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Pakistanis

Пакистанцы

language area per Glottologcensus counts
238,332,010
Pakistan, census 2023 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)
239,549,827
sum of censuses in 7 countries, 2010-2023
Indo-European
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Pakistan: 238,332,010 people in the 2023 census.

Official figures exist for 7 countries; together they add up to 239,549,827. This is not an estimate of the world total: the censuses were held in different years (2010-2023) and define belonging differently, and countries without such data are not counted.

In Russia's 2020 census (reference date 1 October 2021), 410 people identified with the nationality "Пакистанцы" (Pakistanis)1. That is less than 0.01% of the 130,587,364 residents who stated a nationality.

Rosstat also assigns 10 other self-designations to this nationality (listed in Russian in the source table).

Main language: Urdu. Glottolog classifies it in the Indo-European family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Pakistan2023 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Pakistani» · [2]
238,332,010
United Kingdom2011 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Pakistani» · [3]
1,174,983
Hong Kong2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Pakistani» · [4]
18,178
Islamic Republic of Iran2016 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Pakistani» · [5]
14,320
Thailand2010 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Pakistani» · [6]
5,503
Mozambique2017 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Pakistani» · [7]
4,423
Russia2021 · ethnicity / nationality · «Пакистанцы» · [1]
410
Sum across 7 countries239,549,827

In detail: Russia, 2021 census

Sex, urban and rural, Russian regions

Sex

Men 330 · 80.5%Women 80 · 19.5%

Urban and rural

Urban 356 · 86.8%Rural 54 · 13.2%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Moscow (city)
110
Moscow Oblast
32
Saint Petersburg (city)
29
Republic of Tatarstan
24
Stavropol Krai
17
Volgograd Oblast
14
Lipetsk Oblast
13
Krasnodar Krai
12
Rostov Oblast
11
Tver Oblast
10

Source [1]: Rosstat, 2020 census, vol. 5, table 1

Languages and their lineage

Urdu

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Indo-Iranianindo1320
  4. Indo-Aryanindo1321
  5. Middle-Modern Indo-Aryanmidd1375
  6. Continental Indo-Aryancont1248
  7. Midlands Indo-Aryanmidl1245
  8. Shaurasenicshau1239
  9. Indo-Aryan Central zoneindo1322
  10. Western Hindiwest2812
  11. Hindustanihind1270
  12. Urduurdu1245

Eastern Panjabi

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Indo-Iranianindo1320
  4. Indo-Aryanindo1321
  5. Middle-Modern Indo-Aryanmidd1375
  6. Continental Indo-Aryancont1248
  7. Indo-Aryan Northwestern zoneindo1324
  8. Sindhi-Lahndasind1278
  9. Greater Panjabiclahn1241
  10. Eastern Panjabiceast2727
  11. Eastern Panjabipanj1256

Sindhi

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Indo-Iranianindo1320
  4. Indo-Aryanindo1321
  5. Middle-Modern Indo-Aryanmidd1375
  6. Continental Indo-Aryancont1248
  7. Indo-Aryan Northwestern zoneindo1324
  8. Sindhi-Lahndasind1278
  9. Sindhicsind1279
  10. Sindhi-Kachchisind1282
  11. Sindhisind1272

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

RussiansMarathiGermansSpaniardsMexicansUkrainiansEnglishIrishAmericansItaliansRomaniansNepali (Khas-Arya)DutchBelarusiansTajiksCzechsScotsSerbsBulgariansSlovaksArmeniansCubansLithuaniansAlbanians

Sources

  1. Rosstat. National composition of the population of the Russian Federation. Results of the 2020 All-Russian Population Census (reference date 1 October 2021), vol. 5, table 1. Tom5_tab1_VPN-2020.xlsx (archived copy)
  2. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Pakistan, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  3. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  4. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. China, Hong Kong SAR, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  5. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Iran (Islamic Republic of), Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  6. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Thailand, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  7. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Mozambique, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  8. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)