Indo-Iranic peoples

Indo-Iranian peoples or Indo-Iranic peoples, is the name given to the group that covers Iranic peoples, Indo-Aryans and Nuristanis today. In the historical sense, it is the group that defined itself as Aryan and eventually split into Iranians, Indo-Aryans and Nuristanis. They spoke the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European languages.

Indo-Iranian peoples
Indo-Iranic peoples

Regions where Indo-Iranian languages are spoken
Regions with significant populations
South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia
India	72% of population
Pakistan	86,15% of population
Bangladesh	98% of population
Iran	79% of population
Afghanistan	71% of population
Sri Lanka	74.9% of population
Tajikistan	79.9% of population
South Ossetia	89.9% of population
Languages
Indo-Iranian languages
Religion
Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, Christianity etc.

List of peoples today

Name	Population	Main country	Religion
Bengalis	c. 285 million	Bangladesh India	Predominantly: Islam Minority: Hinduism Buddhism Christianity
Punjabis	c. 150 million	Pakistan India	Predominantly: Islam Minority: Sikhism Hinduism Christianity
Marathi people	c. 83 million	India	Predominantly: Hinduism Minority: Islam Buddhism Christianity Jainism Judaism
Maithils	c. 73 million	India	Predominantly: Hinduism Minority: Islam Buddhism others
Gujarati people	c. 70 million	India	Predominantly: Hinduism Minority: Jainism Islam Buddhism
Persians	c. over 60 million	Iran	Predominantly: Islam (mostly Shia Islam, minority Sunni Islam) Minority: Zoroastrianism Baháʼí Faith Christianity others
Pashtuns	over 50 million	Pakistan Afghanistan	Predominantly: Islam (mostly Sunni Islam, minority Shia Islam)
Bhojpuri people	c. 51 million	India	Predominantly: Hinduism Minority: Islam Buddhism Christianity Jainism
Sindhis	c. 37 million	Pakistan	Predominantly: Islam Minority: Hindusim
Odia people	c. 34 million	India	Predominantly: Hinduism Minority: Islam Christianity Jainism Buddhism others
Kurds	c. 30–45.6 million	Turkey Iran Iraq Syria	Predominantly: Islam (mostly Sunni Islam, minority Shia Islam and Kurdish Alevism) Minority: Yazidism Yarsanism Zoroastrianism Judaism Christianity
Saraiki people	c. 26 million	Pakistan	Predominantly: Islam Minority: Christianity Hinduism Sikhism
Tajiks	c. 18–25 million	Afghanistan Tajikistan Russia Uzbekistan	Predominantly: Islam (mostly Sunni Islam, minority Shia Islam and others) Minority: others
Sinhalese people	c. 17 million	Sri Lanka	Predominantly: Buddhism Minority: Christianity
Baloch people	c. 10 million	Pakistan Iran Afghanistan	Predominantly: Islam (mostly Sunni Islam) Minority: Hinduism
Maldivians	c. 378.114	Maldives	Predominantly: Islam (Sunni Islam)

Indo-Iranic Peoples Media

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  The Sintashta-Petrovka culture (red) expanded into the Andronovo culture (orange) in the 2nd millennium BC, overlapping the Oxus civilization (green) in the south; it includes the area of the earliest chariots (pink).

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  Indo-European migrations c. 4000 to 1000 BC according to the Kurgan hypothesis. Magenta indicates the assumed Urheimat (Samara culture, Sredny Stog culture), red the area which may have been settled by Indo-European-speaking peoples up to c. 2500 BC, and orange the area to 1000 BC.

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  Eurasia around 1000 BC, showing location of the Iranians and their neighbors

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  Rigveda manuscript page (1.1.1–9)

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  Yasna 28.1 (Bodleian MS J2)