British Pashtuns

British Pashtuns
Total population
	United Kingdom: 41,234 (2011); England: 48,163 (2021); Scotland: 874 (2011); Wales: 542 (2021); Northern Ireland: 96 (2021)
Regions with significant populations
	Greater London; Birmingham; Bradford; Manchester; Leeds; Sheffield; Luton; Coventry;
Languages
	English; Pashto; Urdu; Dari;
Religion
	Predominantly Islam
Related ethnic groups
	British Pakistanis; British Afghans;

British Pashtuns (Pashto: انګرېز پښتانه) are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom who are of Pashtun ancestry. As of the 2021 census, there were at least 48,000 Pashto-speakers living in the UK. According to other estimates, the total population of British Pashtuns is as high as 100,000, making them the largest Pashtun diaspora community in Europe.

A part of the wider British Pakistani and British Afghan populations, and also known as Pathans in South Asia, most Pashtuns in Britain trace their origins to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of northwest Pakistan and to the country of Afghanistan, although sizeable minorities of Pashtun ancestry from outside of these regions and of a non-Pashto speaking background also exist. The largest British Pashtun populations are principally found in Greater London, followed by the cities of Birmingham, Bradford and Manchester in England.

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