Which countries have the largest Pakistani diaspora populations?
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UN DESA’s comparable 2024 migrant-stock estimates place the largest Pakistan-born populations in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, India, the United Kingdom and the United States, followed by countries including Kuwait, Oman, Canada and Qatar. Pakistan’s overseas ministry publishes another country table using its own overseas-Pakistani definition, so rankings and totals can differ. Migrant stock measures people resident at a point in time; it is not the same as citizenship, permanent settlement, annual worker departures or the number actively seeking a spouse.
Sources used
International Migrant Stock 2024
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
Comparable estimates of international migrants by origin and destination; migrant stock differs from annual worker registrations and broad diaspora estimates.View sourceYear Book 2021–22: Country-Wise Data of Overseas Pakistanis
Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development
Government estimates of overseas Pakistani communities by country; definition and reference year differ from UN migrant-stock data.View source