Pashtun diaspora
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (Approx. 49 million (2009)) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Pakistan
|
30,699,037 (2012) |
 Afghanistan
|
10,750,117 (2015) |
 UAE
|
338,315 (2009) |
 United States
|
138,554 (2010) |
 Iran
|
110,000 (1993) |
 United Kingdom
|
100,000 (2009) |
 Germany
|
37,800 (2012) |
 Canada
|
26,000 (2006) |
 India
|
13,000 (2009) |
 Russia
|
9,800 (2002) |
 Australia
|
8,154 (2006) |
 Malaysia
|
5,500 (2008) |
 Tajikistan
|
4,000 (1970) |
| Languages | |
|
Pashto Urdu, Dari and English as second languages |
|
| Religion | |
| Islam (Sunni) with small Shia minority |
|
Pashtun diaspora refers to ethnic Pashtuns who live outside of their traditional homeland, which is south of the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and west of the Indus River in Pakistan.Pakistan is home to the largest Pashtun community. Smaller populations of Pashtuns are found in the European Union, North America, Australia and other parts of the world. They may also be found in the Middle East, particularly in the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain. In Northern India, there are communities of Indians who trace their origins to the traditional Pashtun homeland.
The Pashtun ethnic group also known as Pathan are believed to have settled in the vast Pashtunistan tribal region in the first millennium C.E., between the Hindu Kush mountains and the Indus River. According to Ethnologue, they currently number around 50 million but some sources give slightly lower or higher figures. In the Indian subcontinent, the group is usually referred to as Pathan.
The ethnonym Afghan has been historically used since the 3rd century AD to refer to the Pashtuns, and is now used to describe every citizen of Afghanistan. Pashtuns make up the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, comprising 42–60% of the total Afghan population. Approximately 1.7 million Afghan refugees live in neighboring Pakistan. The majority of them are Pashtuns who were born in that country.
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