Ethnic groups in Pakistan

Ethnic groups in Pakistan (World Factbook)^[2]

Punjabis (44.7%)

Pashtuns (18.24%)

Sindhis (14.1%)

Saraikis (8.4%)

Muhajirs (7.6%)

Balochis (3.6%)

Others (6.3%)

Pakistan is an ethnically and linguistically diverse country.^[3]^[4] The major Pakistani ethnolinguistic groups include Punjabis, Pashtuns, Sindhis, Gujjar,^[5]^[6] Saraikis, Muhajirs, Balochs, Paharis^[a] and Brahuis,^[7]^{[note 1]} with significant numbers of Baltis, Kashmiris, Chitralis, Shina, Kohistanis, Torwalis, Hazaras, Burusho, Wakhis, Kalash, Siddis, Uzbeks, Nuristanis, Pamiris, Hindkowans, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uyghurs and other various minorities.^[9]^[10]

^ "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ "Pakistan", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 26 May 2022
^ "A revealing map of the world's most and least ethnically diverse countries". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
^ Morin, Rich. "The most (and least) culturally diverse countries in the world". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
^ 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
^ 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.
^ "Pakistan", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2 August 2022
^ "POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
^ Qadeer, Mohammad (2006-11-22). Pakistan - Social and Cultural Transformations in a Muslim Nation. Routledge. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-134-18617-4.
^ 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.

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[2017CensusLanguage-1] "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[2] "Pakistan", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 26 May 2022

[3] "A revealing map of the world's most and least ethnically diverse countries". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-01-06.

[4] Morin, Rich. "The most (and least) culturally diverse countries in the world". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 2023-01-06.

[5] 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

[6] 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.

[8] "Pakistan", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2 August 2022

[PakPop-9] "POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[11] Qadeer, Mohammad (2006-11-22). Pakistan - Social and Cultural Transformations in a Muslim Nation. Routledge. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-134-18617-4.

[12] 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.

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