It is difficult to figure out how many Pakistanis are living abroad but it is roughly estimated that nearly six million of them have left the country for good. In the Graph and estimated percentage shows the Pakistani living in abroad.

According to Wikipedia Encyclopedia, figures from the 2001 Canadian Census indicate that there are about 75,000 Canadians who claim Pakistani. World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), in its study, has cautioned that in the health sector emigration hurts their family & homelands.Doctors, Nurses and Medical specialists continue to leave African, Asian and Caribbean countries, the health services, they leave behind become depressed and scarce, especially in Africa, which is already suffering the rising toll of HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases that kill and impair economic development.