Somali diaspora

Somali diaspora

Qurbajoogta Soomaaliyeed
Total population
7,998,764 (2021 UN estimate)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Arabian Peninsula, Europe, North America, Oceania, South Africa
United States	1,221,000 (2020)[2]
United Kingdom	876,000 (2018 ONS estimate)[3]
United Arab Emirates	454,000 (2020)[4]
Sweden	270,170[5]
Canada	362,550[6]
Yemen	146,750[7]
Norway	180,616[8]
South Africa	190,000-220,000[9]
Netherlands	139,465[10]
Germany	328,675[11]
Saudi Arabia	234,000[12]
Finland	124,365 (2022)[13]
Denmark	91,210[14]
Australia	116,169[15]
Italy	78,228[16]
Austria	17,101[17]
Switzerland	87,025[18]
Belgium	32,627[19]
Pakistan	12,500[20]
Libya	12,500[21]
New Zealand	71,617[22]
Ireland	64,495[23]
Languages
Somali (mother tongue), English, Swahili (working language)
Religion
Vast majority: Islam (Sunni and Sufism)

The Somali diaspora or Qurbajoogta refers to Somalis who were born in Greater Somalia and reside in areas of the world that they were not born in. The civil war in Somalia greatly increased the size of the Somali diaspora, as many Somalis moved from Greater Somalia primarily to Europe, North America, Oceania and South Africa. There are also small Somali populations in Asia.^[24][25][26] The UN estimates that in 2015, approximately 7 million people from Somalia were living outside of the country's borders.