Punjabis

Panjabis

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ پنجابی‎
Potrait of a Punjabi man in the Pakistani Punjab
Total population
c. 310 million[1][2][3][4]
Regions with significant populations
Pakistan	129,986,959 (2023)[a][6][7][8]
India	42,520,211 (2022)[b][3][c][10]
Canada	1,234,170 (2023)[11][d]
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

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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