Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Contents: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Province

35,501,964 Population [2017] – census

40,856,097 Population [2023] – census

101,741km² Area

401.6/km² Density [2023]

Contents: Districts and Subdistricts

The population of the districts, tribal districts (agencies) and subdistricts (tehsils) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by census years.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, literacy (a10+), mother tongue).

Name	Status	Population Census 1998-03-01	Population Census 2017-03-15	Population Census 2023-03-01
Abbottabad	District	880,666	1,333,089	1,419,072	→
Abbottabad	Tehsil	...	939,576	1,003,339	→
Havelian	Tehsil	...	235,725	256,754	→
Lora (← Havelian)	Tehsil	...	97,876	98,717	→
Lower Tanawal (← Abbottabad)	Tehsil	...	59,912	60,262	→
Bajaur	Agency	595,227	1,090,987	1,287,960	→
Barang	Tehsil	50,139	76,493	90,082	→
Bar Chamer Kand	Tehsil	3,247	2,868	3,574	→
Khar Bajaur	Tehsil	116,196	246,875	301,778	→
Mamund	Tehsil	168,283	311,373	358,190	→
Nawagai	Tehsil	57,264	78,494	93,850	→
Salarzai	Tehsil	141,750	267,636	316,767	→
Utmankhel (Qzafi)	Tehsil	58,348	107,248	123,719	→
Bannu	District	695,260	1,210,183	1,357,890	→
Bakka Khel (← Bannu)	Tehsil	...	168,300	192,797	→
Bannu	Tehsil	...	563,374	644,909	→
Domel	Tehsil	102,710	208,968	224,428	→
Kakki (← Bannu)	Tehsil	...	82,265	92,021	→
Meryan (← Bannu)	Tehsil	...	144,164	166,473	→
Wazir (Frontier Region Bannu)	Sub-Division	19,593	43,112	37,262	→
Batagram	District	307,278	476,749	554,133	→
Allai	Tehsil	121,652	180,502	218,149	→
Batagram	Tehsil	185,626	296,247	335,984	→
Buner	District	506,048	895,460	1,016,869	→
Chagharzai (← Gagra)	Tehsil	...	109,291	125,949	→
Daggar	Tehsil	...	176,049	192,776	→
Gadezai (← Daggar)	Tehsil	...	178,760	197,466	→
Gagra	Tehsil	...	160,680	179,087	→
Khado Khel	Tehsil	69,812	118,072	136,560	→
Mandanr	Tehsil	87,239	152,608	185,031	→
Charsadda	District	1,022,364	1,610,960	1,835,504	→
Charsadda	Tehsil	527,152	809,660	909,438	→
Shabqadar	Tehsil	240,751	379,952	440,524	→
Tangi	Tehsil	254,461	421,348	485,542	→
Dera Ismail Khan	District	891,985	1,693,594	1,829,811	→
Daraban	Tehsil	73,658	124,318	149,447	→
Dera Ismail Khan (D.I. Khan)	Tehsil	362,790	730,678	767,979	→
Drazanda (Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan)	Sub-Division	38,990	68,506	82,386	→
Kulachi	Tehsil	67,256	101,892	102,595	→
Paharpur	Tehsil	218,589	362,606	406,467	→
Paroa	Tehsil	130,702	305,594	320,937	→
Hangu	District	314,529	518,811	528,902	→
Hangu	Tehsil	163,117	270,399	280,883	→
Tall	Tehsil	151,412	248,412	248,019	→
Haripur	District	692,228	1,001,515	1,174,783	→
Ghazi	Tehsil	113,049	144,917	151,839	→
Haripur	Tehsil	...	683,411	836,058	→
Khanpur (← Haripur)	Tehsil	...	173,187	186,886	→
Karak	District	430,796	705,362	815,878	→
Banda Daud Shah	Tehsil	98,626	155,482	177,744	→
Karak	Tehsil	175,758	292,829	339,983	→
Takht-e-Nasriti	Tehsil	156,412	257,051	298,151	→
Khyber	Agency	546,730	984,246	1,146,267	→
Bara	Tehsil	286,184	443,449	548,084	→
Jamrud	Tehsil	96,188	227,557	243,290	→
Landi Kotal	Tehsil	144,714	273,052	312,313	→
Mula Ghori	Tehsil	19,644	40,188	42,580	→
Kohat	District	651,100	1,111,266	1,234,661	→
Darra Adam Khel (Frontier Region Kohat)	Sub-Division	88,456	118,839	139,839	→
Gumbat (← Kohat)	Tehsil	...	112,340	124,530	→
Kohat	Tehsil	...	736,657	817,610	→
Lachi	Tehsil	91,996	143,430	152,682	→
Kolai-Palas (← Kohistan)	District	165,613	274,923	280,162	→
Battaira (← Palas)	Tehsil	...	93,879	142,660	→
Palas	Tehsil	...	181,044	137,502	→
Kurram	Agency	448,310	615,372	785,434	→
Central Kurram Frontier Region	Tehsil	181,416	229,007	358,670	→
Lower Kurram	Tehsil	81,323	133,929	150,945	→
Upper Kurram	Tehsil	185,571	252,436	275,819	→
Lakki Marwat	District	497,012	902,138	1,040,856	→
Bettani (Frontier Region Lakki Marwat)	Sub-Division	6,987	26,394	35,571	→
Ghazni Khel (← Lakki Marwat)	Tehsil	...	295,984	329,775	→
Lakki Marwat	Tehsil	...	282,890	341,693	→
Naurang	Tehsil	150,091	296,870	333,817	→
Lower Chitral (← Chitral)	District	184,874	278,328	320,407	→
Chitral	Tehsil	...	183,178	211,374	→
Drosh (← Chitral)	Tehsil	...	95,150	109,033	→
Lower Dir	District	779,056	1,436,082	1,650,183	→
Adenzai	Tehsil	168,830	317,526	378,915	→
Lal Qilla	Tehsil	129,305	219,567	247,381	→
Samarbagh (Barwa)	Tehsil	190,072	378,004	427,714	→
Timergara	Tehsil	290,849	520,985	596,173	→
Lower Kohistan (← Kohistan)	District	122,211	202,502	340,017	→
Bankand Ranolia (← Pattan)	Tehsil	...	56,366	205,851	→
Pattan	Tehsil	...	146,136	134,166	→
Malakand Protected Area	District	452,291	717,806	826,250	→
Sam Ranizai	Tehsil	191,996	303,644	353,291	→
Swat Ranizai	Tehsil	260,295	414,162	472,959	→
Mansehra	District	978,157	1,555,742	1,797,177	→
Baffa Pakhal (← Mansehra)	Tehsil	...	406,183	460,090	→
Balakot	Tehsil	214,630	273,257	310,339	→
Darband (← Oghi)	Tehsil	...	49,503	51,702	→
Mansehra	Tehsil	...	611,338	723,325	→
Oghi	Tehsil	...	215,461	251,721	→
Mardan	District	1,460,100	2,373,399	2,744,898	→
Ghari Kapoora (← Mardan)	Tehsil	...	266,290	319,465	→
Katlang	Tehsil	221,546	316,506	377,535	→
Mardan	Tehsil	...	921,581	1,040,893	→
Rustam (← Mardan)	Tehsil	...	241,850	279,527	→
Takht Bhai	Tehsil	374,537	627,172	727,478	→
Mohmand	Agency	334,453	474,345	553,933	→
Halimzai	Tehsil	48,418	78,705	89,149	→
Pindiali	Tehsil	51,276	89,711	112,247	→
Pringhar	Tehsil	18,620	36,569	36,046	→
Safi	Tehsil	71,503	98,501	109,620	→
Upper Mohmand	Tehsil	80,177	51,154	63,659	→
Utman Khel (Ambar)	Tehsil	30,728	61,951	79,455	→
Yake Ghund	Tehsil	33,731	57,754	63,757	→
North Waziristan	Agency	361,246	540,546	693,332	→
Datta Khel	Tehsil	110,006	75,003	92,196	→
Dossali	Tehsil	20,482	39,945	50,524	→
Garyum	Tehsil	3,917	11,811	18,931	→
Ghulam Khan	Tehsil	13,251	27,015	31,015	→
Mir Ali	Tehsil	93,855	184,986	229,647	→
Miran Shah	Tehsil	67,530	100,644	123,317	→
Razmak	Tehsil	5,729	15,681	49,367	→
Shewa	Tehsil	22,956	39,290	44,126	→
Spinwam	Tehsil	23,520	46,171	54,209	→
Nowshera	District	874,373	1,520,995	1,740,705	→
Jehangira	Tehsil	208,704	353,764	434,984	→
Nowshera	Tehsil	419,549	728,815	796,226	→
Pabbi	Tehsil	246,120	438,416	509,495	→
Orakzai	Agency	225,441	254,303	387,561	→
Central	Tehsil	47,122	59,132	92,819	→
Ismailzai	Tehsil	28,843	23,963	39,328	→
Lower	Tehsil	65,416	107,323	125,944	→
Upper	Tehsil	84,060	63,885	129,470	→
Peshawar	District	2,080,692	4,331,959	4,758,762	→
Badhber (← Peshawar)	Tehsil	...	384,916	439,912	→
Cham Kani (← Peshawar)	Tehsil	...	461,177	624,354	→
Hassan Khel (Frontier Region Peshawar)	Sub-Division	53,841	64,761	72,557	→
Mathra (← Peshawar)	Tehsil	...	408,190	495,059	→
Peshawar	Tehsil	...	2,183,787	2,113,596	→
Pishta Khara (← Peshawar)	Tehsil	...	406,984	480,436	→
Shah Alam (← Peshawar)	Tehsil	...	422,144	532,848	→
Shangla	District	434,563	759,609	891,252	→
Alpuri	Tehsil	...	307,333	366,772	→
Besham	Tehsil	57,739	105,950	121,279	→
Chakisar (← Alpuri)	Tehsil	...	110,785	128,238	→
Martung (← Alpuri)	Tehsil	...	90,243	103,205	→
Puran	Tehsil	79,106	145,298	171,758	→
South Waziristan	Agency	429,841	675,215	888,675	→
Birmal	Tehsil	58,512	104,282	112,757	→
Ladha (incl. Shaktoi)	Tehsil	72,278	110,842	152,676	→
Makin (Charlai)	Tehsil	30,528	58,646	66,042	→
Sararogha	Tehsil	72,063	98,180	145,118	→
Sarwekai	Tehsil	31,472	54,540	58,804	→
Tiarza	Tehsil	37,708	45,156	65,798	→
Toi Khullah	Tehsil	36,508	50,413	102,835	→
Wana	Tehsil	90,772	153,156	184,645	→
Swabi	District	1,026,804	1,625,477	1,894,600	→
Lahor	Tehsil	187,558	305,782	354,383	→
Razar	Tehsil	376,106	584,876	682,303	→
Swabi	Tehsil	258,006	406,321	475,352	→
Topi	Tehsil	205,134	328,498	382,562	→
Swat	District	1,257,602	2,308,624	2,687,384	→
Babuzai	Tehsil	321,995	599,324	696,697	→
Bari Kot	Tehsil	99,975	183,777	220,148	→
Behrain	Tehsil	125,247	248,422	270,623	→
Charbagh	Tehsil	73,682	126,001	159,358	→
Kabal	Tehsil	244,142	420,001	480,827	→
Khawaza Khela	Tehsil	141,193	265,500	307,300	→
Matta	Tehsil	251,368	465,599	552,431	→
Tank	District	265,432	427,044	470,293	→
Jandola (Frontier Region Tank)	Sub-Division	27,216	36,418	44,794	→
Tank	Tehsil	238,216	390,626	425,499	→
Tor Ghar (Kala Dhaka)	District	174,682	171,349	200,445	→
Daur Mera (← Judba)	Tehsil	...	41,661	50,503	→
Judba	Tehsil	...	57,745	63,083	→
Khander	Tehsil	90,054	71,943	86,859	→
Upper Chitral (← Chitral)	District	133,815	169,297	195,528	→
Mastuj	Tehsil	133,815	169,297	195,528	→
Upper Dir	District	514,451	947,401	1,083,566	→
Dir	Tehsil	...	335,029	384,667	→
Larjum (← Dir)	Tehsil	...	104,496	119,396	→
Shringal	Tehsil	104,058	185,121	210,356	→
Wari	Tehsil	175,069	322,755	369,147	→
Upper Kohistan (← Kohistan)	District	184,746	307,286	422,947	→
Dassu	Tehsil	...	124,374	148,914	→
Harban Bhasha (← Dassu)	Tehsil	...	32,510	49,244	→
Kandia	Tehsil	46,437	83,850	165,232	→
Seo (← Dassu)	Tehsil	...	66,552	59,557	→
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier) [incl. FATA]	Province	20,919,976	35,501,964	40,856,097

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)
Males	20,845,747
Females	20,009,233
Transgender	1,117

Age Groups (C 2023)
0-14 years	17,660,163
15-64 years	21,655,499
65+ years	1,325,458

Age Distribution (C 2023)
70+ years	788,567
60-69 years	1,297,160
50-59 years	2,117,583
40-49 years	3,279,512
30-39 years	4,824,877
20-29 years	6,384,784
10-19 years	9,532,990
0-9 years	12,415,647

Urbanization (C 2023)
Rural	34,724,801
Urban	6,131,296

Literacy (A10+) (C 2023)
yes	14,420,285
no	13,805,188

Mother Tongue (C 2023)
Urdu	259,925
Punjabi	99,485
Sindhi	10,019
Pushto	32,919,592
Balochi	30,636
Saraiki	1,288,200
Hindko	3,815,327
Brahvi	1,570
Mewati	93
Kohistani	996,182
Other Language	1,220,091