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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Baloch<br /><small>بلوچ</small><br /><small>''Balōč''</small>
| image            = File:AG Balochistan Agriculture 2 (14378399161).jpg
| caption          = Baloch man from southern [[Afghanistan]]
| population       = '''56 ~ 58 &nbsp;Million'''
| region1          = {{flagcountry|Pakistan}}
| pop1             = 48,000,000
| ref1             = <ref name="Baloch population in Pakistan">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2075.html|title=CIA World Factbook|work=cia.gov|access-date=1 March 2017|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116044500/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2075.html#pk|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| region2          = {{flagcountry|Iran}}
| pop2             = 5,000,000
| ref2             = <ref name="The Iran Primer">{{cite web|url=http://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2013/sep/03/iran-minorities-2-ethnic-diversity|title=Iran Minorities 2: Ethnic Diversity|work=iranprimer.usip.org|access-date=1 March 2017}}</ref>
| region3          = {{flag|UAE}}
| pop3             = 468,000
| ref3             = <ref name="Languages of United Arab Emirates">{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/AE/languages|title=United Arab Emirates: Languages|work=Ethnologue.com|access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref>
| region4          = {{flagcountry|Oman}}
| pop4             = 1,000,000
| ref4             = <ref name="OM">{{cite web|url=https://thebalochistanpost.net/2023/02/baloch-population-scattered-around-the-world/}}</ref>
| region5          = {{flagcountry|India}}
| pop5             = 1,000,000
| ref5             = <ref name="OM"/>
| region6          = {{flagcountry|Turkmenistan}}
| pop6             = 300,000
| ref6             = <ref name="Balochi in TM">[http://www.central-asia.su/beludz.php KOKAISLOVÁ, Pavla, KOKAISL Petr. Ethnic Identity of The Baloch People. ''Central Asia and The Caucasus. Journal of Social and Political Studies.'' Volume 13, Issue 3, 2012, p. 45-55.], ISSN 1404-6091</ref>
| region7          = {{flagcountry|Afghanistan}}
| pop7             = 2,000,000
| ref7             = {{Lower|<ref name="CIA Afghanistan">[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920072213/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html |date=2017-09-20 }} Afghanistan{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709035637/http://https/: /the-world factbook/geos/af.html|//www.cia.gov/library/publicationsdate=۹ ۲۰۱۶ ژوئیه CIA World Factbook".Retrieved December 5, 2009.</ref>}}
| region8          = {{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}}
| pop8             = 16,000
| ref8             = <ref>[https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15034/SA Baloch, Southern in Saudi Arabia], [[Joshua Project]].</ref>
| langs            = '''Main''': [[Balochi language|Balochi]],  [[Brahui language|Brahui]]<br />
'''Secondary''': [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]], [[Jadgali language|Jadgali]], [[Sistani dialect|Sistani]], [[Lasi dialect|Lasi]], [[Bashkardi language|Bashkardi]], [[Khetrani language|Khetrani]], [[Dehwari language|Dehwari]]
| religions        = '''Majority''': [[Sunni Islam]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/GulfReligionGeneral_lg.png |title=Demography of Religion in the Gulf |work=[[Mehrdad Izady]] |year=2013}}</ref>
<br />'''Minority''': [[Zikrism]]<ref name="Baloch-2015">{{cite book |last1=Baloch |first1=Inayatullah |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1154575 |title=Oxford in Pakistan Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology |chapter=Zikris of Balochistan |date=2 January 2015 |access-date=9 August 2023}} quoted in {{cite news |date=2 January 2015 |title=Zikris under attack in Balochistan |agency=Dawn |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1154575 |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="Baloch-Responsible-2014" />
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The '''Baloch''' (بلوچ) are an [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[ethnic group]] who live in the region of [[Balochistan (region)|Balochistan]] which includes the regions of southeastern [[Iran]], southern [[Afghanistan]], and southwestern [[Pakistan]].

The Baloch speak the [[Balochi language]], an [[Iranic languages|Iranian language]]. They mainly live in mountainous places of the [[Iranian plateau]] in [[Iran]], [[Pakistan]] and parts of [[Afghanistan]]. [[Balochistan (region)|Balochistan]] is an arid semi-desert mountainous region inhabited by the Baloch people.

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