| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 122,884 (2016 Official estimate)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Milan · Brescia[2][3] | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Islam[4][5] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Pakistani diaspora, Punjabi diaspora, Indians in Italy |
Pakistanis in Italy form one of Europe's larger Pakistani diaspora communities.[6] Estimates for the number of Pakistanis living in Italy vary. Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs repeats the Italian government's 2003 figure of 30,500 individuals, while their embassy in Rome speculated to a reporter of Pakistani newspaper Dawn as early as 2002 that the number might have already reached as high as 50,000. Media reports in 2017 gave numbers higher than 130,000 .[7]
Most of the workers are of Punjabi background with accounting for 72 percent share of migrants in 2016 and 76 percent in 2017.[8]
According to the Italian ambassador to Pakistan, Andreas Ferrarese, as of February 2021, there are around 200,000 Pakistanis in Italy, of them 140,000 are documented.[9]
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- ^ "DailyTimes | Pakistan and Italy review strategic engagement plan". dailytimes.com.pk. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
- ^ Ahmed, Amin (December 11, 2017). "Number of migrants from Pakistan is increasing". DAWN.COM.
- ^ Attarwala, Fatima S. (February 15, 2021). "Wooing Pakistan". DAWN.COM.
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