Arab diaspora
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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.
Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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50,000,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brazil | 11,600,000–20,000,000[2][3][4] |
France | 5,500,000–7,000,000[5][6] |
Turkey | 5,000,000[7][8][9]–9,000,000[10] |
United States | 3,700,000[11] |
Argentina | 3,500,000[12] |
Colombia | 3,200,000[13][14][15][16][17] |
Israel | 2,065,000[18][19] |
Chad | 1,800,000[20] |
Iran | 1,600,000[21]–4,000,000[22] |
Venezuela | 1,600,000[23] |
Germany | 1,401,950[24] |
Spain | 1,350,000[25][26] |
Mexico | 1,100,000[27] |
Chile | 800,000[28][29][30] |
Canada | 750,925[31] |
Italy | 705,968[32] |
Sweden | 543,350[33] |
United Kingdom | 500,000[34] |
Australia | 500,000[35] |
Netherlands | 480,000–613,800[36] |
Ivory Coast | 300,000[37] |
Honduras | 280,000[38] |
Ecuador | 170,000 [39] |
Niger | 150,000 (2006)[40] |
Denmark | 121,000[41] |
Indonesia | 118,866 (2010)[42] |
El Salvador | 100,000[43][44][45][46][47] |
Eritrea | 80,000 (2010)[48] |
Uruguay | 75,000[49] |
Tanzania | 70,000[50] |
Kenya | 59,021 (2019)[51] |
India | 54,947[52] |
Somalia | 30,000[53] |
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[citation needed] | |
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.