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This article is about the people of India. For information on the population of India,
see Demography of India. For other uses, see Indian.
Indian people
Notable Indians
1st Row: Chanakya Chandragupta Maurya Aryabhata Guru Hargobind Akbar the Great Chand
Khatun Sultana Bibi Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim
2nd Row: Meera Rani Durgavati Akbar II Tipu Sultan Raja Ram Mohan Roy Mahatma
Gandhi Indira Gandhi
3rd Row: Rabindranath Tagore Swami Vivekananda C.V. Raman Gurazada Apparao Satyajit
Ray Satyendra Nath Bose Amartya Sen
4th Row: Kalpana Chawla Aishwarya Rai Shah Rukh Khan Sachin TendulkarAsha Bhosle Zakir
Naik Mukesh Ambani
Total population
1,250,000,000 est
17.31% of the world's population
Indian diaspora
12,000,00020,000,000[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
India 1,210,193,422 (2011)
United States 3,443,063[3]
Burma 3,100,000
Saudi Arabia 2,450,000[4]
Malaysia 2,400,000[5]
United Arab Emirates 1,500,000[6]
United Kingdom 1,412,958[7]
Canada 1,200,000[citation needed]
South Africa 1,160,000[citation needed]
Mauritius 871,000
Qatar 855,000
Australia 686,256[8]
Philippines 610,000
Kuwait 580,000
Singapore 476,560
Bangladesh 500,000
Oman 450,000
Nepal 400,000
Fiji 340,000
Runion 330,000
Guyana 327,000
Bahrain 310,000
Suriname 185,000
Italy 160,296[9]
New Zealand 150,000[10]
Indonesia 125,000
Netherlands 120,000
Germany 76,093[11][12]
Portugal 70,000[13]
South Korea 55,000[14]
Ireland 36,986[15]
Norway 10 506[16]
Ecuador 100
Languages
Official: Hindi [17] English [17]
Other Indian languages
National: None[18][19]
Religion
Hinduism Islam Christianity Sikhism Buddhism Jainism Zoroastrianism Judaism
Indian people or Indians also known as Bharatiya are citizens of India and people of Indian
heritage, thesecond most populous nation containing 17.50%[20] of the world's population. The
Indian nationality consists of many regional ethno-linguistic groups, reflecting the rich and
complex history of India. The diasporapopulations with Indian ancestry, as a result
of emigration, are somewhat widespread most notably inSoutheast Asia, United
Kingdom, North America, Australia, South Africa and Southern Europe. Population estimates
vary from a conservative 12 million to 20 million diaspora.[1][2]
Contents
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1 History
2 Genetics
3 Caste system
4 Religion
5 Music and dance
6 National personification
7 Indian diaspora
o 7.1 Britain
o 7.2 Canada
o 7.3 South Africa
o 7.4 Tanzania
o 7.5 United States
8 See also
9 References
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