Statistics about Punjabi Speakers
- Official Language in the Indian state of Punjab
- It is an officially recognized language in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Delhi
- Punjabi is written using the Gurumukhi script, while Shahmukhi is used in Pakistan.
- The Punjab or Panjab is a region in South Asia that includes territories of north India and eastern Pakistan.
- In India, Punjab includes Punjab state, Chandigarh territory, Haryana, and parts of Rajasthan, Jammu Division, Himachal Pradesh, and Delhi.
- ~145M people speak Punjabi worldwide
- ~107M in Pakistan
- ~36M in India
- ~2M in rest of world
- ~36M people speak Punjabi in India, ~3% of Indian population
- ~27M as a first language
- ~9M as a secondary language
Punjabi is the #1 language in Punjab.
It is a secondary language in: Chandigarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan
Punjabi Diaspora
- Pakistan (107M speakers, 48% of the population)
- India (37M, 3%)
- United States (250K, <1%)
- Australia (135K, <1%)
- New Zealand (35K, <1%)
- Norway (24K, <1%)
- Nepal (10K, <1%)
- Germany (18K, <1%)
- Malaysia (57K, <1%)
- Philippines (50K, <1%)
- Canada (700K, <1%)
- Bangladesh 24K, <1%)
- UK (700K, <1%)
Lutheran Study Bible Translation Project: Punjabi Status
We need your help to finish this language. As you’ll see in the table at bottom of this page, all 66 books of the Bible have projected costs associated with them – this is the cost of completing the exhaustive 12-step process. Obviously, we’ve got a long way to go, but we are absolutely committed to finishing Punjabi and the 14 other languages. Naturally, the timing is based on availability of resources and funding – but these will get done! Can you help us get there sooner?
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Punjabi Progress Report
The table below shows the 66 books of the Lutheran Study Bible, as well as the approximate cost to complete each book’s 12-step translation process.
Note that we update our Punjabi progress in this table quarterly.
