
Pakistan: Balochistan
Contents: Balochistan
Province
12,335,129 Population [2017] – census
14,894,402 Population [2023] – census
347,190km² Area
42.90/km² Density [2023]
3.2% Annual Population Change [2017 → 2023]
Contents: Districts and Subdistricts
The population of the districts and subdistricts (tehsils) of Balochistan by census years.
Name | Status | Population Census 1998-03-01 | Population Census 2017-03-15 | Population Census 2023-03-01 | |
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Awaran | District | 118,173 | 121,821 | 178,958 | → |
Awaran | Tehsil | 27,156 | 30,345 | 45,774 | → |
Gishkore | Tehsil | 22,430 | 18,390 | 31,462 | → |
Jhal Jao | Tehsil | ... | 21,491 | 28,132 | → |
Korak Jhao (← Jhal Jao) | Tehsil | ... | 18,519 | 27,652 | → |
Mashkai | Tehsil | 34,373 | 33,076 | 45,938 | → |
Barkhan | District | 103,545 | 171,025 | 210,249 | → |
Barkhan | Tehsil | 103,545 | 171,025 | 210,249 | → |
Chagai | District | 104,534 | 226,517 | 269,192 | → |
Chagai | Tehsil | 22,511 | 58,256 | 73,482 | → |
Dalbandin | Tehsil | ... | 106,643 | 122,918 | → |
Nokundi | Tehsil | 14,029 | 22,283 | 30,625 | → |
Taftan | Tehsil | 7,666 | 18,510 | 19,259 | → |
Yak Machh (← Dalbandin) | Sub-Tehsil | ... | 20,825 | 22,908 | → |
Chaman (← Killa Abdullah) | District | 151,854 | 434,561 | 466,218 | → |
Chaman City (← Chaman) | Tehsil | 56,792 | 123,206 | 130,139 | → |
Chaman Saddar (← Chaman) | Tehsil | 95,062 | 311,355 | 336,079 | → |
Dera Bugti | District | 181,310 | 313,110 | 355,274 | → |
Baiker | Sub-Tehsil | 5,305 | 19,497 | 33,410 | → |
Dera Bugti | Tehsil | 32,403 | 48,415 | 50,943 | → |
Loti | Sub-Tehsil | 8,491 | 18,058 | 21,711 | → |
Malam | Sub-Tehsil | 19,504 | 27,265 | 33,340 | → |
Pir Koh | Sub-Tehsil | 27,448 | 40,629 | 44,396 | → |
Qadirabad (Phelawagh) | Tehsil | 11,760 | 28,054 | 32,226 | → |
Sangsillah | Sub-Tehsil | 13,700 | 10,217 | 12,523 | → |
Sui | Tehsil | 62,699 | 120,975 | 126,725 | → |
Duki (← Loralai) | District | 115,976 | 152,977 | 205,044 | → |
Duki (incl. Luni, Talao, Thal Chutyali) | Tehsil | 115,976 | 152,977 | 205,044 | → |
Gwadar | District | 185,498 | 262,253 | 305,160 | → |
Gwadar | Tehsil | 72,614 | 137,695 | 147,673 | → |
Jiwani | Tehsil | 19,788 | 26,691 | 35,004 | → |
Ormara | Tehsil | 18,848 | 25,634 | 27,832 | → |
Pasni | Tehsil | 56,902 | 61,347 | 74,128 | → |
Suntsar | Sub-Tehsil | 17,346 | 10,886 | 20,523 | → |
Harnai | District | 76,652 | 97,052 | 127,571 | → |
Harnai | Tehsil | 51,482 | 64,056 | 82,001 | → |
Khoast | Tehsil | 9,908 | 12,279 | 16,565 | → |
Shahrig | Tehsil | 15,262 | 20,717 | 29,005 | → |
Jaffarabad | District | 291,290 | 513,972 | 594,558 | → |
Gandhaka | Tehsil | 52,767 | 74,881 | 81,190 | → |
Jhat Pat | Tehsil | 131,060 | 253,107 | 302,498 | → |
Usta Muhammad | Tehsil | 107,463 | 185,984 | 210,870 | → |
Jhal Magsi | District | 109,941 | 148,900 | 203,368 | → |
Gandawa | Tehsil | 34,791 | 51,180 | 71,230 | → |
Jhal Magsi | Tehsil | 63,588 | 88,279 | 116,528 | → |
Mirpur | Sub-Tehsil | 11,562 | 9,441 | 15,610 | → |
Kachhi (Bolan; incl. Bhag Tehsil) | District | 255,480 | 308,000 | 442,674 | → |
Balanari | Sub-Tehsil | 39,597 | 43,341 | 60,158 | → |
Bhag | Tehsil | 56,023 | 71,527 | 83,687 | → |
Dhadar | Tehsil | 45,481 | 42,389 | 49,836 | → |
Khattan | Sub-Tehsil | 7,202 | 14,213 | 22,900 | → |
Mach | Tehsil | 30,107 | 39,629 | 75,272 | → |
Sanni | Tehsil | 77,070 | 96,901 | 150,821 | → |
Kalat | District | 144,433 | 203,565 | 271,560 | → |
Gazg | Sub-Tehsil | 3,979 | 5,721 | 8,286 | → |
Johan | Sub-Tehsil | 12,299 | 10,708 | 15,731 | → |
Kalat | Tehsil | 86,565 | 121,458 | 167,405 | → |
Mangochar | Tehsil | 41,590 | 65,678 | 80,138 | → |
Kech | District | 413,204 | 907,182 | 1,060,931 | → |
Balnigor | Sub-Tehsil | 19,560 | 44,595 | 50,404 | → |
Buleda | Tehsil | 35,251 | 77,148 | 107,847 | → |
Dasht | Tehsil | 39,061 | 76,470 | 90,080 | → |
Hoshab | Sub-Tehsil | 37,819 | 52,947 | 66,566 | → |
Mand | Tehsil | 35,281 | 50,995 | 56,772 | → |
Tump | Tehsil | 51,234 | 146,008 | 147,041 | → |
Turbat (Kech) | Tehsil | 157,142 | 416,608 | 470,605 | → |
Zamuran | Sub-Tehsil | 37,856 | 42,411 | 71,616 | → |
Kharan | District | 96,900 | 162,766 | 260,352 | → |
Kharan (incl. Patkain) | Tehsil | 43,772 | 82,931 | 124,534 | → |
Sar Kharan | Tehsil | 29,768 | 49,393 | 86,015 | → |
Tohumulk | Sub-Tehsil | 23,360 | 30,442 | 49,803 | → |
Khuzdar | District | 417,466 | 798,896 | 997,214 | → |
Aranji | Sub-Tehsil | 28,561 | 42,318 | 50,533 | → |
Gresha (← Nal) | Sub-Tehsil | ... | 45,648 | 69,665 | → |
Karakh | Tehsil | 21,984 | 31,016 | 35,990 | → |
Khuzdar | Tehsil | 161,845 | 299,464 | 359,358 | → |
Moola | Sub-Tehsil | 13,143 | 23,386 | 32,689 | → |
Nal | Tehsil | ... | 85,249 | 103,631 | → |
Ornach | Tehsil | 20,907 | 37,588 | 41,811 | → |
Saroona | Sub-Tehsil | 20,580 | 32,125 | 36,380 | → |
Wadh | Tehsil | 52,333 | 100,115 | 116,229 | → |
Zehri | Tehsil | 38,799 | 101,987 | 150,928 | → |
Killa Abdullah | District | 208,870 | 323,793 | 361,971 | → |
Dobandi | Sub-Tehsil | 31,050 | 61,741 | 69,759 | → |
Gulistan | Tehsil | 66,883 | 114,984 | 126,474 | → |
Killa Abdullah | Tehsil | 110,937 | 147,068 | 165,738 | → |
Killa Saifullah | District | 193,553 | 342,932 | 380,200 | → |
Baddini | Sub-Tehsil | 6,583 | 15,345 | 20,640 | → |
Kan Mehtarzai | Sub-Tehsil | 24,168 | 33,242 | 34,298 | → |
Killa Saifullah | Tehsil | 63,472 | 132,346 | 152,516 | → |
Loiband | Tehsil | 25,791 | 27,962 | 29,693 | → |
Muslim Bagh | Tehsil | 44,870 | 78,711 | 83,795 | → |
Shinki | Sub-Tehsil | 28,669 | 55,326 | 59,258 | → |
Kohlu | District | 99,846 | 213,933 | 260,220 | → |
Grisani | Sub-Tehsil | 4,057 | 17,027 | 15,246 | → |
Kahan | Tehsil | 26,765 | 73,833 | 107,840 | → |
Kohlu | Tehsil | 26,702 | 45,152 | 48,050 | → |
Mawand | Tehsil | 24,056 | 41,516 | 51,635 | → |
Tamboo | Sub-Tehsil | 18,266 | 36,405 | 37,449 | → |
Lasbela | District | 312,695 | 576,271 | 680,977 | → |
Bela | Tehsil | 68,341 | 104,727 | 129,264 | → |
Dureji | Tehsil | 31,504 | 45,541 | 52,236 | → |
Gadani | Tehsil | 18,957 | 24,593 | 29,215 | → |
Hub | Tehsil | 80,934 | 205,487 | 233,443 | → |
Kanraj | Tehsil | 8,116 | 12,389 | 15,996 | → |
Lakhra | Tehsil | 25,474 | 35,495 | 46,744 | → |
Liari | Sub-Tehsil | 7,846 | 11,730 | 17,155 | → |
Sonmiani/Winder | Tehsil | 31,799 | 64,019 | 67,991 | → |
Uthal | Tehsil | 39,724 | 72,290 | 88,933 | → |
Loralai | District | 134,171 | 244,446 | 272,432 | → |
Loralai Bori | Tehsil | 102,426 | 203,579 | 225,642 | → |
Mekhtar | Tehsil | 31,745 | 40,867 | 46,790 | → |
Mastung | District | 150,039 | 265,676 | 313,271 | → |
Dasht | Tehsil | 24,570 | 64,765 | 67,935 | → |
Khad Koocha | Sub-Tehsil | 19,262 | 38,860 | 46,316 | → |
Kirdgap | Tehsil | 24,214 | 28,624 | 36,701 | → |
Mastung | Tehsil | 81,993 | 133,427 | 162,319 | → |
Musakhel | District | 134,056 | 167,243 | 182,275 | → |
Drug (incl. Tiyar Essot, Zimri Plaseen) | Tehsil | 28,638 | 39,552 | 42,030 | → |
Kingri | Tehsil | 24,822 | 31,339 | 33,618 | → |
Musakhel (incl. Toisar) | Tehsil | 80,596 | 96,352 | 106,627 | → |
Nasirabad | District | 245,894 | 489,779 | 563,315 | → |
Baba Kot (incl. Landhi) | Tehsil | 19,531 | 51,509 | 62,299 | → |
Chattar | Tehsil | ... | 25,925 | 32,276 | → |
D.M. Jamali | Tehsil | 104,107 | 230,775 | 265,822 | → |
Mir Hassan Khosa (← Chattar) | Tehsil | ... | 50,611 | 53,400 | → |
Tamboo | Tehsil | 71,810 | 130,959 | 149,518 | → |
Nushki | District | 98,030 | 178,947 | 207,834 | → |
Dak (<- Nushki) | Sub-Tehsil | ... | 16,127 | 16,929 | → |
Nushki | Tehsil | ... | 162,820 | 190,905 | → |
Panjgur | District | 234,051 | 315,353 | 509,781 | → |
Gichk | Sub-Tehsil | 22,568 | 16,646 | 33,578 | → |
Gowargo | Tehsil | 24,377 | 16,329 | 31,718 | → |
Panjgur (incl. Kallag) | Tehsil | 168,268 | 259,163 | 413,372 | → |
Parome | Tehsil | 18,838 | 23,215 | 31,113 | → |
Pishin | District | 376,728 | 736,903 | 835,482 | → |
Barshore | Tehsil | 95,132 | 101,356 | 141,994 | → |
Bostan (← Karezat) | Tehsil | ... | 46,972 | 49,721 | → |
Hurramzai | Tehsil | 58,093 | 132,102 | 147,844 | → |
Karezat | Tehsil | ... | 64,058 | 59,756 | → |
Nana Sahib (← Karezat) | Tehsil | ... | 28,503 | 45,369 | → |
Pishin | Tehsil | 131,261 | 307,610 | 325,641 | → |
Saranan | Tehsil | 28,867 | 56,302 | 65,157 | → |
Quetta | District | 774,547 | 2,269,473 | 2,595,492 | → |
Panj Pai | Sub-Tehsil | 15,139 | 19,011 | 21,371 | → |
Quetta City (incl. Sariab) | Tehsil | 638,896 | 1,721,540 | 1,933,454 | → |
Quetta Sadar (incl. Kuchlak) | Tehsil | 120,512 | 528,922 | 640,667 | → |
Sheerani (Sherani) | District | 81,684 | 152,952 | 191,687 | → |
Sheerani (Sherani) | Tehsil | 81,684 | 152,952 | 191,687 | → |
Sibi (incl. Lehri Tehsil) | District | 136,322 | 179,751 | 224,148 | → |
Kotmandai | Sub-Tehsil | 8,057 | 7,583 | 9,748 | → |
Lehri | Tehsil | 32,576 | 44,490 | 53,999 | → |
Sangan | Sub-Tehsil | 3,024 | 2,665 | 5,431 | → |
Sibi | Tehsil | 92,665 | 125,013 | 154,970 | → |
Sohbatpur | District | 141,527 | 200,426 | 240,106 | → |
Faridabad | Tehsil | 33,400 | 58,204 | 68,948 | → |
Sanhri (incl. Hair Din, Manjhipur, Panhwar, Saeed Muhammad Kanrani) | Tehsil | 66,681 | 88,788 | 106,314 | → |
Sohbatpur | Tehsil | 41,446 | 53,434 | 64,844 | → |
Surab (← Kalat) | District | 93,401 | 208,493 | 279,038 | → |
Surab (incl. Dasht-e Goran, Gidder, Shaheed Meharabad Zehri) | Tehsil | 93,401 | 208,493 | 279,038 | → |
Washuk | District | 110,009 | 175,712 | 302,623 | → |
Besima | Tehsil | 16,740 | 40,266 | 63,368 | → |
Musakhel | Tehsil | 29,844 | 38,634 | 67,142 | → |
Nag | Sub-Tehsil | 19,956 | 34,477 | 57,467 | → |
Shahoo Garhi | Sub-Tehsil | 19,641 | 27,548 | 59,061 | → |
Washuk | Tehsil | 23,828 | 34,787 | 55,585 | → |
Zhob | District | 193,458 | 310,354 | 355,692 | → |
Ashwat | Sub-Tehsil | 13,247 | 20,768 | 25,094 | → |
Kashatoo | Sub-Tehsil | 5,165 | 5,184 | 5,810 | → |
Qamar Din Karez (Kakar Khurasan) | Tehsil | 5,855 | 13,831 | 15,018 | → |
Sambaza | Sub-Tehsil | 15,198 | 17,465 | 25,150 | → |
Zhob | Tehsil | 153,993 | 253,106 | 284,620 | → |
Ziarat | District | 80,748 | 160,095 | 189,535 | → |
Sinjawi | Tehsil | 47,408 | 92,497 | 110,623 | → |
Ziarat | Tehsil | 33,340 | 67,598 | 78,912 | → |
Balochistan | Province | 6,565,885 | 12,335,129 | 14,894,402 |
Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Explanation: The boundaries shown may deviate considerably from the actual boundaries.
Further information about the population structure:
Gender (C 2023) | |
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Males | 7,768,166 |
Females | 7,125,471 |
Transgender | 765 |
Age Groups (C 2023) | |
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0-14 years | 7,231,131 |
15-64 years | 7,023,017 |
65+ years | 307,863 |
Age Distribution (C 2023) | |
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70+ years | 181,840 |
60-69 years | 314,456 |
50-59 years | 578,473 |
40-49 years | 992,979 |
30-39 years | 1,468,799 |
20-29 years | 2,181,191 |
10-19 years | 3,576,342 |
0-9 years | 5,267,931 |
Urbanization (C 2023) | |
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Rural | 10,282,574 |
Urban | 4,611,828 |
Literacy (A10+) (C 2023) | |
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yes | 3,904,799 |
no | 5,389,281 |
Mother Tongue (C 2023) | |
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Urdu | 77,249 |
Punjabi | 86,457 |
Sindhi | 555,198 |
Pushto | 4,955,245 |
Balochi | 5,811,185 |
Saraiki | 319,054 |
Hindko | 24,204 |
Brahvi | 2,507,157 |
Mewati | 285 |
Kohistani | 1,014 |
Other Language | 224,963 |