Indo-Iranian peoples
Indo-Iranian peoples or Indo-Iranic peoples, is the name given to the group that covers Iranians, Indo-Aryans and Nuristanis today. In the historical sense, it is the group that defined itself as Aryan and eventually split into Iranians, Indo-Aryans and Nuristanis. They spoke the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European languages.
 Regions where Indo-Iranian languages are spoken | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia | |
 India | 72% of population[1] |
 Pakistan | 86,15% of population[2] |
 Bangladesh | 98% of population[3] |
 Iran | 79% of population[4] |
 Afghanistan | 71% of population[5] |
 Sri Lanka | 74.9% of population |
 Tajikistan | 79.9% of population[6] |
 South Ossetia | 89.9% of population |
| Languages | |
| Indo-Iranian languages | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, Christianity etc. | |
List of peoples[change | change source]
| Name | Population | National-state formation |
|---|---|---|
| Bengali | 300 million | Bangladesh India
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| Punjabi | 120 million | Pakistan[a] India
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| Marathi | 83 million | India
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| Maithili | 73 million | India
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| Gujarati | 70 million | India
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| Persian | 60+ million | Iran[b]
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| Pashtun | 50+ million | Afghanistan[c]
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| Sindhi | 40 million | India
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| Kurd | 36.4–45.6 million[10] | |
| Tajik | 18–25 million | Tajikistan
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ "India". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)"
- ↑ "Pakistan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Punjabi 44.68%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.42%, Sindhi 14.1%, Sariaki 8.38%, Muhajirs 7.57%, Balochi 3.57%, other 6.28% "
- ↑ "Bangladesh". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims) (1998) "
- ↑ "Iran". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Persian 61%, Azeri 16%, Kurd 10%, Lur 6%, Baloch 2%, Arab 2%, Turkmen and Turkic tribes 2%, other 1%"
- ↑ "Afghanistan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%"
- ↑ "Tajikistan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6% (2000 census)"
- ↑ "Pakistan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Punjabi 44.68%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.42%, Sindhi 14.1%, Sariaki 8.38%, Muhajirs 7.57%, Balochi 3.57%, other 6.28% "
- ↑ "Iran". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Persian 61%, Azeri 16%, Kurd 10%, Lur 6%, Baloch 2%, Arab 2%, Turkmen and Turkic tribes 2%, other 1%"
- ↑ "Afghanistan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%"
- ↑ The Kurdish Population by the Kurdish Institute of Paris, 2017 estimate. The Kurdish population is estimated at 15–20 million in Turkey, 10–12 million in Iran, 8–8.5 million in Iraq, 3–3.6 million in Syria, 1.2–1.5 million in the European diaspora, and 400k–500k in the former USSR—for a total of 36.4 million to 45.6 million globally.