Ashiq Shawon: অনুবাদ
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”’শিখধর্ম”’ [[প্রধান ধর্মাবলম্বী গোষ্ঠীসমূহ|বিশ্বের পঞ্চম বৃহত্তম ধর্ম]], যাদের মোট সদস্য সংখ্যা ২৫-৩০ মিলিয়ন, কিন্তু বিশ্বের একমাত্র শিখ-প্রধান [[প্রশাসনিক বিভাগ]] হলো উত্তর ভারতের [[পাঞ্জাব, ভারত|পাঞ্জাব]] প্রদেশ,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sikhcoalition.org/about-sikhs/sikhs-in-america/ |title=Sikhs in America}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/9/big-moment-indian-sikhs-on-historic-pilgrimage-to-pakistan |title=’Big moment’: Indian Sikhs on historic pilgrimage to Pakistan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thewire.in/world/1984-marks-one-of-the-darkest-years-in-modern-indian-history-us-senator |title=1984 Marks ‘One of the Darkest Years’ in Modern Indian History: US Senator}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/times-fact-check/news/fake-alert-sidhu-wrongly-quotes-sikh-population-as-14-crores/articleshow/72003044.cms |title=FAKE ALERT: Sidhu wrongly quotes Sikh population as 14 crores |newspaper=The Times of India |date=11 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnrsohio.org/sikhism.html |title=Sikhism}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://scroll.in/article/807847/nearly-10-million-sikhs-have-lost-their-religion-because-of-this-organisation |title=Nearly 10 million Sikhs have lost their religion because of this organisation |date=12 May 2016}}</ref> যদিও পৃথিবীর সকল জনবসতিময় মহাদেশেই [[শিখ]] সম্প্রদায়ের বসবাস রয়েছে।
== দেশসমূহ ==
নীচের টেবিলের পরিসংখ্যানগুলো প্রতিটি দেশের সংশ্লিষ্ট আদমশুমারির উপর ভিত্তি করে বা নির্দিষ্ট সংস্থার দ্বারা গণনা করার ফলে প্রাপ্ত। এই পরিসংখ্যান কিছু পুনাবর্তন হীন। বিরোধপূর্ণ অনুমানের ক্ষেত্রে, সর্বনিম্ন এবং সর্বোচ্চ উভয় অনুমানই অন্তর্ভুক্ত করা হয়েছে।
{| class=”wikitable sortable”
|+ দেশ অনুযায়ী শিখ ও শিখধর্ম
|-
! অঞ্চল
! দেশ
! শিখধর্মাবলম্বী
! শতকরা হার
! মোট শিখ জনগোষ্ঠীর %
|-
|[[মধ্য এশিয়া]]
|{{flagicon|Afghanistan}} [[আফগানিস্তানে শিখধর্ম|আফগানিস্তান *]]
|{{Sort|00000140|১৪০ (২০২২ আনু.)}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Afghanistan’s last Sikhs in a dilemma: To stay or leave|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/20/stay-or-go-dilemma-facing-last-afghanistan-sikhs|access-date=2022-01-25 |df=dmy-all|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 140 | 38,346,720| 2 }}
|{{Percentage | 140 | 23,336,631| 2 }}
|-
|[[দক্ষিণ আমেরিকা]]
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[আর্জেন্টিনায় শিখধর্ম|আর্জেন্টিনা]]
|{{Sort|00000300|৩০০ পরিবার (২০১২ আনু.)}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/working-abroad/how-simmarpal-singh-helped-olam-become-one-of-the-top-players-in-peanuts-in-argentina/articleshow/16700498.cms?from=mdr|title=How Simmarpal Singh helped Olam become one of the top players in peanuts in Argentina|first=Ishani|last=Duttagupta|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 300 | 46,044,703| 2 }}
|{{Percentage | 300 | 23,336,631| 2 }}
|-
|[[মধ্য ইউরোপ]]
|{{flagicon|Austria}} [[অস্ট্রিয়ায় শিখধর্ম|অস্ট্রিয়া *]]
|{{Sort|00009000|৯,০০০ (২০২০ আনু.)}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/why-sikhism-as-registered-religion-in-austria-matters/articleshow/80021881.cms|title=Why Sikhism as registered religion in Austria matters|work=Times of India|access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 9000 | 23,578,937| 2 }}
|{{Percentage | 9000 | 23,336,631| 2 }}
|-
|[[ওসেনিয়া]]
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[অস্ট্রেলিয়ায় শিখধর্ম|অস্ট্রেলিয়া *]]
|{{Sort|00210400|২১০,৪০০ ([[2021 Australian census|২০২১ সালের আদমশুমারী]])}}<ref name=”:10″>{{cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS/download/GCP_AUS.xlsx|format=XLSX|title=Australian Bureau of Statistics : 2021 Census of Population and Housing : General Community Profile|website=Abs.gov.au|access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 210400 | 25,422,788| 2 }}
|{{Percentage | 210400 | 23,336,631| 2 }}
|-
|[[South Asia]]
|{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Sikhism in Bangladesh|Bangladesh *]]
|{{Sort|00000020|20 families (2012 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tbsnews.net/features/panorama/kara-kirpan-and-kesh-500-year-old-sikh-community-bangladesh-391002|title=Of Kara, kirpan and kesh: The 500-year-old Sikh community of Bangladesh|date=25 March 2022|work=The Business Standard|access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 20 | 169,828,911| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 20 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Western Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Sikhism in Belgium|Belgium *]]
|{{Sort|00010000|10,000 (2020 est.)}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004432284/BP000040.xml|chapter=Hinduism in Belgium|first1=Enrico Castro|last1=Montes|first2=Idesbald|last2=Goddeeris|title=Handbook of Hinduism in Europe (2 vols) |date=7 July 2020|pages=849–863 |publisher=Brill|doi=10.1163/9789004432284_031 |isbn=9789004432284 |s2cid=236835206 |via=brill.com}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 10000 | 11,584,008| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 10000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[South America]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil]]
|{{Sort|00000300|300 (2018 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Brazilian Sikhs visit Golden Temple, plead for gender equality |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/amritsar/brazilian-sikhs-visit-golden-temple-plead-for-gender-equality-538527 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 300 | 217,240,060| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 300 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[North America]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Sikhism in Canada|Canada *]]
|{{Sort|00771790|771,790 ([[2021 Canadian Census|2021 census]])}}<ref name=”canadareligion2021″ />
|{{Percentage | 771790 | 36,328,480| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 771790 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Southern Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Sikhism in Cyprus|Cyprus *]]
|{{Sort|00013280|13,280 (2020 est.)}}<ref name=”acninternational.org” /><ref name=”thearda.com” />
|{{Percentage | 13,280| 1,244,188| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 13,280| 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Northern Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Sikhism in Denmark|Denmark *]]
|{{Sort|00004000|4,000 (2019 est.)}}<ref name=”doi.org”>{{cite web |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780191831874.001.0001/acref-9780191831874-e-251 |doi=10.1093/acref/9780191831874.001.0001 | title=A Dictionary of Sikh Studies |year=2019 |last1=Singh |first1=Pashaura |isbn=978-0-19-183187-4}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 4000 | 5,935,619| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 4000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Oceania]]
|{{flagicon|Fiji}} [[Sikhism in Fiji|Fiji *]]
|{{Sort|00002577|2,577 (2007 census)}}<ref name=”:20″>{{cite web|url=http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/statistics/social-statistics/religion|title=Religion – Fiji Bureau of Statistics|website=www.statsfiji.gov.fj}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 2577 | 837271| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 2577 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Western Europe]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Sikhism in France|France *]]
|{{Sort|0030000|30,000 (2017 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/external-affairs/frances-sikh-minority-set-vote-marine-le-pen|title=France’s Sikh Minority Looks Set to Vote Against Marine Le Pen|access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 30000 | 68,042,591| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 30000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Western Asia]]
|{{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
|{{Sort|00000200|200 (2018 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/the-georgia-giants-563146|title=The Georgia Giants|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 200| 3,688,647| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 200| 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Central Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Sikhism in Germany|Germany *]]
|{{Sort|00018000|18,000 (2017 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitgliederzahlen: Sonstige – REMID – Religionswissenschaftlicher Medien- und Informationsdienst e.V. |url=http://remid.de/info_zahlen/verschiedene/ |access-date=2017-08-16 |df=dmy-all |website=remid.de |language=de-DE |quote=Sikhs, 25,000 (2020)….The “German Information Center for Sikh Religion, Sikh History, Culture and Science (DISR)” estimates the number of Sikhs in Germany at 18,000 for 2017}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 18,000| 84,270,625| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 18,000| 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Southern Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Sikhism in Greece|Greece *]]
|{{Sort|00005135|20,000 (2015 est.)}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Lavin |first=Talia |date=26 April 2015 |title=Vibrant Vaisakhi Celebrates Sikh Life In Greece |work=Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/vaisakhi-sikh-celebration_n_7138512 |quote=The Sikh community in Greece, numbered at around 20,000 according to a 2012 report, joined together to mark the holy day}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 20,000| 10,482,487| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 20,000| 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[East Asia]]
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Hong Kong]]
|{{Sort|00012000|12,000 (2021 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Religion and Custom |url=https://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2021/en/pdf/E21.pdf |access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 12000 | 7,333,200| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 12000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Northern Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Iceland]]
|{{Sort|00000100|100 (2013 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sikhdharma.org/first-akhand-path-in-iceland-completed-2/|title=First Akhand Path in Iceland Completed|date=5 September 2013|website=Sikh Dharma International}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 100 | 376,248 | 2}}
|{{Percentage | 100 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[South Asia]]
|{{flagicon|India}} [[Sikhism in India|India *]]
|{{Sort|20833116|20,833,116 ([[2011 Indian census|2011 census]])}}
|{{Percentage | 20,833,116| 1,210,854,977| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 20,833,116| 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Southeast Asia]]
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Sikhism in Indonesia|Indonesia *]]
|{{Sort|00015000|15,000 (2009 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=search&docid=4ae861361d&skip=0&query=sikh%20indonesia |title=UNHCR 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom- Indonesia |access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 15000 | 277,749,853| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 15000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Western Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Ireland]]
|{{Sort|00002183|2,183 ([[2022 census of Ireland|2022 census]])}}<ref name=”:30″>{{cite web|title=Irish census|url=https://data.cso.ie/table/FY030|access-date=31 May 2023|website=Irish census}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 2,183| 5,149,139 | 2}}
|{{Percentage | 2,183| 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Southern Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Sikhism in Italy|Italy *]]
|{{Sort|00220000|220,000 (2022 est.)}}{{refn|<ref>{{cite news |title=Over 40,000 Sikhs vote in secessionist Referendum in Italy |work=Geo News |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/415781-over-40000-sikhs-vote-in-secessionist-khalistan-referendum-in-italy |quote=it had chosen the city of Brixia because Italy had over 200,000 Sikhs living in the county with a majority in Brescia.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Around 45,000 Sikhs vote in Referendum in Italy |work=Daily Pakistan |url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/09-May-2022/around-45-000-sikhs-vote-in-khalistan-referendum-in-italy |quote=That it had chosen the city of Brixia because Italy had over 200,000 Sikhs living in it with a majority in Brescia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sikhs vote in referendum in Rome |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/07/03/sikhs-vote-in-referendum-in-rome-for-freedom-of-khalistan/ |website=Pakistan Today |date=3 July 2022 |quote=About 200,000 Sikhs live in different cities of Italy.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sikhs vote in referendum in Rome |work=The Nation |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/05-Jul-2022/sikhs-vote-in-referendum-in-rome-for-freedom-of-khalistan |quote=About 200,000 Sikhs live in different cities of Italy.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Thousands of Sikhs attend parade in Italy |work=Bol News |url=https://www.bolnews.com/2022/05/08/italy/thousands-of-sikhs-attend-parade-in-italy-ahead-of-khalistan-referendum/index.html |quote=Italy has over 200,000 Sikhs who are active members of the Italian population, which is why this city was chosen}}</ref><ref name=”:0″>{{cite web |title=The Continuing Struggle for Religious Freedom by Italy’s Sikh Community |url=https://thewire.in/external-affairs/sikhs-in-italy |website=The Wire |quote=It is estimated that there are around 220,000 Sikh migrants in Italy. The community, however, has been largely invisible to native Italians. The majority of Sikhs are dairy workers, living far from the cities, and settled mainly in the farms of north and central Italy.}}</ref><ref name=”:1″>{{cite news |date=29 July 2018 |title=How the recent Punjabi migration to Spain & Italy is a departure for the diaspora |newspaper=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/how-the-recent-punjabi-migration-to-spain-and-italy-is-a-departure-for-the-diaspora/articleshow/65180012.cms?from=mdr |quote=The total number of Indians in Italy has now crossed 200,000, making it the largest Indian diaspora in continental Europe and far greater than the 30,000 estimated in Spain. This Indian contingent is mainly made up of Punjabi Jat Sikhs.}}</ref><ref name=”:2″>{{cite web |title=How Sikhs saved the Italian cheese industry |url=https://www.globalindian.com/story/global-indian/parmesans-indian-connect-how-sikhs-saved-the-italian-cheese-industry/ |website=Global Indian |quote=Today, Italy has the largest Sikh population in Europe, only second to the United Kingdom, with an estimated number of 220,000}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bertolani |first=Barbara |title=Globalizing Belief, Localizing Gods |publisher=Brill Publishers |year=2013 |isbn=9789004254756 |pages=75 |chapter=The Sikhs in Italy: A Growing Heterogeneous and Plural Presence |quote=”According to Gallo (2013), by contrast, the Sikhs would number at least 100,000. Barbara Bertolani estimates in 2013 “My own data gathered within the Sikh community in Italy show Sikh people constituting about 70% of all the Indians present, i.e., at least 84,000 residents”}}</ref><ref name=”:3″>{{cite news |title=Why the Indian government must help Italian Sikhs |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/why-the-indian-government-must-help-italian-sikhs/story-y3yJS6zWOqnYkkVsDuvvAJ.html |quote=Up to 150,000 Sikhs now live there, making it the largest Sikh Community in Europe after the one in Britain}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Sikhs Spearheading The Italian Parmesan Cheese Industry |work=Homegrown |url=https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/the-sikhs-who-saved-parmesan-in-italy-are-now-fighting-to-save-themselves |quote=Despite the estimated 220,000 Sikh immigrants who inhabit the Po Valley, there seems to a whiff of change in the air}}</ref><ref name=”:7″>{{cite news |title=Sikhs vote in referendum in Rome |work=Pakistan Today |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/07/03/sikhs-vote-in-referendum-in-rome-for-freedom-of-khalistan/ |quote=About 200,000 Sikhs live in different cities of Italy.}}</ref><ref name=”:8″>{{cite news |last=Tebano |first=Elena |title=Prayer at dawn, zero crime: this is how Sikhs live in Italy, after the sentence of the Cassation |work=Corriere Della Sera |url=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/17_maggio_17/nulla-sikh-culto-preghiera-adcfa0ae-3a74-11e7-acbd-5fa0e1e5ad68.shtml |quote=The vegan diet, the cult, the traditions. Customs and symbols of the 150,000 faithful of the religion born in India who now live in the Bel Paese}}</ref>}}
|{{Percentage | 220000| 58,853,482| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 220000| 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[East Africa]]
|{{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Kenya]]
|{{Sort|00006000|6,000 (2013 est.)}}<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://journals.openedition.org/eastafrica/402#quotation|title=A diversity with several levels: Kenyan politics of integration and the Kenyan minorities of Indian origin|first=Michel|last=Adam|date=1 September 2013|journal=Les Cahiers d’Afrique de l’Est / The East African Review|issue=47|pages=23–32|via=journals.openedition.org|doi=10.4000/eastafrica.402 |s2cid=199837942|doi-access=free}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 6000 | 55,864,655| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 6000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Middle East]]
|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Kuwait]]
|{{Sort|00015000|15,000 (2021 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/kuwait/|title=Kuwait|work=U.S. Department of State|access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 15000 | 4,294,621| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 15000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Southeast Asia]]
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Sikhism in Malaysia|Malaysia *]]
|{{Sort|00100000|100,000 (2016 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.overseasindian.in/2007/jan/news/25n3.shtml|title=overseasindian.in|access-date=1 February 2016}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 100000 | 33,200,000| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 100000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[South Asia]]
|{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Sikhism in Nepal|Nepal *]]
|{{Sort|00000609|609 ([[2011 Nepal census|2011 census]])}}<ref name=”:5″>{{cite web |title=Nepal Profile |url=https://mofa.gov.np/about-nepal/nepal-profile/ |website=Government of Nepal – Ministry Of Foreign Affairs |quote=Religion(s): There are ten religious categories reported in the census 2011. Hindu is followed by 81.3 percent (21,551,492) of the population followed by Buddhism (9%; 2,396,099), Islam (4.4%; 1,162,370), Kirat (3.1%; 807,169), Christianity (1.4%; 375,699), Prakriti (0.5%; 121,982), Bon (13,006), Jainism (3,214), Bahai (1,283) and Sikhism (609).}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 609 | 26,494,504| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 609 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Western Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Sikhism in the Netherlands|Netherlands *]]
|{{Sort|00015000|15,000 (2022 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trouw.nl/religie-filosofie/het-licht-van-god-zien-in-de-ander-daar-gaat-het-om-bij-de-sikhs~ba3a81d5/ |title=Het licht van God zien in de ander, daar gaat het om bij de sikhs |trans-title=Seeing the light of God in the other, that’s what the Sikhs are all about |last=Lawrence |first=Mary |date=22 May 2022 |publisher=[[Trouw]] |access-date=2 June 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524223916/https://www.trouw.nl/religie-filosofie/het-licht-van-god-zien-in-de-ander-daar-gaat-het-om-bij-de-sikhs~ba3a81d5/ |archive-date=24 May 2022 |quote=In Nederland wonen zo’n 15.000 sikhs, die hier sinds de jaren zestig vanuit Afghanistan, Pakistan en India kwamen, op zoek naar werk of op de vlucht voor de Sovjets, de Taliban of de geradicaliseerde aanhangers van Indira Gandhi, nadat zij in 1984 door haar sikhlijfwacht was vermoord. Ons land telt inmiddels negen gurdwara’s. [Some 15,000 Sikhs live in the Netherlands, who have come here from Afghanistan, Pakistan and India since the 1960s, looking for work or fleeing the Soviets, the Taliban or the radicalized followers of Indira Gandhi, after they were killed in 1984. her Sikh bodyguard had been killed. Our country now has nine gurdwaras.]}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 15000 | 17,874,200| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 15000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Oceania]]
|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Sikhism in New Zealand|New Zealand *]]
|{{Sort|00040908|40,908 ([[2018 New Zealand census|2018 census]])}}<ref name=”Table_2018″ />
|{{Percentage | 40908 | 4,699,755| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 40908 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Northern Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Sikhism in Norway|Norway *]]
|{{Sort|00004080|4,080 (2020 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/kultur-og-fritid/statistikker/trosamf/aar/2020-12-08|title=2020-12-08|website=ssb.no|date=8 December 2020}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 4080 | 5,367,580| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 4080 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Middle East]]
|{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Oman]]
|{{Sort|00033704|33,704 (2020 est.)}}<ref name=”ReferenceA” />
|{{Percentage | 33,704| 4,520,471| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 33,704| 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[South Asia]]
|{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Sikhism in Pakistan|Pakistan *]]
|{{Sort|0008000|6,146 (2021 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/extremism-watch_pakistans-religious-minorities-say-they-were-undercounted-census/6207724.html|title=Pakistan’s Religious Minorities Say They Were Undercounted in Census|website=VOA|date=July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2020-01-07|title=Two years after it counted population, Pakistan silent on minority numbers|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/2-yrs-after-it-counted-population-pakistan-silent-on-minority-numbers-6203547/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=The Indian Express|language=en |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Khan|first=Aysha|date=3 January 2020|title=Sikh holy site in Pakistan mobbed by locals, trapping worshipers|url=https://religionnews.com/2020/01/03/sikh-holy-site-in-pakistan-mobbed-by-locals/|access-date=9 March 2021|website=religion news}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 6146 | 249,566,743| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 6146 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Central America]]
|{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Sikhism in Panama|Panama *]]
|{{Sort|00000302|302 (2020 est.)}}<ref name=”thearda.com” />
|{{Percentage | 302 | 4,337,768| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 302 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Southeast Asia]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Philippines]]
|{{Sort|00028436|28,436 (2020 est.)}}<ref name=”thearda.com” />
|{{Percentage | 28,436| 109,035,343| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 28,436| 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Southern Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Sikhism in Portugal|Portugal]]
|{{Sort|0035000|35,000 (2020 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Portugal Fact Sheet |url=https://www.eoilisbon.gov.in/page/portugal-fact-sheet/ |website=Embassy of India (Lisbon, Portugal) |quote=”Sikhs (35,000), In recent years, the number of Indians (especially from Punjab/Haryana) has increased significantly owing to the easing of immigration norms by Portugal. However, since many of them do not have valid residency documents, official figures are not available.”}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 35,000 | 10,421,117| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 35,000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Middle East]]
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Saudi Arabia]]
|{{Sort|00006700|6,700 (2021 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/saudi-arabia/|title=Saudi Arabia. International Religious Freedom Report 2021|access-date=21 March 2023|website=state.gov}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 6700 | 38,401,000| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 6700 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Southeast Asia]]
|{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Sikhism in Singapore|Singapore *]]
|{{Sort|00012051|12,051 (2020 census)}}<ref name=”:4″>{{cite web |url=https://www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/reference/cop2020/cop2020-sr1/census20_stat_release1 |title=”Religion by Ethnic in Singapore 2020″ |access-date=2021-06-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210617123031/https://www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/reference/cop2020/cop2020-sr1/census20_stat_release1 |archive-date=2021-06-17 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 12,051| 3,459,093| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 12,051| 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Southern Africa]]
|{{flagicon|ZA}} [[Sikhism in South Africa|South Africa *]]
|13,000 (2020 est.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Custom Dataset {{!}} National Profiles {{!}} World Religion |url=https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/np-sort?var=ADH_535 |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=www.thearda.com}}</ref>
|0.02%
|0.04%
|-
|[[Southern Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain]]
|{{Sort|00026000|26,000 (2020 est.)}}<ref name=”mdpi.com”>{{cite journal|title=Masculinity in the Sikh Community in Italy and Spain: Expectations and Challenges|first=Nachatter Singh |last=Garha|date=13 February 2020|journal=Religions|volume=11 |issue=2|pages=76 |doi=10.3390/rel11020076 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 26000 | 48,196,693| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 26000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Northern Europe]]
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Sikhism in Sweden|Sweden *]]
|{{Sort|00004000|4,000 (2020 est.)}}<ref name=”mdpi.com” />
|{{Percentage | 4000 | 10,481,937| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 4000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Southeast Asia]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Sikhism in Thailand|Thailand *]]
|{{Sort|00070000|70,000 (2005 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/thailand/religious-freedom-report.html |title=International Religious Freedom Report 2005 (U.S. Dept of State) |access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 70000 | 67,228,562| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 70000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Central America]]
|{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|{{Sort|00000150|150 (2022 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irasroom.org/circlingindia/the-sikhs-of-trinidad|title=The Sikhs of Trinidad |website=Ira Mathur |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 150 | 1,405,646| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 150 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[East Africa]]
|{{flagicon|Uganda}} [[Uganda]]
||{{Sort|0002400|2,400 (2021 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/life/what-it-means-to-be-sikh–1572910 |title=What it means to Be Sikh|date=9 January 2021 |website=Monitor}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 2400 | 45,853,778| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 2400 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Middle East]]
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Sikhism in the United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates *]]
||{{Sort|00052000|52,000 (2022 est.)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/sikhs-in-uae-hail-countrys-year-of-respect-inclusion |title=Sikhs in UAE hail country’s year of ‘respect, inclusion’|first=Dhanusha |last=Gokulan |website=Khaleej Times|access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 52000 | 9,282,410| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 52000 | 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[Western Europe]]
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Sikhism in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom *]]
||{{Sort|00524529|524,529 ([[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]])}}<ref name=”SikhEngland2021″ /><ref>{{cite web |date=2022-09-07 |title=Census 2021 main statistics religion tables |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/census-2021-main-statistics-religion-tables |access-date=2022-11-29 |df=dmy-all |website=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= |title=MS-B21: Religion – full detail |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-ms-b21.xlsx |website=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.}}</ref>
|{{Percentage | 524,529| 61500718| 2}}
|{{Percentage | 524,529| 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
|[[North America]]
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Sikhism in the United States|United States *]]
|{{Sort|00280000|280,000 (2021 est.){{refn|While the [[U.S. Census]] does not ask about religion,<ref>{{cite web|title=
Does the Census Bureau have data for religion?
|url=https://ask.census.gov/prweb/PRServletCustom/app/ECORRAsk2_/YACFBFye-rFIz_FoGtyvDRUGg1Uzu5Mn*/!STANDARD?pzuiactionzzz=CXtpbn0rTEpMcGRYOG1vS0tqTFAwaENUZWpvM1NNWEMzZ3p5aFpnWUxzVmw0TjJndno5ZkJPc24xNWYvcCtNbVVjWk5Z*|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref> 70,697 Americans (or {{Percentage|70,697|331,449,281|2}} of the total population) declared Sikh as their ethnicity in the [[2020 U.S. census|2020 census]].<ref>{{cite web|title=
Asian Indian Was The Largest Asian Alone Population Group in 2020|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/09/2020-census-dhc-a-asian-population.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> In the [[2021 Canadian census]], 194,640 Canadians declared Sikh as their ethnicity while 771,790 Canadians declared Sikh as their religion, indicating that the Sikh American population may be around 280,329, or {{Percentage|280,329|331,449,281|2}} of the total population.<ref>{{cite web|title=
Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&DGUIDList=2021A000011124&GENDERList=1,2,3&STATISTICList=1,4&HEADERList=0&SearchText=Canada|publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]|access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> The [[U.S. Census Bureau]] estimated the adult Sikh American population at 78,000 in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012 – Section 1: Population – Table 75: Self-Described Religious Identification of Adult Population: 1990, 2001, and 2008 (page 61)|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2011/compendia/statab/131ed/2012-statab.pdf|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> The [[Pew Research Center]] estimated the Sikh American adult population to be 140,000 and the total population at 200,000 in 2012 while the World Religion Database at Boston University estimated the American Sikh population to be at 280,000 in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012 – Section 1: Population – Table 75: Self-Described Religious Identification of Adult Population: 1990, 2001, and 2008 (page 61)|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2011/compendia/statab/131ed/2012-statab.pdf|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=How Many U.S. Sikhs?|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/2012/08/06/ask-the-expert-how-many-us-sikhs/|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref> Sikh organizations like the [[Sikh Coalition]] and [[American Sikh Congressional Caucus]] estimate the Sikh American population to be as high as 1,000,000, but do not provide any sources for these figures;<ref>{{cite web|title=About Sikhs|url=https://www.sikhcoalition.org/about-sikhs/|publisher=[[Sikh Coalition]]|access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=H. RES. 275 – 118th Congress (2023-2024)|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/275/text?s=1&r=1/|publisher=[[United States Congress]]|access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=How Many U.S. Sikhs?|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/2012/08/06/ask-the-expert-how-many-us-sikhs/|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref> 500,000 nevertheless remains the most cited Sikh American population size in news media.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sikhism Reporter’s Guide|url=https://www.sikhcoalition.org/resources/sikhism-reporters-guide/|publisher=[[Sikh Coalition]]|access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref>{{refn|<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sikh Community Today |url=https://pluralism.org/the-sikh-community-today|publisher=[[Harvard University]]|access-date=28 March 2023|quote=”Today there are well over 500,000 Sikhs in the United States.”}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=American Sikhs are targets of bigotry, often due to cultural ignorance |url=https://religionnews.com/2022/08/10/american-sikhs-are-targets-of-bigotry-often-due-to-cultural-ignorance/|publisher=[[Religion News Service]]|access-date=28 March 2023|quote=”Scholars and government officials estimate the Sikh American population to number around 500,000.”}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sikhs in America:A History of Hate |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/sikhs-in-america-hate-crime-victims-and-bias|publisher=[[ProPublica]]|access-date=28 March 2023|quote=”There are an estimated 500,000 Sikhs living in the U.S., many in New York and California.”
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=April 2022: Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month |url=https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/proclamations/2022/04/01/april-2022-sikh-awareness-and-appreciation-month|publisher=State of Michigan Office of the Governor|access-date=28 March 2023|quote=”Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world, and, today, there are more than 30 million Sikhs worldwide and an estimated 500,000 Sikh Americans;”}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Want to know about Sikhism?|url=https://www.wuwm.com/2022-05-23/want-to-know-about-sikhism-head-to-new-book-collection-in-oak-creek|publisher=[[WUWM]]|access-date=28 March 2023|quote=”There are more than 500,000 Sikhs in the United States.”}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief Introduction to Sikhism|url=https://interactive.wttw.com/playlist/2021/05/05/sikhism-chicago|publisher=[[WTTW]]|access-date=28 March 2023|quote=”Despite its relatively recent arrival in Chicago, Sikhism is the world’s fifth-largest religion, with 25 to 30 million adherents around the globe and an estimated 500,000 in America today.”}}</ref>}} With 1% of [[Asian Americans#Religion|Asian Americans]] being Sikh, and 90.7% of Sikh Americans being Asian American, the American Sikh population can be estimated around 280,000 in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2012/07/19/asian-americans-a-mosaic-of-faiths-overview/|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2020 National Sikh American Survey: Key Findings|url=https://issuu.com/saldefmedia/docs/2020_national_sikh_american_survey|publisher=[[Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund]]|access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DP05ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES|url=https://data.census.gov/table?tid=ACSDP1Y2021.DP05|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref>}}}}
|{{Percentage|280,000|331893745|2}}
|{{Percentage | 280,000| 23,336,631| 2}}
|-
!Total
!
!{{Sort|23,336,631|23,336,631}}{{efn|Total of countries listed above. List last totaled on 11 June 2023.}}
!{{Percentage | 23,336,631| 8,034,014,000| 1}}
!{{Percentage | 23,336,631| 23,336,631| 1}}
|}
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