Pakistanis
Pakistanis (Urdu: پاكِستانى قوم, romanized: Pākistānī Qaum, lit. 'Pakistani Nation') are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. According to the 2017 Pakistani census, the population of Pakistan stood at over 213 million people, making it the world's fifth-most populous country. The majority of Pakistanis natively speak languages belonging to the Indo-Iranic family (Indo-Aryan and Iranic subfamilies).
پاكِستانى قوم | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| c. 242,341,368 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Pakistan | 233,500,636 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,600,000 (2017 estimate) |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,700,000 (2017 estimate) |
| United Kingdom | 1,587,819 (2021 official British census) |
| United States | 526,956 (2018 American Community Survey estimate) |
| Canada | 303,260 (2021 official Canadian census) |
| Oman | 235,000 (2013 estimate) |
| Kuwait | 150,000 (2009 estimate) |
| Germany | 140,000 (2022) |
| Italy | 130,593 (2017 official estimate) |
| Qatar | 125,000 (2016 official Qatari estimate) |
| Bahrain | 112,000 (2013 estimate) |
| Spain | 100,000 (2017 estimate) |
| Australia | 89,633 (2021) (2016 official Australian census) |
| Malaysia | 59,281 (2017 official Malaysian estimate) |
| China | 54,000 |
| Norway | 38,000 (2019 official Norwegian estimate) |
| France | 26,600 (2017) |
| Japan | 23,000 (2023) |
| Hong Kong | 18,094 (2016 estimate) |
| Ireland | 12,891 (2016 estimate) |
| New Zealand | 6,000 (2017 estimate) |
| Switzerland | 3,094 (2016 estimate) |
| Languages | |
| Pakistani languages, including: | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Islam (96.28%) (85–90% Sunni, 10–15% Shia) Minority: Hinduism, Christianity, Ahmadiyya, Baháʼí Faith, Kalasha, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism | |
Located in South Asia, the country is also the source of a significantly large diaspora, most of whom reside in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, with an estimated population of 4.7 million. The second-largest Pakistani diaspora resides throughout both Northwestern Europe and Western Europe, where there are an estimated 2.4 million; over half of this figure resides in the United Kingdom (see British Pakistanis).