People or citizens of Afghanistan
Afghansافغان Map of the
Afghan diaspora in the world (includes Afghans of any ethnicity, ancestry or citizenship).
Afghanistan
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48 million[citation needed ] (est.) Diaspora : 6,085,784+[citation needed ] Iran c. 5 million (2023)[1] Pakistan 1,285,754 (2022)[2] Germany 425,000 (2022)[3] United States 300,000 (2022)[4] United Arab Emirates 300,000 (2023)[5] Russia 150,000 (2017)[6] Turkey 129,323 (2021)[7] Canada 125,305 (2022)[8] [9] United Kingdom 79,000 (2019)[10] Sweden 67,738 (2023)[11] Australia 59,797 (2021)[12] Netherlands 51,830 (2021)[13] France 41,174 (2021)[14] Greece 21,456 (2021)[15] Ukraine 20,000 (2001)[16] Denmark 18,018 (2017)[17] India 15,806 (2021)[18] Austria 44,918 (2023)[19] Switzerland 14,523 (2021)[15] Finland 12,044 (2021)[20] Italy 11,121-12,096 (2021)[21] Norway 24,823 (2022)[22] Uzbekistan 10,000 (2022)[23] Israel 10,000 (2012) Indonesia 7,629 (2021)[citation needed ] Tajikistan 6,775 (2021)[25] Qatar 4,000 (2012)[26] Japan 3,509 (2020)[27] New Zealand 3,414 (2013)[28] Malaysia 2,661 (2021)[29] Kazakhstan 2,500+ (2021)[30] [31] Romania 2,384 (2020)[32] Brazil 3,000 - 4,000 (2022)[33] Kyrgyzstan 2,000 (2002)[34] Ireland 1,200 (2019)[35] Ecuador 300–2,500 (2018)[36] Portugal 883[37] [38] Persian (Dari and Iranian Persian ), Pashto , and other languages of Afghanistan Predominantly : Islam (Sunni majority and Shia minority) Minority : Hinduism , Sikhism , Christianity , Zoroastrianism , Judaism , and Baháʼí Faith Pashtuns , Tajiks , Uzbeks , Hazara
Afghans (Pashto : افغانان , romanized: Afghanan ; Persian /Dari : افغانها , romanized: Afghānha ) or Afghan people are nationals or citizens of Afghanistan , or people with ancestry from there.[39] [40] [41] Afghanistan is made up of various ethnicities, of which Pashtuns , Tajiks , Hazaras and Uzbeks are the largest. The three main languages spoken by Afghans are Dari , Pashto and Uzbek many Afghans are bilingual speaking both Dari and Pashto.[42] [43]
^ "Iran's Interior Minister - The presence of more than 5 million Afghan immigrants in Iran" . www.isna.ir . 13 July 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023 .
^ "Situations" . data2.unhcr.org . Retrieved 5 June 2023 .
^ "Statistischer Bericht - Mikrozensus - Bevölkerung nach Migrationshintergrund - Erstergebnisse 2022" . 20 April 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023 .
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^ Shahbandari, Shafaat (30 November 2012). "Afghans take hope from UAE's achievements" . Gulf News. Retrieved 5 November 2013 .
^ "Moscow's 'Little Kabul' " . Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. 25 December 2017.
^ "The Afghan refugee crisis brewing on Turkey's eastern border" . The New Humanitarian. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021 .
^ "Canada Census Profile 2021" . Census Profile, 2021 Census . Statistics Canada Statistique Canada. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
^ "Permanent Residents – Monthly IRCC Updates – Canada – Admissions of Permanent Residents by Country of Citizenship" . Statistics Canada . Retrieved 3 January 2022 .
^ "Table 1.3: Overseas-born population in the United Kingdom, excluding some residents in communal establishments, by sex, by country of birth, January 2019 to December 2019" . Office for National Statistics . 21 May 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020 . Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95% confidence intervals .
^ "Population statistics" .
^ "People in Australia who were born in Afghanistan" . Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 February 2023 .
^ "CBS Statline" .
^ "Afghanistan. Comment sont répartis les réfugiés afghans dans le monde ?" . 2 September 2021.
^ a b Calcea, Nicu (19 August 2021). "How the US and the UK accept far fewer Afghan refugees than other countries" . New Statesman . Retrieved 5 June 2023 .
^ Свобода, Радіо (8 October 2001). "Афганська громада України" . Радіо Свобода . Retrieved 29 July 2021 .
^ "Denmark" . Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan). 1 January 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2021 . The number of Afghan immigrants living in Denmark per January 1st 2017 is 13240. There are also 4778 persons who are descendants of Afghan immigrants.
^ "Rohdatenauszählung ausländische Bevölkerung" . 31 January 2023.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit und Geburtsland" .
^ "Foreigners in Finland" . Statistics Finland . 9 June 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021 .
^ Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (2020). Cittadini Stranieri. Popolazione residente e bilancio demografico al 31 dicembre 2019 [Foreign Citizens. Resident population and demographic balance as in 31 Dec 2019] (Report) (in Italian). Rome: Istat . Retrieved 15 August 2021 . Italia - Asia Centro-Meridionale Afghanistan [...] Totale: 11121 [Italy - Center-Southern Asia Afghanistan [...] Total: 11,121]
^ "Innvandrere og norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre" .
^ Afghanistan's Ghani Visits Uzbekistan on Mission to Plug Into Central Asia , Eurasianet, 5 December 2017
^ "Afghanistan Situation" . UNHCR. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022 .
^ Snoj, Jure (18 December 2013). "Population of Qatar by nationality" . bq magazine . Archived from the original on 12 February 2017.
^ "Statistics on foreign residents in Japan (formerly registered alien statistics) - statistics table" , Immigration Services of Japan (in Japanese)
^ "2013 Census ethnic group profiles" . archive.stats.govt.nz .
^ "Afghan refugees in Malaysia find hope in Theatre of the Oppressed" . Turkey: TRT World. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2021 .
^ " "Салт-дәстүрін аялай білген халық" - ақпараттық-танымдық сайт - Еl.kz" . 7 November 2020.
^ " "Босқындарды қабылдауға үзілді-кесілді қарсымын" - Қазақстандағы ауған диаспорасының басшысы" . 23 September 2021.
^ "Romania: Refugee and migrant figures for 2020" . 30 March 201. Retrieved 30 July 2021 .
^ "No Brasil, classe média afegã acaba em aeroporto e abrigos para fugir do Talibã" . CNN Brasil . Retrieved 11 February 2024 .
^ IFRC document
^ "Up to 500 relatives of Afghans in State to be offered temporary residency" . The Irish Times .
^ "Los afganos latinoamericanos" . www.trt.net.tr . TRT Español.
^ "Um ano depois, um quarto dos refugiados afegãos saiu de Portugal" .
^ "Portugal: New agency for migration and asylum" .
^ "Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words" . Dictionary.com . Retrieved 11 February 2024 .
^ Garner, Bryan (2009). Garner's Modern American Usage (third ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 27 . ISBN 978-0-19-538275-4 .
^ Siegal, Allan M.; Connolly, William (2015). The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage (fifth ed.). New York: Crown Publishing Group. p. 18 . ISBN 978-1-336-02484-7 .
^ "The Constitution of Afghanistan" . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan . Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2020 .
^ "Article Sixteen of the 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan" . 2004. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2012 . Dari and Pashto are the official languages of the state. Uzbek, Turkmen, Baluchi, Pashai, Nuristani and Pamiri are – in addition to Pashto – the secondd official language in areas where the majority speaks them