Ethnic groups in Pakistan

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Pakistan is a very diverse country with lots of different ethnic groups and languages.^[1] The 17 major groups are Punjabis, Pashtuns, Gujjar,^[2][3] Sindhis, Saraikis, Muhajirs, Balochs, Paharis, Brahuis, Shina, Burusho Hazaras, Baltis, Kohistanis, Khetranis, Siddis and Kashmiris. There are also many other smaller groups like Makranis, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Thari, Kho, Pamiris, Nuristanis, Kalash and many others.^[4][5]

Ethnic groups in Pakistan (Pakistan Census 2017)^[6]

  Punjabis (38.78%)

  Pashtuns (18.24%)

  Sindhis (14.57%)

  Saraikis (12.19%)

  Muhajirs (7.8%)

  Baloch (3.02%)

  Hindkowan (2.44%)

  Brahuis (1.24%)

  Kashmiris (0.17%)

  Others (2.26%)

1. ↑ Morin, Rich. "The most (and least) culturally diverse countries in the world". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
2. ↑ Tyagi, Vidya Prakash (2009). Martial races of undivided India. Kalpaz Publisher. ISBN 978-81-7835-775-1. The Gujjar or Gurjar are an ethnic group in India and Pakistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujjar and Goojar. The Gujjars follow Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam. The Hindu Gujjars belong to the traditional Kshatriya Varna in Hinduism, while the Muslim Gujjars are considered to be a Potwari race in India and Pakistan
3. ↑ Harriss-White, Barbara; Heyer, Judith (2009-12-21). The Comparative Political Economy of Development: Africa and South Asia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-17193-3. Gujjar: multi-religious, 'martial' ethnic group in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
4. ↑ Ashraf, Hina (2023-03-01). "The ambivalent role of Urdu and English in multilingual Pakistan: a Bourdieusian study". Language Policy. 22 (1): 25–48. doi:10.1007/s10993-022-09623-6. ISSN 1573-1863. PMC 8939399. PMID 35340722.
5. ↑ Ali, Shaheen Sardar; Rehman, Javaid (2013-02-01). Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities of Pakistan: Constitutional and Legal Perspectives. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-77868-1.
6. ↑ "Pakistan Census 2017", Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, retrieved 26 Nov 2023