Sikhism by country


can be found predominantly in the Punjab state of India but Sikh communities exist on every inhabited continent, with the largest total emigrant population being in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. At 1.7% and 1.54% respectively, India, and Canada have the largest proportional representation of Sikhs. Outside of India, Canada is home to the largest proportion of Sikhs worldwide, forming a large representation of Indo-Canadians, as well as a growing minority of Sikh converts of various origins.
Despite centuries of emigration and a large Punjabi diaspora, as of 2020, the majority of the world's 30 million Sikhs live in the Punjab region of India, where Sikhism traces its roots.

Methodology

The figures on this list are either based on each of the country's respective censuses or are calculated by specific organisations. Some of these figures are rounded off. In case of conflicting estimates, both the lowest and highest estimates are included.

Countries

RegionCountryNo. of SikhsSikh %% of all Sikhs
Central AsiaAfghanistan
South AmericaArgentina
OceaniaAustralia
Central EuropeAustria
South AsiaBangladesh
Western EuropeBelgium
North AmericaCanada
East AsiaPeople's Republic of China
Northern EuropeDenmark
OceaniaFiji
Western EuropeFrance
Central EuropeGermany
Southern EuropeGreece
Western EuropeIceland
South AsiaIndia
Southeast AsiaIndonesia
Western EuropeIreland
Southern EuropeItaly
East AsiaJapan
South Korea
Central AsiaKazakhstan
East AfricaKenya, Uganda and Tanzania
Middle EastKuwait
Middle EastLebanon
Southern AfricaMalawi
Southeast AsiaMalaysia
Southern AfricaMauritius
North AmericaMexico
South AsiaNepal
Western EuropeNetherlands
OceaniaNew Zealand
West AfricaNiger
Northern EuropeNorway
South AsiaPakistan
Southeast AsiaPhilippines
Southeast AsiaThailand
Western EuropeUnited Kingdom
North AmericaUnited States
Southern AfricaZambia
Total

By region

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, refers to the percentage of Sikhs in a region. The last column shows the Sikh percentage compared to the total Sikh population of the world.
RegionTotal populationSikhs% of Sikhs% of Sikh total
Central Africa83,121,05514,0000.017%0.059%
East Africa193,741,90050,000-100,0000.0005%0.2%
North Africa202,151,32300%0%
Southern Africa137,092,01947,7000.035%0.2%
West Africa268,997,2453,0000.0011%0.013%
Total885,103,54264,7000.0531%0.272%

RegionTotal populationSikhs% of Sikhs% of Sikh total
Central Asia92,019,1668000.0009%0.0034%
East Asia1,527,960,26111,5000.0008%0.05%
Middle East274,775,52729,0000.011%0.122%
South Asia1,437,326,68221,533,8901.5%90.5%
Southeast Asia571,337,070276,6000.05%1.162%
Total3,903,418,70621,851,1901.5627%91.8374%

RegionTotal populationSikhs% of Sikhs% of Sikh total
Central Europe74,510,24115,294-43,2940.021%-0.06%0.064%-0.2%
Eastern Europe212,821,2965,0000.00235%0.021%
Western Europe375,832,5571,024,3000.272%3.37%
Scandinavia25,310,1308,000 - 9,5000.03%0.03%
Total728,571,7031,099,294 - 1,127,7940.26635% - 0.30535%3.485% - 3.621%

RegionTotal populationSikhs% of Sikhs% of Sikh total
Caribbean24,898,26600%0%
Central America41,135,20500%0%
North America446,088,7481,028,4150.23054%3.88%
South America371,075,5313000.001%0.001%
Total883,197,7501,028,7150.1164%3.88%

RegionTotal populationSikhs% of Sikhs% of Sikh total
Oceania36,659,000149,7710.409%0.623%