Pakistanis

{{Short description|Citizens and nationals of Pakistan}}

{{Redirect|Pakistani|a demographical overview|Demographics of Pakistan|Pakistani people living outside of Pakistan|Pakistani diaspora|other uses}}

{{Use Pakistani English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox ethnic group

| group = Pakistanis

| flag = Flag of Pakistan.svg

| flag_caption = Flag of Pakistan

| native_name = {{Nastaliq|پاكِستانى قوم}}
{{transliteration|ur|pākistānī qaum}}

| native_name_lang = ur

| population = 252.3 million{{efn|The estimated population of Pakistan according to the United States Census as of 1 July 2024,{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popclock/|title=U.S. and World Population Clock|work=United States Census Bureau}} including the estimated population of the Pakistani diaspora.}}

File:Map of the Pakistani Diaspora in the World.svg

| popplace = South Asia

| region1 = {{flagcountry|Pakistan}}

| pop1 = 241,499,431 (2023 Pakistan Census){{cite web|url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/national/table_9.pdf|title=TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023}}

| region2 = {{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}}

| pop2 = 2,600,000 (2017 estimate){{cite web |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/897720/economic-survey-2014-15-ishaq-dar-unveils-countrys-economic-report-card/ |title=Economic Survey 2014–15: Ishaq Dar touts economic growth amidst missed targets |date=4 June 2015 |work=The Express Tribune}}

| region3 = {{flagcountry|United Arab Emirates}}

| pop3 = 1,700,000 (2017 estimate){{cite web |url=http://callsarzameen.ophrd.gov.pk/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Year-Book-2017-18.pdf |title=Statement showing number of Overseas Pakistanis living, working and studying in different regions/countries of the world, as on 31st December, 2017 - Region-Wise distribution |publisher=Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development |date=31 December 2018 |access-date=29 August 2019 |archive-date=29 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829202243/http://callsarzameen.ophrd.gov.pk/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Year-Book-2017-18.pdf |url-status=dead}}

| region4 = {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}

| pop4 = 1,662,286(2021)
{{Flag|England}}: 1,570,285 – 2.8% (2021){{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/ethnicity/bulletins/ethnicgroupenglandandwales/census2021|title=Ethnic group, England and Wales: Census 2021|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=29 November 2022}}
{{Flag|Scotland}}: 72,871 – 1.3% (2022){{cite web |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/media/trbdxzme/scotland-s-census-2022-ethnic-group-national-identity-language-and-religion-chart-data.xlsx |title=Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data |author= |date=21 May 2024 |website=Scotland's Census |publisher=National Records of Scotland |access-date=21 May 2024 }} [https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/search-the-census#/search-by Alternative URL] 'Search data by location' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Ethnic Group'
{{Flag|Wales}}: 17,534 – 0.6% (2021)
Northern Ireland: 1,596 – 0.08% (2021){{cite web|url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-ms-b01.xlsx|title=MS-B01: Ethnic group|publisher=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency|date=22 September 2022|access-date=7 January 2023}}

| region5 = {{flagcountry|United States}}

| pop5 = 684,438 (2023 American Community Survey estimate){{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2023.B02018?q=B02018 |title=Asian Alone or in Combination with One or More Other Races, and with One or More Asian Categories for Selected Groups |year=2022 |work=United States Census Bureau |publisher=United States Department of Commerce |access-date=28 July 2024 }}

| region6 = {{flagcountry|Canada}}

| pop6 = 303,260 (2021 official Canadian census){{cite web| title =Census Profile. 2021 Census of Population| url =https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A000011124&HEADERlist=31&SearchText=Canada| date =29 March 2023| website =statcan.gc.ca| publisher =Statistics Canada| access-date =4 January 2024}}

| region7 = {{flagcountry|Oman}}

| pop7 = 235,000 (2013 estimate){{Cite web |url=http://ophrd.gov.pk/frmDetails.aspx |title=Unknown |access-date=6 April 2019 }}

| region8 = {{flagcountry|Kuwait}}

| pop8 = 150,000 (2009 estimate){{cite news|url=http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=NTk4MTcyNTA3|first=Hussein|last=Al-Qarari|date=29 March 2009|title=Pakistanis celebrate National Day in Kuwait|periodical=Kuwait Times|access-date=14 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617012758/http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=NTk4MTcyNTA3|archive-date=17 June 2011}}

| region9 = {{flagcountry|Germany}}

| pop9 = 140,000 (2022){{Cite web|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Publikationen/Downloads-Migration/statistischer-bericht-migrationshintergrund-erst-2010220227005.htmll|title=Statistischer Bericht - Mikrozensus - Bevölkerung nach Migrationshintergrund - Erstergebnisse 2022|date=20 April 2023|access-date=17 July 2023}}

| region10 = {{flagcountry|Italy}}

| pop10 = 130,593 (2017 official estimate){{cite web |url=http://callsarzameen.ophrd.gov.pk/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Year-Book-2017-18.pdf |title=Statement showing number of Overseas Pakistanis living, working and studying in different regions/countries of the world, as on 31st December, 2017 - Region-Wise distribution |publisher=Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development |date=31 December 2018 |access-date=29 August 2019 |archive-date=29 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829202243/http://callsarzameen.ophrd.gov.pk/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Year-Book-2017-18.pdf |url-status=dead}}

| region11 = {{flagcountry|Qatar}}

| pop11 = 125,000 (2016 official Qatari estimate)(2017){{cite web|url=http://priyadsouza.com/population-of-qatar-by-nationality-in-2017/ |title=Population of Qatar by nationality - 2017 report |publisher=priyadsouza.com |access-date=8 February 2017}}

| region12 = {{flagcountry|Bahrain}}

| pop12 = 112,000 (2013 estimate)

| region13 = {{flagcountry|Spain}}

| pop13 = 100,000 (2017 estimate){{cite web |url=http://callsarzameen.ophrd.gov.pk/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Year-Book-2017-18.pdf |title=Statement showing number of Overseas Pakistanis living, working and studying in different regions/countries of the world, as on 31st December, 2017 - Region-Wise distribution |publisher=Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development |date=31 December 2018 |access-date=29 August 2019 |archive-date=29 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829202243/http://callsarzameen.ophrd.gov.pk/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Year-Book-2017-18.pdf |url-status=dead}}

| region14 = {{flagcountry|Iraq}}

| pop14 = 50,000-100,000 (2024 estimate){{cite web|url=https://themedialine.org/top-stories/governments-alarmed-as-50-100k-pakistani-workers-flee-to-live-in-iraq/ |title= Governments Alarmed as 50-100k Pakistani Workers Flee To Live in Iraq |last=EBRAHIM AND ARSHAD MEHMOOD |website=themedialine.org|date= 29 July 2024 |access-date=29 July 2024}}

| region15 = {{flagcountry|Australia}}

| pop15 = 89,633 (2021){{cite web | url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/7106_AUS | title=2021 People in Australia who were born in Pakistan, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics }} (2016 official Australian census){{cite web|format=ZIP |url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/CensusOutput/copsub2016.NSF/All%20docs%20by%20catNo/2016~Community%20Profile~036/$File/GCP_036.zip?OpenElement |title=2016 Census of Population and Housing: General Community Profile: Catalogue No. 2001.0 |publisher=censusdata.abs.gov.au |date=2017 |access-date=27 September 2017}}

| region16 = {{flagcountry|Malaysia}}

| pop16 = 59,281 (2017 official Malaysian estimate){{Cite web |url=https://asiatimes.com/article/govt-keen-to-cut-malaysias-dependence-on-foreign-labor/ |website=Asia Times |title=Govt keen to cut Malaysia's dependence on foreign labor |date=10 October 2018 |access-date=6 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2017/07/27/home-ministry-says-there-are-1.7-million-legal-foreign-workers-in-malaysia/1430323|title=Home Ministry says there are 1.7 million legal foreign workers in Malaysia as of June 30 |website=Malay Mail|date=27 July 2017}}

| region17 = {{flagcountry|China}}

| pop17 = 54,000{{cite web|url=http://www.immigration.go.kr/HP/COM/bbs_003/ListShowData.do?strNbodCd=noti0096&strWrtNo=124&strAnsNo=A&strOrgGbnCd=104000&strRtnURL=IMM_6050&strAllOrgYn=N&strThisPage=1&strFilePath=imm|title=통계연보(글내용) < 통계자료실 < 출입국·외국인정책본부|last=출입국·외국인정책본부|website=Immigration.go.kr|access-date=11 December 2017}}

| region18 = {{flagcountry|Norway}}

| pop18 = 38,000 (2019 official Norwegian estimate){{Cite web|title=Innvandrerbefolkningen|url=https://www.kommuneprofilen.no/Profil/Kommunefakta/Innvandrere_kommune.aspx|website=kommunefakta.no}}

| region19 = {{flagcountry|France}}

| pop19 = 26,600 (2017){{cite web |title=Étrangers – Immigrés : pays de naissance et nationalités détaillés |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4510549?sommaire=4510556 |website=insee.fr |publisher=National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies |access-date=23 August 2020 |language=fr}}

| region20 = {{flagcountry|Japan}}

| pop20 = 23,000 (2023)[https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/publications/press/13_00036.html 令和５年６月末現在における在留外国人数について]

| region21 = {{flagcountry|Hong Kong}}

| pop21 = 24,385 (2021){{Cite web|url= https://www.had.gov.hk/rru/tc_chi/info/demographics.htm|title= 種族關係組-資源中心-人口統計:少數族裔|website= https://www.had.gov.hk}}

| region22 = {{flag|Ireland}}

| pop22 = 15,185 (2022 estimate){{cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/newsevents/documents/census2016summaryresultspart1/Census2016SummaryPart1.pdf|title=Census summary |date=2016 |website=cso.ie |access-date=15 September 2020}}{{cite web|publisher=Ireland India Council|url=http://www.irelandindiacouncil.ie/community.php |website=irelandindiacouncil.ie |title=Indian Community In Ireland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120101750/http://www.irelandindiacouncil.ie/community.php |archive-date=20 January 2018}}

| region23 = {{flag|New Zealand}}

| pop23 = 6,000 (2017 estimate){{cite web |url=http://callsarzameen.ophrd.gov.pk/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Year-Book-2017-18.pdf |title=Statement showing number of Overseas Pakistanis living, working and studying in different regions/countries of the world, as on 31st December, 2017 - Region-Wise distribution |publisher=Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development |date=31 December 2018 |access-date=29 August 2019 |archive-date=29 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829202243/http://callsarzameen.ophrd.gov.pk/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Year-Book-2017-18.pdf |url-status=dead}}

| region24 = {{flag|Switzerland}}

| pop24 = 3,094 (2016 estimate){{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

| langs = Pakistani languages, including:
{{Hlist|Balochi|Balti|Brahui|Burushaski|English{{efn|Mostly as a second-language{{cite web |last1=Mariam |first1=Durrani |title=Banishing Colonial Specters: Language Ideology and Education Policy in Pakistan |url=https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1233&context=wpel |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |date=2012}}{{Cite web |title=Pakistan - People {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Pakistan/People |access-date=13 April 2023 |website=britannica.com |language=en|quote=With the exception of this educated elite, English is spoken fluently by only a small percentage of the population.}}}}|Hazaragi|Hindko|Kashmiri|Khowar|Kohistani|Pashto|Punjabi|Saraiki|Shina|Sindhi|Urdu|Wakhi}}

| rels = Majority:
Islam (96.5%)
{{nowrap|{{small|(80–90% Sunni, 10–20% Shia)}}}}
Minority:
Hinduism, Christianity, Ahmadiyya, Baháʼí Faith, Kalasha, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism

}}

Pakistanis ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|پاكِستانى قوم}}|translit=Pākistānī Qaum}}, {{Literal translation|Pakistani Nation}}) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023.{{cite web |year=2021 |title=Population |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/pakistan/#people-and-society |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |quote=238,181,034 (July 2021 est.)}}{{cite web |date=5 August 2023 |title=Announcement of Results of 7th Population and Housing Census-2023 'The Digital Census' |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/Pakistan.pdf |access-date=15 August 2023 |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (www.pbs.gov.pk)}}{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Y P |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbqfCwAAQBAJ&q=pakistan+has+second+largest+muslim+population+in+the+world&pg=PT5 |title=Islam in India and Pakistan – A Religious History |publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd |year=2016 |isbn=9789385505638 |quote=Pakistan has the second largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia.}} As much as 80% of the population follows Sunni Islam. A majority of around 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims.{{cite web |title=Pakistan, Islam in |url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1809?_hi=1&_pos=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618023219/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1809?_hi=1&_pos=1 |archive-date=18 June 2013 |access-date=29 August 2010 |work=Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies |publisher=Oxford University Press |quote=Approximately 97 percent of Pakistanis are Muslim. The majority (85–90)% percent are Sunnis following the Hanafi school of Islamic law. Between (10–15)% are Shias, mostly Twelvers.}} The majority of Pakistanis natively speak languages belonging to the Indo-Iranic family (Indo-Aryan and Iranic subfamilies).

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).{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1391730/overseas-workforce-2-43-million-pakistanis-working-europe|title=2.43 million Pakistanis working in Europe|date=23 April 2017|website=The Express Tribune}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-the-united-kingdom---part-1/rft-ks201uk.xls|title=2011 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in the United Kingdom|publisher=Office for National Statistics|date=11 October 2013|access-date=28 February 2015}}