish, English, Portuguese, Malay, Filipino, Hebrew, Indonesian, Japanese, German, Turkish, Persian and other languages among others | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Islam in Europe and Asia, Christianity in the Americas, but also Druze, and irreligion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
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Immigrants from Arab countries, such as Sudan, Syria and Palestine, also form significant diasporas in other Arab states.
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