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Gujrati people

Gujaratis
ગુજરાતી
Total population
c. 50 million
Regions with significant populations
 India 46,091,617
 Pakistan 1,270,000
 UK 615,000
 United States 500,000
 Tanzania 395,000
 Kenya 285,000
 Canada 118,950
 Madagascar 81,500
 Malawi 53,000
 Myanmar 47,000
 Oman 34,900
 Malaysia 31,500
 Portugal 30,000
 Bahrain 28,500
 Mozambique 27,500
 Fiji 25,000
 Reunion 23,000
 Uganda 16,000
 Zambia 14,000
 Burundi 11,500
 Singapore 3,200
 Rwanda 1,300
 France 1,000
 Maldives 1,000
Languages
Gujarati
Religion
Predominantly:
Hinduism
Minorities:
Related ethnic groups
Indo-Aryan peoples

Gujarati people or Gujaratis (Gujarati: ગુજરાતી) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group of India that traditionally speaks Gujarati, an Indo-Aryan language. Gujaratis are very prominent in industry and key figures played an historic role in the introduction of the doctrine of Swaraj and the decisive victory of the 1947 Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.

Albeit with huge migration for economic reasons, most Gujaratis in India live in the state of Gujarat in Western India. Gujaratis also form a significant part of the populations in the neighboring metropolis of Mumbai and union territories of Daman and Diu, and Dadra Nagar Haveli, both being former Portuguese colonies. There are very large Gujarati immigrant communities in other parts of India, most notably in Mumbai,Delhi, Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore and other metropolitan areas like Kollam and Kochi in Kerala. All throughout history Gujaratis have earned a reputation as being India's greatest merchants, industrialists and business entrepreneurs, and have therefore been at forefront of migrations all over the world, particularly to regions that were part of the British empire such as Fiji, Hong Kong, East Africa and countries in Southern Africa. Diasporas and transnational networks in many of these countries date back to more than a century. In recent decades, larger numbers of Gujaratis have migrated to English speaking countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States.


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