Gujarati people

Gujarati people (Gujarati: ગુજરાતી લોકો Gujǎrātī loko?), or Gujaratis, is an umbrella term used to describe traditionally Gujarati-speaking people who can trace their ancestry to the state of Gujarat within the Republic of India.

Gujaratis

Mahatma Gandhi
Total population
c. 40 to 60 million
Regions with significant populations
India: States of Gujarat, Maharashtra Pakistan United States Qatar United Kingdom Tanzania Kenya UAE Germany South Africa Canada Italy Thailand Indonesia Australia Madagascar Yemen
55,492,554 3,500,000 1,330,000 700,000 600,000-800,000 587,000 285,000 280,000 260,000 250,000 210,000 167,333 150,000 to 200,000 120,000 108,341 105,000 100,000
Malawi	62,000
Israel	60,000 to 85,000
Bangladesh	60,000
Oman	56,000
Mozambique	51,000
Kuwait	50,000
Zambia	50,000
Sweden	48,000
Myanmar	47,000
Hong Kong	42,000
Saudi Arabia	40,000
Iran	39,000
Zimbabwe	34,000
Malaysia	33,000
Bahrain	33,000
Portugal	30,000
Uganda	28,500
New Zealand	27,000
Belgium	27,000
Somalia	27,000
Fiji	26,000
Reunion	23,000
Burundi	15,500
Botswana	12,000
Democratic Republic of Congo	9,000
Sri Lanka	7,000 - 10,000
Brazil	5,000
Taiwan	5,000
Singapore	4,300
Ethiopia	4,000
Lesotho	4,000
Angola	3,500
Swaziland	3,000
Mauritius	2,100
Rwanda	1,400
France	1,100
Greece	1,089
Japan	1,000
Cuba	868
Sudan	550
Seychelles	500
Namibia	450
Languages
Gujarati
Religion
Hinduism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism (see Parsis), Islam, Christianity

Gujarati People Media

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  Traditional Folk dance garba dress

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  The king of Cambay (in present-day Gujarat) from "Figurae variae Asiae et Africae," a 16th-century Portuguese manuscript in the Casanatense Library in Rome (Codex Casanatense 1889)

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  The Swaminarayan Temple in Neasden, London, the largest Hindu temple in Europe

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  Excerpt from "My experiments with truth" - the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi in its original Gujarati.

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  Vedhmi is a sweet lentil stuffed chapati.

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  Women and men performing Garba as part of Navaratri celebrations in the city of Ahmedabad

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  Mer Dandiya, a sword dance performed by the martial communities of Saurashtra