バローチ人のY染色体ハプログループは、Grugni et al.(2012)の研究では、ハプログループJが最も高い頻度(41.6%)を示し、R1a(25%)、L(16.6%)、R1*(R1a,R1bを除く)、Q、E、Gがそれぞれ4.2%を占めるという結果が得られた[11]。一方、2006年に行われた別の研究では、R1a(28%)、L(24%)、J(16%) 、R2(12%)、R1b(8%)、E(8%)、H(4%)といった構成が報告されている[12]。
“Iran Minorities 2: Ethnic Diversity”.The Iran Primer.United States Institute of Peace.3 September 2013閲覧。“Baluchis number between 4 million in Iran. They are part of a wider regional population of about 10 million spread across Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.”
“Number of Balochi-speaking people in Balochistan falls”.Dawn News.11 September 2017閲覧。“However, the total number of Baloch people has increased from 4 million in 1998 to 6.86m in 2017. The count does not include the population of two districts — Quetta and Sibi — where people of various ethnicities, including Baloch and Pashtun also reside.”
Karlos Zurutuza.“Pakistani Baloch find home in Afghanistan”.Al Jazeera.17 September 2014閲覧。“In the absence of comprehensive census data, an estimate by Professor Abdul Sattar Purdely puts the population of Afghan Baloch at about two million.”
“Cultural Orientation Balochi”.Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.p.111.2020年12月31日閲覧。“An estimated 500,000–600,000 Baloch live in southern Afghanistan, concentrated in southern Nimroz Province, and to a lesser degree in Helmand and Kandahar provinces.”