Hazara diaspora

Hazara diaspora
Total population
	~8 million
Regions with significant populations
Pakistan	2,500,000 (2022)
Iran	4,000,000 (2024);
Europe	830,000
Germany	365,000 (2023)
Turkey	86,000
Austria	22,000 (2015)
Australia	200,766 (2021)
Sweden	60,000 (2021)
Syria	35,000 (2024)[citation needed]
United Kingdom	96,000 (2024)
United States	95,000[citation needed]
Netherlands	9,000[citation needed]
Canada	58,300 (2024)
Indonesia	3,800
Languages
	Dari and Hazaragi; (eastern varieties of Persian)
Religion
	Predominantly Islam; (Shia majority, significant Sunni minority)

The Hazara people are an ethnic group who are mostly from Afghanistan, primarily from the central regions of Afghanistan, known as Hazarajat, they established a large diaspora that consists of many communities in different countries around the world as part of the later Afghan diaspora. There are currently a million Hazara who live in the Balochistan province of Pakistan mostly in Quetta,^[14]^[15] many of whom have been settled in the country for generations and are now Pakistani citizens.

^ Yusuf, Imran. "Who are the Hazara?". Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ Smyth, Phillip (3 June 2014). "Iran's Afghan Shiite Fighters in Syria". The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ Talib, Husayn (19 August 2017). "Austria holds refugee talks as young Hazaras flee persecution to make 'dangerous' journey to Europe". ABC News. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ "Germany takes in highest number of Afghan refugees in EU, as Taliban 'celebrate' return". InfoMigrants. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
^ "Afghan Hazara Refugees Seek Justice in Turkey". 3 June 2014.
^ "Austria holds refugee talks as young Hazaras flee persecution to make 'dangerous' journey to Europe".
^ "Cultural diversity: census". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ "Nytt folkmord hotar hazarer i Afghanistan".
^ The population of people with descent from Afghanistan in UK is 76,000. Hazara make up an estimated 20% of the population of Afghanistan depending to the source. The Hazara population in UK is estimated from these two figures. archived on 25 April 2007
^ The population of people with descent from Afghanistan in Canada is 48,090. Hazara make up an estimated 20% of the population of Afghanistan depending to the source. The Hazara population in Canada is estimated from these two figures. Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada
^ Afghan Hazaras' new life in Indonesia: Asylum-seeker community in West Java is large enough to easily man an eight-team Afghan football league, Al Jazeera, 21 March 2014, retrieved 5 August 2016
^ The Afghans, Their History and Culture, Religion Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ "شناسنامه الکترونیکی،آخرین فرصت تثبیت هویت هزاره‌های سنی و اسماعیلی | سایت طرح نو، باشگاه اندیشه و گفت‌وگو". Retrieved 2021-05-15.
^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.
^ Census of Afghans in Pakistan, UNHCR Statistical Summary Report (retrieved 22 October 2011)

[whoarethehaz-1] Yusuf, Imran. "Who are the Hazara?". Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[W.I.Smyth-2] Smyth, Phillip (3 June 2014). "Iran's Afghan Shiite Fighters in Syria". The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[ABC-3] Talib, Husayn (19 August 2017). "Austria holds refugee talks as young Hazaras flee persecution to make 'dangerous' journey to Europe". ABC News. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[4] "Germany takes in highest number of Afghan refugees in EU, as Taliban 'celebrate' return". InfoMigrants. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2024-02-04.

[5] "Afghan Hazara Refugees Seek Justice in Turkey". 3 June 2014.

[6] "Austria holds refugee talks as young Hazaras flee persecution to make 'dangerous' journey to Europe".

[Census-7] "Cultural diversity: census". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

[8] "Nytt folkmord hotar hazarer i Afghanistan".

[9] The population of people with descent from Afghanistan in UK is 76,000. Hazara make up an estimated 20% of the population of Afghanistan depending to the source. The Hazara population in UK is estimated from these two figures. archived on 25 April 2007

[10] The population of people with descent from Afghanistan in Canada is 48,090. Hazara make up an estimated 20% of the population of Afghanistan depending to the source. The Hazara population in Canada is estimated from these two figures. Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada

[11] Afghan Hazaras' new life in Indonesia: Asylum-seeker community in West Java is large enough to easily man an eight-team Afghan football league, Al Jazeera, 21 March 2014, retrieved 5 August 2016

[culturalorientation-12] The Afghans, Their History and Culture, Religion Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

[13] "شناسنامه الکترونیکی،آخرین فرصت تثبیت هویت هزاره‌های سنی و اسماعیلی | سایت طرح نو، باشگاه اندیشه و گفت‌وگو". Retrieved 2021-05-15.

[Ethnologue-14] Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.

[UNHCR2-15] Census of Afghans in Pakistan, UNHCR Statistical Summary Report (retrieved 22 October 2011)

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