User:M.K.Dan/List of countries where Tamil is an official language

List of countries where Tamil is an official language

The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where Tamil is an official or language of government.

Sovereign states
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Country ! Region ! Population
 * + Countries where Tamil is a de jure/official language
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore
 * Asia
 * align="right" | 5,312,400
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka


 * Asia
 * align="right" | 20,277,597

Dependent entities where Tamil is an official language
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ ! width=030px | Nr. ! width=200px | Entity ! width=200px | Continent ! width=200px | Population ! width=200px | Status |- ||| 🇮🇳 Andaman and Nicobar Islands || Asia || || Union Territory of India

|- ||| 🇮🇳 Pondicherry || Asia || || Union Territory of India

|-
 * 🇮🇳 Tamil Nadu || Asia || || State of India

Partially recognized and unrecognized states/territories
{| class="sortable wikitable" ! width=150px class="unsortable" | Country ! width=500px | Notes

|| Claiming for seperate union territory of India (not a seperate country) || Claiming for seperate state of India (not a seperate country)
 * Tamil Eelam (Eelam) || Claiming sovereignty over the North and Eastern Sri Lanka as the independent state of Tamil Eelam
 * 🇮🇳 Karaikal
 * 🇮🇳 Karaikal
 * 🇮🇳 Karaikal
 * 🇮🇳 Kongu Nadu
 * 🇮🇳 Kongu Nadu

Countries where Tamil is used and has cultural impact but not official
{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Country ! Region


 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia
 * Asia
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius
 * Africa
 * 🇫🇷 Réunion
 * Africa
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles
 * Africa
 * Africa
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles
 * Africa
 * Africa