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List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language; Tamil population by cities; States of India by Tamil speakers; Notes References. This page was ...
The Tamil language is native to Tamil Nadu , Puducherry (India) and Sri Lanka, where most of the native Tamil speaking population is highly concentrated. Tamil is also recognized as a classical language by the Government of India in 2004 and was the first language to achieve such status. [1] Tamil is one of the 22 official languages of India. [2]
The Tamil language is one of the longest-surviving classical languages, with over two thousand years of written history, dating back to the Sangam period (between 300 BCE and 300 CE). Tamils constitute about 5.7% of the Indian population and form the majority in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry.
City Country Numbers Percent Year Notes Refs Mysore India 137,452: 4.58%: 2011 census: Ballari India 8,309: 1.74%: 2011 census: Tirupati India 10,041: 3.40%: 2011 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Dravidian ethnolinguistic group Ethnic group Tamils Tamilar Total population c. 77 million Regions with significant populations India 69,026,881 (2011) Sri Lanka 3,108,770 (2012) Malaysia 1,800,000 (2016) United States 238,699+ (2017) Canada 237,890 (2021) [note 2] Singapore 174,708 ...
Tamil; Tamil Nadu: 41,045,591: 85.35%: ... List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language; Tamil population by nation;
This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
As per the 2011 census, Tamil Nadu had a population of 72.1 million and is the seventh most populous state in India. [1] The population is projected to be 76.8 million in 2023 and to grow to 78 million by 2036. [198] Tamil Nadu is one of the most urbanized states in the country with more than 48.4 per cent of the population living in urban ...