Pakistanis: Citizens or residents of Pakistan
The word Pakistani or Pakistanis (Urdu: پاکِستانی) means from or about the country of the modern Islamic Republic of Pakistan partly consisting of the Indus Valley.
It refers to a person or people from Pakistan. Every citizen of Pakistan is called a Pakistani (singular) or Pakistanis (plural).
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 250 million | |
| 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 |
 India | 918,982 (2011 census)[3] |
 United States | 363,699 |
 Canada | 156,865 |
 Kuwait | 150,000 |
 Italy | 100,000+ |
 Qatar | 90,000 |
 Oman | 85,000 |
 Spain | 80,000 |
 Greece | 80,000 |
 France | 60,000 |
 Malaysia | 56,000 |
 China | 54,000 |
 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 | 378 |
| Languages | |
| Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Kashmiri, Brahui, Balti 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.
References
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