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.

Arab diaspora
الشتات العربي
Total population
50,000,000
Regions with significant populations
 Brazil11,600,000–20,000,000
 France5,500,000–7,000,000
 Turkey5,000,000–9,000,000
 United States3,700,000
 Argentina3,500,000
 Colombia3,200,000
 Israel2,065,000
 Chad1,800,000
 Iran1,600,000–4,000,000
 Venezuela1,600,000
 Germany1,401,950
 Spain1,350,000
 Mexico1,100,000
 Chile800,000
 Canada750,925
 Italy705,968
 Sweden543,350
 United Kingdom500,000
 Australia500,000
 Netherlands480,000–613,800
 Ivory Coast300,000
 Honduras280,000
 Ecuador170,000 
 Niger150,000 (2006)
 Denmark121,000
 Indonesia118,866 (2010)
 El Salvador100,000
 Eritrea80,000 (2010)
 Uruguay75,000
 Tanzania70,000
 Kenya59,021 (2019)
 India54,947
 Somalia30,000
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

Immigrants from Arab countries, such as Sudan, Syria and Palestine, also form significant diasporas in other Arab states.

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