Punjabis
ethnolinguistic group native to the Punjab / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Punjabi people (Punjabi: پنجابی, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Panjabi people) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the Punjab region in northwestern South Asia (Pakistan and India). They come from the Panjab region, which has been home to some of the oldest civilizations in the world including one of the world's first and oldest civilizations, the Indus Valley Civilization. The Punjabi identity is usually cultural and linguistic, with Punjabis being those whose first language is Panjabi, an Indo-European language.
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Total population | |
c. 310 million[1][2][3][4] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Pakistan | 129,986,959 (2023)[lower-alpha 1][6][7][8] |
India | 42,520,211 (2022)[lower-alpha 2][3][lower-alpha 3][10] |
Canada | 1,234,170 (2023)[11][lower-alpha 4] |
United Kingdom | 700,000 (2006)[12] |
United States | 253,740[13] |
Australia | 132,496 (2017)[14] |
Iran | 64,000 |
Malaysia | 56,400 (2019)[15] |
Philippines | 50,000 (2016)[16] |
Oman | 37,000 |
New Zealand | 34,227 (2018)[17] |
Singapore | 26,000 |
Mauritius | 26,000 |
Norway | 24,000 (2013)[18] |
Bangladesh | 23,700 (2019)[19] |
Germany | 18,000 (2020)[20] |
Nepal | 10,000 (2019)[21] |
Languages | |
Majority: Panjabi and its dialects | |
Religion | |
Pakistani Panjab: Islam (60%), Sikhism (9%), Hinduism Indian Panjab: Sikhism (97.8%), Hinduism (1.1%), Islam[22][23][24] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Indo-Aryan peoples |
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