Ethnicity

Ethnicity
the fact or state of belonging to a social
group that has a common national or
cultural tradition.
 a grouping of people who identify with
Ethnic each other on the basis of shared
Group attributes that distinguish them from other
groups.
 Ethnic Groups (% Population as Major Ethnic Groups in
of 2017 Census)
Pakistan
• Punjabi
6.3 Punjabi • Pashtun
3.6
7.6
Pashtun
• Sindhi
Sindhi
44. • Saraiki
8.4 7 Saraiki
Muhajir • Muhajir
Baloch • Baloch
Others • Kashmiri
14.
1 • Brahuis
• Hindkowans
15.4
• Hazara
• Burusho
 Diaspora
scattered population whose origin lies
in a separate geographic locale.
 According to the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human
Resource Development, approximately 8.8 million Pakistanis
live abroad according to December 2017 estimates.

The vast majority, over 4.7 million, residing in the Middle East.

Pakistani
Diaspora The second largest community, at around 1.2 million, live in
the United Kingdom.
(Oversees
Pakistanis) According to the UN Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, Pakistan has the 6th largest diaspora in the world.

In 2021, overseas Pakistanis sent record remittances with

growth at 26 percent and levels reaching $33 billion in 2021.