Americans in Pakistan
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Americans in Pakistan (Urdu: امریکی ) form a sizeable expatriate community. According to Pakistan's Ministry of Interior, there were 52,486 Americans residing in Pakistan in 2015.[1] Some of them are Pakistani Americans who have returned to Pakistan.[2] Many Pakistani Americans returned during the unstable conditions post-September 11 attacks and the global financial crisis.[3]
Total population | |
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52,486 (2015)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Karachi · Lahore · Islamabad · Peshawar | |
Languages | |
American English · Urdu · Punjabi and Spanish | |
Religion | |
Protestantism · Roman Catholicism · Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Americans |
According to early statistics of 1999 based on registrations with the local American embassy and consulates, there were over 4,200 Americans in the country, with 2,100 in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi, about 1,250 in Lahore, 506 in Islamabad and 375 in Peshawar.[4]