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Telugu diaspora

తెలుగు ప్రవాసులు
Telugu Thalli, the personification of Telugu language
Total population
c. 2.3 million
United States	1,230,000[1]
Saudi Arabia	388,000[2]
Myanmar	139,000[3]
Malaysia	127,000[4]
Australia	59,400[5]
Canada	54,685[6]
Bangladesh	40,000[7]
Singapore	c. 40,000[8]
Fiji	35,000[9]
United Kingdom	33,000[10]
Mauritius	20,000[11]
Bahrain	18,700[12][13]
Oman	13,300[12]
New Zealand	5,754[14]
South Africa	5,000[15]
Sri Lanka	c. 4,000[16]
Languages
Telugu English vernacular languages ofother countries in the diaspora
Religion
Hinduism,Christianity,Islam
Related ethnic groups
Telugu people

TheTelugu Diaspora refers toTelugu people who live outside their homeland ofIndian states ofAndhra Pradesh andTelangana.^[17] They are predominantly found inNorth America,Europe,Australia,Caribbean,Gulf,Africa and other regions around the world. There are also Telugus from other Indian states such asKarnataka,Tamil Nadu,Odisha andMaharashtra, who live outside India. Telugus of Andhra Pradesh origin, living outside India are often referred as Non-resident Andhras (NRA). After the bifurcation of theUnited Andhra Pradesh, these are popularly referred as Non-resident Telugus.^[18]

TheTelugu Boom refers to the migration of a large number of Telugu speaking people from theIndian states ofAndhra Pradesh andTelangana to theUnited States of America from late 80s largely consisting of the migration ofstudents andInformation Technology workers which continues to the present day.^[19] As of 2017, as per Katherine Hadda, American Consulate general inHyderabad, one in every four Indians going to USA is a Telugu person.^[20]

With the onset ofIT revolution in the late 1980s and 1990s coupled with highunemployment andcorruption led more families to send theirundergraduate children for higher studies to universities ofdeveloped countries on better job prospects. This was also supported withF1 visa program of USA and similar programs of other countries such asCanada andUK. TheY2K problem and Indian government'sSoftware Technology Park initiative also helped many small companies to set up shops in Hyderabad that helped prospective employees to useH-1B Visa program.^[21][22]

Andhra Bank andState Bank of Hyderabad predominantly regional banks of the state of AP have reported rise inNon Resident Indian deposits over the last decade.^[23]

• Telugu Americans
• Telugu people
• Andhra Pradesh
• Telangana
• Telugu Language
• Telugu language policy
• Malaysian Telugu
• Ahikuntaka

• Telangana NRI Association TeNA
• North American Telugu Association NATA
• List of Telugu Associations Worldwide
• Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Society

• Telugu diaspora
• History of Andhra Pradesh
• Economy of Andhra Pradesh
• Indian diaspora by ethnic group
• Demographic history of India

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