The Scottish diaspora consists of Scottish people who emigrated from Scotland and their descendants. The diaspora is concentrated in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, England, New Zealand, Ireland and to a lesser extent Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. The Scottish disapora has been estimated by the Scottish Government to be between 28 and 40 million people worldwide. Other estimates have ranged as high as 80 million.
Grave of the MacFarland sisters of Edinburgh, British Cemetery of Funchal, Madeira
William Davidson, court doctor of Kings of France and Poland
Robert Gilbert Porteous, wealthiest merchant of 17th-century Krosno
Home of Alexander Chalmers, mayor of Warsaw
A diaspora is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin. The word is used in reference to people who identify with a specific geographic location, but currently reside elsewhere.
India has the world's largest annual out-migration. Pictured at Ricoh Coliseum, in Toronto, Canada, on April 15, 2015
The Mexican diaspora is the world's second-largest diaspora; pictured is Mexican day celebrations in Germany.
Emigrants Leave Ireland depicting the emigration to America following the Great Famine in Ireland
The Chinese diaspora is the world's third largest; Paifang (torna) gateway at Sydney Chinatown in Australia.
