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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 348,443[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Suriname 148,443[1] | |
 Netherlands | 200,000[2] |
| Languages | |
| Sarnami Hindustani, Dutch, English, Sranan Tongo[3] | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Hinduism Minority: Islam, Christianity, Irreligion and Others | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indo-Caribbean people, Indian people, Indian diaspora, Indians in the Netherlands, Indo-Caribbean Americans, Indo-Caribbean Canadians, British Indo-Caribbean people, Indo-Guyanese, Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians, Indo-Jamaicans, Indo-Fijians, Indo-Mauritians, Indo-South Africans | |
Indo-Surinamese, Indian-Surinamese or Hindustani Surinamese are nationals of Suriname who trace their ancestry to the Indian subcontinent. Their ancestors were indentured labourers brought by the Dutch and the British to the Dutch colony of Suriname, beginning in 1873 and continuing during the British Raj.[4] Per the 2012 Census of Suriname, 148,443 citizens of Suriname are of Indo-Surinamese origin, constituting 27.4% of the total population, making them the largest ethnic group in Suriname on an individual level. They are a subgroup of Indo-Caribbean people.
- ^ a b "Census" (PDF). Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek in Suriname (General Statistics Bureau of Suriname). p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ a b "Suriname Indians in the Netherlands – the Indian in Them Lives on".
- ^ "Het ontstaan van het Sarnami (in Dutch)". Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Hindostanen in Suriname (in Dutch)". Outlook. Retrieved 21 April 2020.