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Ethnic groups in Afghanistan as of 1997. Afghanistan is a multiethnic and mostly tribal society. The population of the country consists of numerous ethnolinguistic groups: mainly the Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, and Uzbek, as well as the minorities of Aimaq, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Gujjar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Pamiri, Kyrgyz, Moghol, and others.
Population, fertility rate and net reproduction rate, United Nations estimates. The population of Afghanistan is around 49.5 million as of 2025. [7] The nation is composed of a multi-ethnic and multilingual society, reflecting its location astride historic trade and invasion routes between Central Asia, South Asia, and Western Asia.
English: Map showing the largest ethnic group in each district of Afghanistan. It should be noted that the population of Afghanistan is not determined by districts. Also, this map has major errors because it is missing Aimaks, Kyrgys, Qizilbash, and Brahuis who are different ethnic groups mentioned by names in the Constitution of Afghanistan (chapter 1, article 4), the Afghan National Anthem ...
Ethnic group Center of population in Central Asia Total roughly estimated population in Central Asia; Uzbek: Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan: 36,000,000 Tajik: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. It includes the Pamiri people, who are officially categorized as Tajiks in Tajikistan. 25,000,000 [5] Kazakh
The traditions of different ethnic groups in South Asia have diverged, influenced by external cultures, especially in the northwestern parts of South Asia and also in the border regions and busy ports, where there are greater levels of contact with external cultures. There is also a lot of genetic diversity within the region.
Ethnic map of Central Asia. Central Asia, in its most common definition, is deemed to consist of five former Soviet Socialist Republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. In a wider view, Xinjiang of western China, Mongolia, Afghanistan, and northern Pakistan are included.
According to a Mitochondrial DNA analysis of four ethnic groups of Afghanistan, the majority of mtDNA among Afghan Pashtuns belongs to West Eurasian lineages, and share a greater affinity with West Eurasian and Central Asian populations rather than to populations of South Asia or East Asia.
CIA map showing the territory of the settlement of ethnic groups and subgroups in Afghanistan (2005) ... Central Asia, (Calcutta, 1871)