Indian people

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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