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Pakistani diaspora
Pakistani nationals and citizens who reside outside of Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Overseas Pakistanis (Urdu: بیرون ملک پاکستانی نژاد), or the Pakistani diaspora, refers to Pakistanis who live outside of Pakistan. These include citizens that have migrated to another country as well as people born abroad of Pakistani descent. According to the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, approximately 8.8 million Pakistanis live abroad according to December 2017 estimates. According to the Ministry of Emigration and Overseas Employment, data released in 2023 states that more than 10.80 million people have moved abroad since 1990.
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Total population | |
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c. 9,956,000 (2022 estimate)[lower-alpha 1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 1,814,678 (2022 census) [1] |
![]() | 1,600,000 (2019-2020 estimate)[2] |
![]() | 1,587,819 (2021 official UK census)[3][lower-alpha 2] |
![]() | 918,982 (2011 census)[4] |
![]() | 629,946 (official 2021 census)[5] |
![]() | 339,033 (2020 estimate)[6] |
![]() | 303,260 (2021 official census)[7] |
![]() | 250,092 (2020 estimate)[6] |
![]() | 235,505 (2020 estimate)[6][8] |
![]() | 140,000 (2022 official)[9] |
![]() | 134,492 (2021 official)[10] |
![]() | 117,000 (2019-2020 estimate)[2] |
![]() | 221,432 (2015 estimate)[6] |
![]() | 108,710 (2022 official)[11] |
![]() | 89,633 (2021 official census)[12] |
![]() | 85,013 (2020 estimate)[6][13] |
![]() | 46,300 (2023 official)[14] |
![]() | 34,177 (2011 official census)[15] |
![]() | 29,387 (2019 official)[16] |
![]() | 27,292 (2022 official)[17] |
![]() | 27,261 (2022 official)[18] |
![]() | 26,714 (2023 official estimate)[19] |
![]() | 23,417 (2023 official)[20] |
![]() | 100 (2023 official)[21] |
Languages | |
English, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Balochi, Hindko, other languages of Pakistan and languages spoken in respective country of residence. | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Islam minorities of Christianity, Hinduism, and Sikhism. |
The vast majority, over 4.7 million, reside in the Middle East.[22][23] The second-largest community, at around 1.2 million, live in the United Kingdom, followed by the United States (especially New York City, Chicago, and New Jersey) in third place. According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Pakistan has the 6th largest diaspora in the world.[24] In 2021, overseas Pakistanis sent record remittances with growth at 26 percent and levels reaching US$33 billion in 2021.[25]