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Pakistanis
پاكستانى قوم
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg
Total population
c. 250 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan not specific
235,774,520
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia1,900,000
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates1,200,000
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom1,174,983[2]
File:Flag of India.svg India918,982 (2011 census)[3]
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States363,699[3]
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada156,865[4]
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait150,000[5]
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy100,000+[6][7]
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar90,000[8]
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman85,000
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain80,000[9]
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece80,000
File:Flag of France.svg France60,000
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia56,000
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China54,000[10]
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany49,000
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain45,000
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway39,134
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia31,277
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya30,000
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark26,714 (2023 official estimate)[18]
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands27,261 (2022 official)[17]
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong18,178 (2021 census)[72]
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium14,500
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran14,320 (2016 census)[81]
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden12,450
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan10,000
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia8,645 (2020 estimate)[5]
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand6,500
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand6,135 (2018 census)[113]
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore4,562 (2012)[75]
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji1,867 (2020 estimate)[5]
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius378
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

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).

Further reading[change]

  • 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[change]

  • 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.


References[change]

  1. "U.S. and World Population Clock". United States Census Bureau.
  2. "2011 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in the United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  3. Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS). "American FactFinder - Results". Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (11 December 2013). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables – Ethnic Origin (101), Age Groups (10), Sex (3) and Selected Demographic, Cultural, Labour Force, Educational and Income Characteristics (327) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey". www12.statcan.ca. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. Al-Qarari, Hussein (2009-03-29). "Pakistanis celebrate National Day in Kuwait". Kuwait Times. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  6. "Europe and Russian Federation", Yearbook of Pakistan Foreign Relations, 2003-2004, Pakistan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2004, archived from the original on 2007-10-19, retrieved 2008-11-18
  7. Husain, Irfan (2002-11-09), "The Italian jobs", Dawn, Pakistan, retrieved 2008-11-18
  8. Qatar´s population by nationality Archived 2013-12-22 at the Wayback Machine bq magazine Retrieved 15 December 2014
  9. "TablaPx". www.ine.es.
  10. "K2WebWizard". www.k2web.co.kr.