
Pakistan: Administrative Division
Contents: Provinces and Districts
The population of the provinces, federal territories, districts and agencies of Pakistan by census years.
Name | Status | Population Census 1972-09-16 | Population Census 1981-03-01 | Population Census 1998-03-01 | Population Census 2017-03-15 | |
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Balochistan | Province | 2,428,678 | 4,332,376 | 6,565,885 | 12,335,129 | → |
Awaran | District | 51,918 | 110,353 | 118,173 | 121,821 | → |
Barkhan | District | 44,704 | 61,686 | 103,545 | 171,025 | → |
Chagai | District | 34,034 | 63,713 | 104,534 | 226,517 | → |
Dera Bugti | District | 52,718 | 103,821 | 181,310 | 313,110 | → |
Gwadar | District | 90,820 | 112,385 | 185,498 | 262,253 | → |
Harnai | District | 28,130 | 40,013 | 76,652 | 97,052 | → |
Jaffarabad | District | ... | ... | 291,290 | 513,972 | → |
Jhal Magsi | District | 75,261 | 68,092 | 109,941 | 148,900 | → |
Kachhi (Bolan; incl. Bhag Tehsil) | District | 123,720 | 200,863 | 255,480 | 309,932 | → |
Kalat | District | 71,746 | 209,149 | 237,834 | 412,058 | → |
Kech | District | 147,978 | 379,467 | 413,204 | 907,182 | → |
Kharan | District | ... | ... | 96,900 | 162,766 | → |
Khuzdar | District | 146,207 | 276,449 | 417,466 | 798,896 | → |
Killa Abdullah | District | 113,215 | 170,590 | 360,724 | 758,354 | → |
Killa Saifullah | District | 72,086 | 148,362 | 193,553 | 342,932 | → |
Kohlu | District | 55,497 | 71,269 | 99,846 | 213,933 | → |
Lasbela | District | 125,263 | 188,139 | 312,695 | 576,271 | → |
Loralai | District | 84,366 | 204,055 | 250,147 | 397,423 | → |
Mastung | District | ... | ... | 150,039 | 265,676 | → |
Musakhel | District | 38,547 | 91,174 | 134,056 | 167,243 | → |
Nasirabad | District | 43,893 | 129,112 | 245,894 | 487,847 | → |
Nushki | District | 31,261 | 56,742 | 98,030 | 178,947 | → |
Panjgur | District | 56,820 | 160,750 | 234,051 | 315,353 | → |
Pishin | District | 135,939 | 208,007 | 376,728 | 736,903 | → |
Quetta | District | 252,577 | 383,403 | 774,547 | 2,269,473 | → |
Sheerani (Sherani) | District | 25,384 | 78,625 | 81,684 | 152,952 | → |
Sibi (incl. Lehri Tehsil) | District | 82,916 | 94,729 | 136,322 | 179,751 | → |
Sohbatpur | District | ... | ... | 141,527 | 200,426 | → |
Washuk | District | ... | ... | 110,009 | 175,712 | → |
Zhob | District | 74,519 | 134,660 | 193,458 | 310,354 | → |
Ziarat | District | 37,688 | 63,179 | 80,748 | 160,095 | → |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) | Federal Territory | 2,491,230 | 2,198,547 | 3,176,331 | 4,993,044 | → |
Bajaur | Tribal District (Agency) | 364,050 | 289,206 | 595,227 | 1,090,987 | → |
Frontier Region Bannu | Adjoining Tribal Area | 50,778 | 63,213 | 19,593 | 43,112 | → |
Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan | Adjoining Tribal Area | 49,822 | 55,824 | 38,990 | 68,506 | → |
Frontier Region Kohat | Adjoining Tribal Area | 44,042 | 57,245 | 88,456 | 118,839 | → |
Frontier Region Lakki Marwat | Adjoining Tribal Area | 13,104 | 16,149 | 6,987 | 26,394 | → |
Frontier Region Peshawar | Adjoining Tribal Area | 60,132 | 37,061 | 53,841 | 64,761 | → |
Frontier Region Tank | Adjoining Tribal Area | 26,616 | 30,183 | 27,216 | 36,418 | → |
Khyber | Tribal District (Agency) | 378,032 | 284,256 | 546,730 | 984,246 | → |
Kurram | Tribal District (Agency) | 279,998 | 294,362 | 448,310 | 615,372 | → |
Mohmand | Tribal District (Agency) | 382,922 | 163,933 | 334,453 | 474,345 | → |
North Waziristan | Tribal District (Agency) | 250,663 | 238,910 | 361,246 | 540,546 | → |
Orakzai | Tribal District (Agency) | 283,557 | 358,751 | 225,441 | 254,303 | → |
South Waziristan | Tribal District (Agency) | 307,514 | 309,454 | 429,841 | 675,215 | → |
Islamabad | Capital Territory | 237,549 | 340,286 | 805,235 | 2,003,368 | → |
Islamabad | District | 237,549 | 340,286 | 805,235 | 2,003,368 | → |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier) | Province | 8,388,551 | 11,061,328 | 17,743,645 | 30,508,920 | → |
Abbottabad | District | 524,826 | 647,635 | 880,666 | 1,333,089 | → |
Bannu | District | 341,690 | 422,027 | 675,667 | 1,167,071 | → |
Batagram | District | 174,009 | 339,119 | 307,278 | 476,749 | → |
Buner | District | 187,984 | 265,517 | 506,048 | 895,460 | → |
Charsadda | District | 513,193 | 630,811 | 1,022,364 | 1,610,960 | → |
Chitral | District | 159,000 | 208,560 | 318,689 | 447,625 | → |
Dera Ismail Khan | District | 380,229 | 494,432 | 852,995 | 1,625,088 | → |
Hangu | District | 125,721 | 182,474 | 314,529 | 518,811 | → |
Haripur | District | 417,561 | 479,031 | 692,228 | 1,001,515 | → |
Karak | District | 191,204 | 249,681 | 430,796 | 705,362 | → |
Kohat | District | 264,465 | 326,617 | 562,644 | 992,427 | → |
Kohistan (Lower Kohistan - Upper Kohistan) | District | 204,521 | 465,237 | 472,570 | 784,711 | → |
Lakki Marwat | District | 225,529 | 288,759 | 490,025 | 875,744 | → |
Lower Dir | District | 277,481 | 404,844 | 779,056 | 1,436,082 | → |
Malakand Protected Area | District | 185,872 | 257,797 | 452,291 | 717,806 | → |
Mansehra | District | 638,504 | 631,012 | 978,157 | 1,555,742 | → |
Mardan | District | 696,622 | 881,465 | 1,460,100 | 2,373,399 | → |
Nowshera | District | 410,718 | 537,638 | 874,373 | 1,520,995 | → |
Peshawar | District | 807,012 | 1,113,303 | 2,026,851 | 4,267,198 | → |
Shangla | District | 179,813 | 251,546 | 434,563 | 759,609 | → |
Swabi | District | 507,631 | 625,035 | 1,026,804 | 1,625,477 | → |
Swat | District | 520,614 | 715,938 | 1,257,602 | 2,308,624 | → |
Tank | District | 93,389 | 141,062 | 238,216 | 390,626 | → |
Tor Ghar (Kala Dhaka) | District | 109,918 | 139,223 | 174,682 | 171,349 | → |
Upper Dir | District | 251,045 | 362,565 | 514,451 | 947,401 | → |
Punjab | Province | 37,607,423 | 47,292,441 | 73,621,290 | 109,989,655 | → |
Attock | District | 748,890 | 876,667 | 1,274,935 | 1,886,378 | → |
Bahawalnagar | District | 1,073,891 | 1,373,747 | 2,061,447 | 2,975,656 | → |
Bahawalpur | District | 1,071,026 | 1,453,438 | 2,433,091 | 3,669,176 | → |
Bhakkar | District | 500,498 | 665,884 | 1,051,456 | 1,647,852 | → |
Chakwal | District | 692,802 | 775,600 | 1,083,725 | 1,495,463 | → |
Chiniot | District | 570,775 | 694,080 | 965,124 | 1,368,659 | → |
Dera Ghazi Khan | District | 686,057 | 943,663 | 1,643,118 | 2,872,631 | → |
Faisalabad | District | 3,163,756 | 3,561,909 | 5,429,547 | 7,882,444 | → |
Gujranwala | District | 1,615,568 | 2,108,365 | 3,400,940 | 5,011,066 | → |
Gujrat | District | 1,177,345 | 1,408,585 | 2,048,008 | 2,756,289 | → |
Hafizabad | District | 444,187 | 567,572 | 832,980 | 1,156,954 | → |
Jhang | District | 983,818 | 1,276,864 | 1,869,421 | 2,742,633 | → |
Jhelum | District | 591,906 | 659,012 | 936,957 | 1,222,403 | → |
Kasur | District | 1,186,386 | 1,528,002 | 2,354,506 | 3,454,881 | → |
Khanewal | District | 1,067,993 | 1,369,766 | 2,068,490 | 2,920,233 | → |
Khushab | District | 543,314 | 641,366 | 905,711 | 1,280,372 | → |
Lahore | District | 2,587,621 | 3,544,942 | 6,340,114 | 11,119,985 | → |
Layyah | District | 495,537 | 666,517 | 1,120,951 | 1,823,995 | → |
Lodhran | District | 558,793 | 739,912 | 1,171,800 | 1,699,693 | → |
Mandi Bahauddin | District | 721,833 | 846,114 | 1,160,552 | 1,594,039 | → |
Mianwali | District | 595,134 | 711,529 | 1,056,620 | 1,542,601 | → |
Multan | District | 1,506,223 | 1,970,075 | 3,116,851 | 4,746,166 | → |
Muzaffargarh | District | 1,069,358 | 1,497,736 | 2,635,903 | 4,328,549 | → |
Nankana Sahib | District | ... | ... | 1,044,865 | 1,354,986 | → |
Narowal | District | 834,501 | 908,977 | 1,265,097 | 1,707,575 | → |
Okara | District | 1,123,812 | 1,487,261 | 2,232,992 | 3,040,826 | → |
Pakpattan | District | 615,742 | 843,623 | 1,286,680 | 1,824,228 | → |
Rahim Yar Khan | District | 1,398,879 | 1,841,451 | 3,141,053 | 4,807,762 | → |
Rajanpur | District | 456,391 | 638,921 | 1,103,618 | 1,996,039 | → |
Rawalpindi | District | 1,744,949 | 2,121,450 | 3,363,911 | 5,402,380 | → |
Sahiwal | District | 944,656 | 1,281,526 | 1,843,194 | 2,513,011 | → |
Sargodha | District | 1,557,641 | 1,911,849 | 2,665,979 | 3,696,212 | → |
Sheikhupura | District | ... | ... | 2,276,164 | 3,460,004 | → |
Sialkot | District | 1,509,424 | 1,802,505 | 2,723,481 | 3,894,938 | → |
Toba Tek Singh | District | 1,084,442 | 1,134,572 | 1,621,593 | 2,191,495 | → |
Vehari | District | 1,027,319 | 1,328,808 | 2,090,416 | 2,902,081 | → |
Sindh | Province | 14,155,909 | 19,028,666 | 30,439,893 | 47,854,510 | → |
Badin | District | ... | ... | 1,106,272 | 1,804,958 | → |
Dadu | District | 556,669 | 705,669 | 1,106,717 | 1,550,390 | → |
Ghotki | District | 401,318 | 558,058 | 968,797 | 1,648,708 | → |
Hyderabad | District | 814,060 | 1,005,460 | 1,494,866 | 2,199,928 | → |
Jacobabad | District | 402,114 | 586,234 | 727,190 | 1,007,009 | → |
Jamshoro | District | 254,318 | 375,942 | 582,094 | 993,908 | → |
Karachi Central | District | ... | ... | 2,289,071 | 2,971,382 | → |
Karachi East | District | ... | ... | 1,447,529 | 2,875,315 | → |
Karachi South | District | ... | ... | 1,468,579 | 1,769,230 | → |
Karachi West | District | ... | ... | 2,127,765 | 3,907,065 | → |
Kashmore | District | 299,589 | 413,629 | 677,120 | 1,090,336 | → |
Khairpur | District | 724,935 | 981,190 | 1,547,751 | 2,405,190 | → |
Korangi | District | ... | ... | 1,608,609 | 2,577,556 | → |
Larkana | District | 460,735 | 572,006 | 1,001,608 | 1,521,786 | → |
Malir | District | ... | ... | 914,765 | 1,924,346 | → |
Matiari | District | 336,367 | 438,319 | 494,244 | 770,040 | → |
Mirpur Khas | District | ... | ... | 1,006,329 | 1,504,440 | → |
Naushahro Feroze | District | 685,829 | 829,051 | 1,087,571 | 1,612,047 | → |
Qambar Shahdadkot | District | 460,722 | 566,574 | 924,294 | 1,338,035 | → |
Sanghar | District | ... | ... | 1,319,881 | 2,049,873 | → |
Shaheed Benazir Abad (Nawabshah) | District | 678,982 | 838,350 | 1,102,584 | 1,613,506 | → |
Shikarpur | District | 530,551 | 596,409 | 880,438 | 1,233,760 | → |
Sujawal | District | 356,338 | 361,799 | 513,702 | 779,062 | → |
Sukkur | District | 460,649 | 575,962 | 931,387 | 1,488,372 | → |
Tando Allahyar | District | 256,994 | 329,370 | 493,526 | 838,527 | → |
Tando Muhammad Khan | District | ... | ... | 438,624 | 677,098 | → |
Tharparkar | District | 359,357 | 540,985 | 914,291 | 1,647,036 | → |
Thatta | District | 319,698 | 399,240 | 599,492 | 982,138 | → |
Umerkot | District | 265,683 | 383,018 | 664,797 | 1,073,469 | → |
Pakistan | Republic | 65,309,340 | 84,253,644 | 132,352,279 | 207,684,626 |
Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (web), U.S. Bureau of Census: Demobase Pakistan (web).
Explanation: The Pakistani-administered parts of Kashmir are not tabulated. The results of the 2017 census are final.
Further information about the population structure:
Gender (C 2017) | |
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Males | 106,018,220 |
Females | 101,344,632 |
Transgender | 21,774 |
Age Groups (C 2017) | |
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0-14 years | 83,716,496 |
15-64 years | 116,255,314 |
65+ years | 7,712,816 |
Age Distribution (C 2017) | |
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0-9 years | 59,193,349 |
10-19 years | 45,889,765 |
20-29 years | 34,897,027 |
30-39 years | 26,200,559 |
40-49 years | 17,558,683 |
50-59 years | 11,920,566 |
60-69 years | 7,263,874 |
70+ years | 4,760,803 |
Urbanization (C 2017) | |
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Rural | 132,013,789 |
Urban | 75,670,837 |
Literacy (A10+) (C 2017) | |
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yes | 87,484,486 |
no | 61,006,791 |
Mother Tongue (C 2017) | |
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Urdu | 14,706,159 |
Punjabi | 80,536,390 |
Sindhi | 30,256,372 |
Pushto | 37,885,441 |
Balochi | 6,281,087 |
Kashmiri | 359,669 |
Saraiki | 25,324,637 |
Hindko | 5,065,879 |
Brahvi | 2,567,677 |
Other Language | 4,701,315 |