Pakistanis
پاكِستانى قوم pākistānī qaum | |
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| Total population | |
252.3 million
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| South Asia | |
 Pakistan | 241,499,431 (2023 Pakistan Census) |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,814,678 (2022 census) |
 United Arab Emirates | 1,700,000 (2017 estimate) |
| United Kingdom | 1,662,286(2021) England: 1,570,285 – 2.8% (2021) Scotland: 72,871 – 1.3% (2022) Wales: 17,534 – 0.6% (2021)Northern Ireland: 1,596 – 0.08% (2021) |
| United States | 684,438 (2023 American Community Survey estimate) |
| Canada | 303,260 (2021 official Canadian census) |
 Oman | 235,000 (2013 estimate) |
| Kuwait | 150,000 (2009 estimate) |
| Germany | 140,000 (2022) |
| Italy | 130,593 (2017 official estimate) |
 Qatar | 125,000 (2016 official Qatari estimate) |
| Bahrain | 112,000 (2013 estimate) |
| Spain | 100,000 (2017 estimate) |
| Iraq | 50,000–100,000 (2024 estimate) |
| Australia | 89,633 (2021) (2016 official Australian census) |
| Malaysia | 59,281 (2017 official Malaysian estimate) |
| China | 54,000 |
 Norway | 46,000 (2025) |
 Denmark | 28,703 (2025) |
| France | 26,600 (2017) |
| Japan | 23,000 (2023) |
| Hong Kong | 24,385 (2021) |
| Ireland | 15,185 (2022 estimate) |
| Turkey | 14,384 (2024) |
| Languages | |
| Pakistani languages, including: | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Islam (96.5%) (85–90% Sunni, 10–15% Shia) Minority: Hinduism, Christianity, Ahmadiyya, Kalasha, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism | |
langs. Replace with languages.rels. Replace with religions.Pakistanis (Urdu: پاكِستانى قوم, romanized: Pākistānī Qaum, lit. 'Pakistani Nation') are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. A majority of around 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims. As much as 85-90% of the population follows Sunni Islam. The majority of Pakistanis natively speak languages belonging to the Indo-Iranic family (Indo-Aryan and Iranic subfamilies).
Located in South Asia, the country is also the source of a significantly large diaspora, most of whom reside in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, with an estimated population of 4.7 million. The second-largest Pakistani diaspora resides throughout both Northwestern Europe and Western Europe, where there are an estimated 2.4 million; over half of this figure resides in the United Kingdom (see British Pakistanis).