Pakistanis

Pakistanis (Urdu: پاکِستانی) are citizens of the modern country known as Pakistan which is located in South Asia so a Pakistani is someone who comes from that country. It refers to a person or people from Pakistan. Every citizen of Pakistan is called a Pakistani (singular) or Pakistanis (plural).

Pakistanis
پاكستانى قوم

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Total population
c. 250 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Pakistan not specific
235,774,520
Saudi Arabia	1,900,000
United Arab Emirates	1,200,000
United Kingdom	1,174,983[2]
India	918,982 (2011 census)[3]
United States	363,699[3]
Canada	156,865[4]
Kuwait	150,000[5]
Italy	100,000+[6][7]
Qatar	90,000[8]
Oman	85,000
Spain	80,000[9]
Greece	80,000
France	60,000
Malaysia	56,000
China	54,000[10]
Germany	49,000
Bahrain	45,000
Norway	39,134
Australia	31,277
Libya	30,000
Denmark	26,714 (2023 official estimate)[18]
Netherlands	27,261 (2022 official)[17]
Hong Kong	18,178 (2021 census)[72]
Belgium	14,500
Iran	14,320 (2016 census)[81]
Sweden	12,450
Japan	10,000
Indonesia	8,645 (2020 estimate)[5]
Thailand	6,500
New Zealand	6,135 (2018 census)[113]
Singapore	4,562 (2012)[75]
Fiji	1,867 (2020 estimate)[5]
Mauritius	1,207
Languages
Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Kashmiri, Brahui, Balti, Gujarati, Telugu, Arabic and others
Religion
Islam 67% (majority Sunni, 32% Shia) Other Religions: Sikhism, Hinduism, Bahá'í Faith, Zoroastrianism, Christianity

Further reading

• Abbasi, Nadia Mushtaq. "The Pakistani diaspora in Europe and its impact on democracy building in Pakistan". International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (2010).
• Awan, Shehzadi Zamurrad. "Relevance of Education for Women's Empowerment in Punjab, Pakistan". Journal of International Women's Studies 18.1 (2016): 208+ online
• Bolognani, Marta, and Stephen Lyon, eds. Pakistan and its diaspora: multidisciplinary approaches (Springer, 2011).
• Eglar, Zekiya. A Punjabi Village in Pakistan: Perspectives on Community, Land, and Economy (Oxford UP, 2010).
• Kalra, Virinder S., ed. Pakistani Diasporas: Culture, conflict, and change (Oxford UP, 2009).
• Bano, Sha. "Role of museums in Depicting history of cultural heritage of Pakistan". (2019).
• Marsden, Magnus. "Muslim village intellectuals: the life of the mind in northern Pakistan". Anthropology today 21.1 (2005): 10–15.
• Mughal, M. A. Z. "An anthropological perspective on the mosque in Pakistan". Asian Anthropology 14.2 (2015): 166–181.
• Rauf, Abdur. "Rural women and the family: A study of a Punjabi village in Pakistan". Journal of Comparative Family Studies (1987): 403–415.

Origins of Pakistanis

• Vasil'ev, I. B., P. F. Kuznetsov, and A. P. Semenova. "Potapovo Burial Ground of the Indo-Iranic Tribes on the Volga" (1994).
• Ahsan, Aitzaz. The Indus Saga. Roli Books Private Limited, 2005.
• Mehdi, S. Q., et al. "The origins of Pakistani populations". Genomic Diversity. Springer, Boston, MA, 1999. 83–90.
• Balanovsky, Oleg, et al. "Deep phylogenetic analysis of haplogroup G1 provides estimates of SNP and STR mutation rates on the human Y-chromosome and reveals migrations of Iranic speakers". PLoS One 10.4 (2015): e0122968.
• Allchin, F. R. "Archeological and Language-Historical Evidence for the Movement of Indo-Aryan Speaking Peoples into South Asia". NARTAMONGÆ (1981): 65.
• Ahmed, Mukhtar. Ancient Pakistan-an Archaeological History: Volume III: Harappan Civilization-the Material Culture. Amazon, 2014.