Ethnic groups in Pakistan

Pakistan ethnic composition (2017)[1]

  Punjabis (38.8%)
  Pashtuns (18.2%)
  Sindhis (14.6%)
  Saraikis (12.2%)
  Muhajirs (7.1%)
  Baloch (3%)
  Others (6.1%)

Pakistan is an ethnically and linguistically diverse country.[2][3] The major Pakistani ethnolinguistic groups include Punjabis, Pashtuns, Sindhis, Saraikis, Muhajirs, Balochs, Hindkowans/Hazarewals, Brahuis, and Kohistanis[4][note 1] with significant numbers of Shina, Baltis, Kashmiris, Paharis, Chitralis, Torwalis, Hazaras, Burusho, Wakhis, Kalash, Siddis, Uzbeks, Nuristanis, Pamiris and various other smaller minorities.[6][7]

  1. ^ https://www.britannica.com/place/Pakistan/People
  2. ^ "A revealing map of the world's most and least ethnically diverse countries". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ Morin, Rich (18 July 2013). "The most (and least) culturally diverse countries in the world". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Pakistan", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2 August 2022
  5. ^ "POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  6. ^ Qadeer, Mohammad (22 November 2006). Pakistan - Social and Cultural Transformations in a Muslim Nation. Routledge. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-134-18617-4.
  7. ^ Ali, Shaheen Sardar; Rehman, Javaid (1 February 2013). Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities of Pakistan: Constitutional and Legal Perspectives. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-77868-1.


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