Pakistani nationals and citizens who reside outside of Pakistan
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Overseas Pakistanis بیرون ملک پاکستانی نژاد
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Total population
c. 9,956,000 (2022 estimate)[a]
Regions with significant populations
Saudi Arabia
2,714,684 (2019-2020 estimate)[1]
United Arab Emirates
1,600,000 (2019-2020 estimate)[1]
United Kingdom
1,587,819 (2021 official UK census)[2][b]
India
918,982 (2011 census)[3]
United States
629,946 (official 2021 census)[4]
Kuwait
339,033 (2020 estimate)[5]
Canada
303,260 (2021 official census)[6]
Oman
250,092 (2020 estimate)[5]
Qatar
235,505 (2020 estimate)[5][7]
Germany
140,000 (2022 official)[8]
Italy
134,492 (2021 official)[9]
Bahrain
117,000 (2019-2020 estimate)[1]
Afghanistan
221,432 (2015 estimate)[5]
Spain
108,710 (2022 official)[10]
Australia
89,633 (2021 official census)[11]
Malaysia
85,013 (2020 estimate)[5][12]
Norway
46,300 (2023 official)[13]
Greece
34,177 (2011 official census)[14]
France
29,387 (2019 official)[15]
Sweden
27,292 (2022 official)[16]
Netherlands
27,261 (2022 official)[17]
Denmark
26,714 (2023 official estimate)[18]
Japan
23,417 (2023 official)[19]
Israel
100 (2023 official)[20]
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.
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. [1]
The vast majority, over 4.7 million, reside in the Middle East.[21][22] 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.[23] In 2021, overseas Pakistanis sent record remittances with growth at 26 percent and levels reaching US$33 billion in 2021.[24]
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^ abc"Year Book, 2019–20" (PDF). ophrd.gov.pk/. Islamabad: Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development. p. 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^"2011 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in the United Kingdom". ons.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics (ONS). 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^"Population classified by place of birth and sex. Census of India". censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^Jessica S. Barnes and Claudette E. Bennett (October 2022). "ASIAN ALONE OR IN ANY COMBINATION BY SELECTED GROUPS. American Community Survey, ACS 5-Year Estimates Detailed Tables, Table B02018". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
^ abcde"International Migrant Stock 2020". un.org. United Nations, Population Division. 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^"Census Profile. 2021 Census of Population". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^"Population of Qatar by nationality - 2017 report". priyadsouza.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^"Bevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Migrationshintergrund im weiteren Sinn nach ausgewählten Geburtsstaaten" [Population in private households by migration background in the broader sense by selected countries of birth]. destatis.de (in German). Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office, Germany). 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^"Foreign citizens: resident population by sex and demographic balance on 31st December 2021". istat.it. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (National Statistics Institute, Italy). Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^"Resident population by date, sex, age group and country of birth". ine.es. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (National Statistics Institute, Spain). Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^"People in Australia who were born in Pakistan". abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
^"Home Ministry says there are 1.7 million legal foreign workers in Malaysia as of June 30". malaymail.com. 27 July 2017.
^"Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". ssb.no. Statistics Norway. 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^"PRESS RELEASE – Announcement of the demographic and social characteristics of the Resident Population of Greece according to the 2011 Population - Housing Census" (PDF). statistics.gr. Hellenic Statistical Authority, Greece. August 2013. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^"Population on 1 January by age group, sex and country of birth". europa.eu. Eurostat. 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^"Population by country of birth and country of Origin, 31 December 2022, total". scb.se. Statistics Sweden. March 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^"Bevolking; geslacht, lft, generatie en migr.achtergrond, 1 jan; 1996-2022" [Population; gender, age, generation and migration background, Jan 1; 1996-2022]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Central Bureau of Statistics, Netherlands). May 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023. Migratieachtergrond [Migration background] | Pakistan
^"Map Analyser". statbank.dk. StatBank Denmark. 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^令和5年6月末現在における在留外国人数について
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^"Home Page". www.ophrd.gov.pk. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
^"Pride and the Pakistani Diaspora". 14 February 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^Service, Tribune News. "India has largest diaspora population in world: UN". The Tribune. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
^"Remittance Flows Register Robust 7.3 Percent Growth in 2021". World Bank. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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