Editing Demographics of Afghanistan (section)

== Ethnic groups ==
{{Further|Ethnic groups in Afghanistan}}
[[File:Map-afghanistan-ethno-linguistic-composition.jpg|thumb|Map of the ethnic composition of Afghanistan in 2021|230x230px]]
An approximate distribution of the [[ethnolinguistics|ethnolinguistic]] groups are listed in the chart below:{{cn|date=December 2024}}
[[File:Afghanistan ethnic groups 2005.jpg|thumb|A CIA map showing the various Afghan tribal territories in 2005|231x231px]]
[[File:US Army ethnolinguistic map of Afghanistan -- circa 2001-09.jpg|thumb|Ethnolinguistic groups in Afghanistan in 2001|232x232px]]
[[File:Afghanistan Ethnolinguistic Groups 1982.jpg|thumb|Ethnolinguistic groups in Afghanistan and nearby regions in 1982|233x233px]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:60%; float:center;"
|+ Ethnic groups in Afghanistan based on alternative estimates
|-
! style="background:#ddf; width:10%;" | Ethnic group
! style="background:#ddf; width:10%;" | Image
! style="background:#ddf; width:15%;" |{{small| estimate based on native mother tongue}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Afghanistan_Languages_summary |url=https://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Afghanistan_Languages_summary_lg.png}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-14 |title=The World Factbook |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014200908/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2075.html?countryName=Afghanistan&countryCode=af&regionCode=sas&#af |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
! style="background:#ddf; width:15%;" |The World Factbook

<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2075.html?countryName=Afghanistan&countryCode=af&regionCode=sas&#af |title=The World Factbook |website=cia.gov |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014200908/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2075.html?countryName=Afghanistan&countryCode=af&regionCode=sas&#af |archive-date=14 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 1992 via the Libraries of the Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991009201426/https://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact92/wf930006.txt}}</ref>
!'''Library of Congress Country Studies''' <ref>{{Cite web |title=Library of Congress Country Studies. |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110132651/https://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd%2Fcstdy%3A%40field%28DOCID+af0037%29 |archive-date=}}</ref>
!Gulf/2000 Project <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Gulf/2000 Project - SIPA - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY |url=https://gulf2000.columbia.edu/maps.shtml |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=gulf2000.columbia.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Afghanistan_Ethnic_summary |url=https://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Afghanistan_Ethnic_summary_lg.png}}</ref>
|-
| [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]]
| [[File:Khost children in 2010.jpg|141x141px|Children in Khost province]]
| align=center | 33.5%_42%
| align=center | 42%
|40%
|38.5%
|-
| [[Tajiks|Tajik]]
| [[File:Afghan children in Badakhshan Province-2012.jpg|144x144px|Tajik children in Khowahan district of Badakhshan]]
| align=center rowspan="2" | 58.2%{{efn-ua|This number represents Dari Persian native speakers including [[Tajiks]], [[Hazaras]], [[Aimak people|Aimaks]], [[Qizilbash]] and other smaller ethnicities.}}
| align=center | 27%
|25.3%
|24.5%
|-
| [[Hazaras|Hazara]]
| [[File:Hazara people on the anniversary of Abdul Ali Mazari's death in Kabul.jpg|143x143px|Hazaras on the anniversary of [[Abdul Ali Mazari]]'s death in 2021 in Kabul]]
| align=center | 9%
|18%
|24.5%
|-
| [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]]
| [[File:Uzbek looking boy in northern Afghanistan.jpg|142x142px|Uzbek looking boy in northern Afghanistan]]
| align=center | 5%
| align=center | 9%
|6.3%
|6%
|-
| [[Aymāq|Aimak]]
|
| align=center | –
| align=center | 4%
|–
|In many sources, the Aimaks are considered part of the Tajiks.
|-
| [[Turkmen people|Turkmen]]
|
| align=center | 1.2%
| align=center | 3%
|2.5%
|1.2%
|-
| [[Baloch people|Baloch]]
| [[File:Men in Zaranj-cropped.jpg|143x143px|Camera focusing on Baloch]]
| align=center | 1%
| align=center | 2%
|–
|0.5%
|-
| Others ([[Pashai people|Pashai]], [[Nuristani people|Nuristani]], [[History of Arabs in Afghanistan|Arab]], [[Brahui people|Brahui]], [[Qizilbash]], [[Pamiri people|Pamiri]], etc.)
| [[File:Young Pashai man with flowers in his hair.jpg|143x143px|Young Pashai man]]
| align=center | 2.1%
| align=center | 4%
|7.9%
|4.9%
|}
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{{Clear}}

The recent estimate in the above chart is somewhat supported by the below national [[opinion poll]]s, which were aimed at knowing how a group of about 804 to 8,706 local residents in Afghanistan felt about the current war, political situation, as well as the economic and social issues affecting their daily lives. Ten [[statistical survey|survey]]s were conducted between 2004 and 2015 by the [[The Asia Foundation|Asia Foundation]] (a sample is shown in the table below; the survey in 2015 did not contain information on the ethnicity of the participants) and one between 2004 and 2009 by a combined effort of the broadcasting companies [[NBC News]], [[BBC]], and [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]].<ref name="AsiaFoundation">See:
* {{cite web
 |url = https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_Afghan_Survey_Full-Report_.pdf
 |title = Afghanistan in 2019 – A survey of the Afghan people
 |pages = 277
 |quote = ''D-14. Which ethnic group do you belong to?''
 |publisher = [[The Asia Foundation]]
 |location = Kabul, Afghanistan
 |access-date = 15 September 2021
 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20210915152910/https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_Afghan_Survey_Full-Report_.pdf
 |archive-date = 15 September 2021
}}
* {{cite web
 |url = https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_Afghan-Survey_fullReport-12.4.18.pdf
 |title = Afghanistan in 2018 – A survey of the Afghan people
 |pages = 243
 |quote = ''D-14. WHICH ETHNIC GROUP DO YOU BELONG TO?''
 |publisher = [[The Asia Foundation]]
 |location = Kabul, Afghanistan
 |access-date = 31 December 2018
 |archive-date = 7 August 2019
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190807211241/https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_Afghan-Survey_fullReport-12.4.18.pdf
 |url-status = dead
}}
* {{cite web
 |url = https://www.asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/Surveybook2012web1.pdf
 |title = Afghanistan in 2012 – A survey of the Afghan people
 |pages = 182
 |quote = ''Ethnicity Status''
 |publisher = [[The Asia Foundation]]
 |location = Kabul, Afghanistan
 |access-date = 28 November 2012
 |url-status = live
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121115230323/https://asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/Surveybook2012web1.pdf
 |archive-date = 15 November 2012
}}
* {{cite web
 |url = https://asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/Afghanistanin2010survey.pdf
 |title = Afghanistan in 2010 – A survey of the Afghan people
 |pages = 225–226
 |quote = ''D-9. Which ethnic group do you belong to? SINGLE RESPONSE ONLY Pashtun 48%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 9%, Hazara 10%, Turkmen 2%, Baloch 1%, Nuristani 1%, Aimak 2%, Arab 2%''
 |publisher = The Asia Foundation
 |location = Kabul, Afghanistan
 |year = 2010
 |access-date = 20 March 2011
 |url-status = live
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719221519/https://asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/Afghanistanin2010survey.pdf
 |archive-date = 19 July 2011
}}
* {{cite web
 |url = https://www.asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/Afghanistanin2009.pdf
 |title = Afghanistan in 2009: A Survey of the Afghan People
 |quote = ''The 2009 survey interviewed '''6,406 Afghans''' (53% men and 47% women)''
 |publisher = The Asia Foundation
 |location = Kabul, Afghanistan
 |access-date = 28 November 2012
 |url-status = live
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120907040332/https://asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/Afghanistanin2009.pdf
 |archive-date = 7 September 2012
}}
* {{cite web
 |url = https://www.asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/Afghanistanin2008.pdf
 |title = Afghanistan in 2010 – A survey of the Afghan people
 |quote = ''The 2008 survey interviewed '''6,593 Afghans'''...''
 |publisher = The Asia Foundation
 |location = Kabul, Afghanistan
 |access-date = 28 November 2012
 |url-status = live
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120905002127/https://asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/Afghanistanin2008.pdf
 |archive-date = 5 September 2012
}}
* {{cite web
 |url = https://www.asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/AGsurvey07.pdf
 |title = Afghanistan in 2007 – A survey of the Afghan people
 |pages = 225–226
 |quote = ''The 2007 survey interviewed '''6,406 Afghans''', Which ethnic group do you belong to? SINGLE RESPONSE ONLY Pashtun 55%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 8%, Hazara 15%, Turkmen 8%, Baloch 1%, Nuristani 1%, Aimak 1%, Arab 1%''
 |publisher = The Asia Foundation
 |location = Kabul, Afghanistan
 |year = 2010
 |access-date = 20 March 2011
 |url-status = live
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110813043634/https://www.asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/AGsurvey07.pdf
 |archive-date = 13 August 2011
}}
* {{cite web
 |url = https://www.asiafoundation.org/pdf/AG-survey06.pdf
 |title = Afghanistan in 2006 – A survey of the Afghan people
 |pages = 83–88
 |quote = ''A total of '''6,226 respondents''' were surveyed in the study, out of which 4888 (78.5%) were from the rural areas and 1338 (22%) were from the urban areas. Ethnicity: Pashtun 49.9, Tajik 27.1, Uzbek 9.2, Hazara 9.2, Turkmen 1.7, Baloch 0.5, Nuristani 0.4, Aimak 0.1, Arab 0.7, Pashayi 0.3''
 |publisher = The Asia Foundation
 |location = Kabul, Afghanistan
 |access-date = 28 November 2012
 |url-status = dead
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120413085751/https://www.asiafoundation.org/pdf/AG-survey06.pdf
 |archive-date = 13 April 2012
}}
* {{cite web
 |url = https://www.asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/afghanvotered04.pdf
 |title = Afghanistan in 2004 – A survey of the Afghan people
 |quote = ''The 2004 survey interviewed '''804 Afghans''', Which ethnic group do you belong to? Pashtun 50%, Tajik 29%, Uzbek 6%, Hazara 6%, Turkmen 1%, Baloch 0%, Nuristani 1%, Aimak 0%, Arab 1%, Pashaye 0%, Other 1%.''
 |publisher = The Asia Foundation
 |location = Kabul, Afghanistan
 |year = 2004
 |access-date = 28 November 2012
 |url-status = live
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120906011313/https://asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/afghanvotered04.pdf
 |archive-date = 6 September 2012
}}</ref><ref name="ABCBBCARD">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1083a1Afghanistan2009.pdf|title=ABC NEWS/BBC/ARD poll – Afghanistan: Where Things Stand|pages=38–40|work=ABC News|location=Kabul, Afghanistan|access-date=29 October 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628130800/https://abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1083a1Afghanistan2009.pdf |archive-date=28 June 2011}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; float:left;"
|+ Answers regarding ethnicity provided by 804 to 13,943 Afghans in national opinion polls
|-
! style="background:#ddf; width:15%;" | Ethnic group
! style="background:#ddf; width:8.5%;" | {{small|"Afghanistan: Where Things Stand" (2004)}}<ref name="ABCBBCARD"/><br />{{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2004)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation"/>
! style="background:#ddf; width:8.5%;" | {{small|"Afghanistan: Where Things Stand" (2005)}}<ref name="ABCBBCARD"/>
! style="background:#ddf; width:8.5%;" | {{small|"Afghanistan: Where Things Stand" (2006)}}<ref name="ABCBBCARD"/>
! style="background:#ddf; width:8.5%;" | {{small|"Afghanistan: Where Things Stand" (2007)}}<ref name="ABCBBCARD"/>
! style="background:#ddf; width:8.5%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2007)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation"/>
! style="background:#ddf; width:8.5%;" | {{small|"Afghanistan: Where Things Stand" (2009)}}<ref name="ABCBBCARD"/>
! style="background:#ddf; width:8.5%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2012)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation"/>
! style="background:#ddf; width:8.5%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2014)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation"/>
! style="background:#ddf; width:8.5%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2018)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation"/>
! style="background:#ddf; width:8.5%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2019)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation"/>
|-
| Pashtun
| align=center | 56%
| align=center | 50%
| align=center | 52%
| align=center | 48%
| align=center | 50.1%
| align=center | 50%
| align=center | 50%
| align=center | 50%
| align=center | 48%
| align=center | 49%
|-
| Tajik
| align=center | 29%
| align=center | 27%
| align=center | 27%
| align=center | 28%
| align=center | 25.1%
| align=center | 27%
| align=center | 23%
| align=center | 26%
| align=center | 27%
| align=center | 27%
|-
| Hazara
| align=center | 6%
| align=center | 13%
| align=center | 12%
| align=center | 6%
| align=center | 10.0%
| align=center | 11%
| align=center | 11%
| align=center | 10%
| align=center | 10%
| align=center | 11%
|-
| Uzbek
| align=center | 6%
| align=center | 6%
| align=center | 5%
| align=center | 6%
| align=center | 8.1%
| align=center | 7%
| align=center | 9%
| align=center | 8%
| align=center | 9%
| align=center | 8%
|-
| Aimak
| align=center | 0%
| align=center | 0%
| align=center | 0%
| align=center | 0%
| align=center | 0.8%
| align=center | 0%
| align=center | 1%
| align=center | 1%
| align=center | 1%
| align=center | <0.5%
|-
| Turkmen
| align=center | 1%
| align=center | 1%
| align=center | 3%
| align=center | 2%
| align=center | 3.1%
| align=center | 2%
| align=center | 2%
| align=center | 2%
| align=center | 2%
| align=center | 2%
|-
| Baloch
| align=center | 0%
| align=center | 0%
| align=center | 0%
| align=center | 3%
| align=center | 0.7%
| align=center | 1%
| align=center | 1%
| align=center | 1%
| align=center | 1%
| align=center | <0.5%
|-
| Others (Pashayi, Nuristani, Kurdish, Arab, Qizilbash.)
| align=center | 3%
| align=center | 3%
| align=center | 1%
| align=center | 5%
| align=center | 2.1%
| align=center | 3%
| align=center | 3%
| align=center | 2%
| align=center | 2%
| align=center | 3%
|-
| Don't know
| align=center | -%
| align=center | -%
| align=center | -%
| align=center | -%
| align=center | -%
| align=center | -%
| align=center | -%
| align=center | -%
| align=center | 1%
| align=center | -%
|}
{{Clear}}