Indo-Iranic peoples

Indo-Iranic peoples or Indo-Iranian peoples, is the name given to the group that covers Iranic peoples, Indo-Aryans and Nuristanis today. In the historical sense, it is the group that defined itself as Aryan and eventually split into Iranians, Indo-Aryans and Nuristanis. They spoke the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European languages.

Indo-Iranic peoples
Indo-Iranian peoples

Regions where Indo-Iranic languages are spoken
Regions with significant populations
South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia
India	72% of population[1]
Pakistan	86,15% of population[2]
Bangladesh	98% of population[3]
Iran	79% of population[4]
Afghanistan	71% of population[5]
Sri Lanka	74.9% of population
Tajikistan	79.9% of population[6]
South Ossetia	89.9% of population
Languages
Indo-Iranic languages
Religion
Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, Christianity etc.

List of peoples today

Name	Population	Main country	Religion
Bengalis	c. 285 million	Bangladesh India	Predominantly: Islam Minority: Hinduism Buddhism Christianity
Punjabis	c. 150 million	Pakistan India	Predominantly: Islam Minority: Sikhism Hinduism Christianity
Marathi people	c. 83 million	India	Predominantly: Hinduism Minority: Islam Buddhism Christianity Jainism Judaism
Maithils	c. 73 million	India	Predominantly: Hinduism Minority: Islam Buddhism others
Gujarati people	c. 70 million	India	Predominantly: Hinduism Minority: Jainism Islam Buddhism
Persians	c. over 60 million	Iran	Predominantly: Islam (mostly Shia Islam, minority Sunni Islam) Minority: Zoroastrianism Baháʼí Faith Christianity others
Pashtuns	over 50 million	Pakistan Afghanistan	Predominantly: Islam (mostly Sunni Islam, minority Shia Islam)
Bhojpuri people	c. 51 million	India	Predominantly: Hinduism Minority: Islam Buddhism Christianity Jainism
Sindhis	c. 37 million	Pakistan	Predominantly: Islam Minority: Hindusim
Odia people	c. 34 million	India	Predominantly: Hinduism Minority: Islam Christianity Jainism Buddhism others
Kurds	c. 30–45.6 million	Turkey Iran Iraq Syria	Predominantly: Islam (mostly Sunni Islam, minority Shia Islam and Kurdish Alevism) Minority: Yazidism Yarsanism Zoroastrianism Judaism Christianity
Saraiki people	c. 26 million	Pakistan	Predominantly: Islam Minority: Christianity Hinduism Sikhism
Tajiks	c. 18–25 million	Afghanistan Tajikistan Russia Uzbekistan	Predominantly: Islam (mostly Sunni Islam, minority Shia Islam and others) Minority: others
Sinhalese people	c. 17 million	Sri Lanka	Predominantly: Buddhism Minority: Christianity
Baloch people	c. 10 million	Pakistan Iran Afghanistan	Predominantly: Islam (mostly Sunni Islam) Minority: Hinduism
Maldivians	c. 378.114	Maldives	Predominantly: Islam (Sunni Islam)

References

1. "India". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)"
2. "Pakistan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Punjabi 44.68%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.42%, Sindhi 14.1%, Sariaki 8.38%, Muhajirs 7.57%, Balochi 3.57%, other 6.28% "
3. "Bangladesh". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims) (1998) "
4. "Iran". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Persian 61%, Azeri 16%, Kurd 10%, Lur 6%, Baloch 2%, Arab 2%, Turkmen and Turkic tribes 2%, other 1%"
5. "Afghanistan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%"
6. "Tajikistan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6% (2000 census)"