Editing Kashmir (section)

=== Modern era ===
People in Jammu speak Hindi, Punjabi and Dogri, the Kashmir Valley people speak Kashmiri, and people in the sparsely inhabited Ladakh speak Tibetan and Balti.<ref name=britannica-intro/>

The population of India-administered union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh combined is 12,541,302;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geohive.com/cntry/in-01.aspx |title=India, Jammu and Kashmir population statistics |publisher=GeoHive |access-date=29 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419221846/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/in-01.aspx |archive-date=19 April 2015  }}</ref> that of Pakistan-administered territory of Azad Kashmir is 4,045,366; and that of Gilgit-Baltistan is 1,492,924.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-26 |title=Census 2017: AJK population rises to over 4m |url=https://nation.com.pk/27-Aug-2017/census-2017-ajk-population-rises-to-over-4m |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=The Nation |language=en |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140054/https://nation.com.pk/27-Aug-2017/census-2017-ajk-population-rises-to-over-4m |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gilgit-Baltistan: Districts & Places - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/cities/gilgitbaltistan/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=www.citypopulation.de |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172116/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/cities/gilgitbaltistan/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Administered by !! Area !! Population !! % [[Muslim]] !! % [[Hinduism|Hindu]] !! % [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] !! % other
|-
| rowspan="3"| {{IND}}
|[[Kashmir Valley]]
|~4&nbsp;million (4&nbsp;million)
|95%
|4%
|–
|–
|-
|[[Jammu Division|Jammu]]
|~3&nbsp;million (3&nbsp;million)
|30%
|66%
|–
|4%
|-
|[[Ladakh]]
|~0.25&nbsp;million (250,000)
|46%
|12%
|40%
|2%
|-
| rowspan="2"| {{PAK}}
|[[Azad Kashmir]]
|~4&nbsp;million (4&nbsp;million)
|100%
|–
|–
|–
|-
|[[Gilgit-Baltistan]]
|~2&nbsp;million (2&nbsp;million)
|99%
|–
|–
|–
|-
| rowspan="2"| {{CHN}}
|[[Aksai Chin]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
|[[Trans-Karakoram Tract|Trans-Karakoram]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
| colspan ="7" |
*Statistics from the [[BBC]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The future of Kashmir? |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/south_asia/03/kashmir_future/html/ |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=24 April 2025}}</ref>
|}

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File:Muslim-shawl-makers-kashmir1867.jpg|A Muslim shawl-making family shown in ''Cashmere shawl manufactory'', 1867, chromolithograph, William Simpson
File:KashmirPundit1895BritishLibrary.jpg|A group of Pandits, or Brahmin priests, in Kashmir, photographed by an unknown photographer in the 1890s
File:Kashmir Ladakh women in local costume.jpg|[[Brokpa]] women from [[Kargil town|Kargil]], northern [[Ladakh]], in local costumes 
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