-35% af Afghanistans indbyggere og 15% af Pakistans taler pashto. Nogle pashtunere ønsker et Pashtunistan.
Den samlede befolkning af Pashtuns i verden er ca. 50 millioner.
Referencer
↑Lewis, Paul M. (2009). "Pashto, Northern". SIL International. Dallas, Texas: Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Hentet 18. september 2010. Ethnic population: 49,529,000 possibly total Pashto in all countries.
↑Lewis, Paul M. (2009). "Pashto, Northern". SIL International. Dallas, Texas: Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Hentet 18. september 2010. Ethnic population: 49,529,000 possibly total Pashto in all countries.