Ethnic groups in Pakistan
Dominant Ethnic Group in each Pakistani District as of the 2017 Pakistan Census (Territories of Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir not included).
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]
Refugees
The official census in Pakistan doesn't count the 1.4 million registered and 1.7 million unregistered people from Afghanistan who are living in Pakistan. Most of them were born in Pakistan in the last 40 years and are mainly Pashtuns, along with Tajiks, Uzbeks, and others.[7]
References
- ↑ Morin, Rich. The most (and least) culturally diverse countries in the world (in en-US). Pew Research Center. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ↑ Tyagi, Vidya Prakash. Martial races of undivided India (in en) (2009)Kalpaz Publisher. ISBN 978-81-7835-775-1.
- ↑ Harriss-White, Barbara. The Comparative Political Economy of Development: Africa and South Asia (in en) (2009-12-21)Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-17193-3.
- ↑ Ashraf, Hina. The ambivalent role of Urdu and English in multilingual Pakistan: a Bourdieusian study (in en). Language Policy 22 (1) (2023-03-01). p. 25–48. doi:10.1007/s10993-022-09623-6.
- ↑ Ali, Shaheen Sardar. Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities of Pakistan: Constitutional and Legal Perspectives (in en) (2013-02-01)Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-77868-1.
- ↑ Pakistan Census 2017. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023.
- ↑ No Title. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
