Pakistan

Contents: Punjab

Province

109,989,655 Population [2017] – census

127,688,922 Population [2023] – census

205,345km² Area

621.8/km² Density [2023]

Contents: Districts and Subdistricts

The population of the districts and subdistricts (tehsils) of Punjab 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
Attock	District	1,274,935	1,886,378	2,170,423	→
Attock	Tehsil	261,829	435,203	516,277	→
Fateh Jang	Tehsil	214,256	326,433	374,726	→
Hassan Abdal	Tehsil	135,856	217,109	253,670	→
Hazro	Tehsil	238,941	340,189	386,544	→
Jand	Tehsil	228,349	295,513	330,328	→
Pindi Gheb	Tehsil	195,704	271,931	308,878	→
Bahawalnagar	District	2,061,447	2,975,656	3,550,342	→
Bahawalnagar	Tehsil	541,553	813,390	976,049	→
Chishtian	Tehsil	498,270	697,125	845,439	→
Fort Abbas	Tehsil	285,596	422,768	510,253	→
Haroonabad	Tehsil	381,767	517,356	615,476	→
Minchinabad	Tehsil	354,261	525,017	603,125	→
Bahawalpur	District	2,433,091	3,669,176	4,284,964	→
Ahmadpur East	Tehsil	718,297	1,078,586	1,307,578	→
Bahawalpur City	Tehsil	419,542	682,116	815,202	→
Bahawalpur Saddar	Tehsil	387,038	575,886	675,950	→
Hasilpur	Tehsil	317,513	456,360	508,415	→
Khairpur Tamewali	Tehsil	183,903	262,923	290,582	→
Yazman	Tehsil	406,798	613,305	687,237	→
Bhakkar	District	1,051,456	1,647,852	1,957,470	→
Bhakkar	Tehsil	424,488	683,939	809,789	→
Darya Khan	Tehsil	233,410	360,427	421,309	→
Kalur Kot	Tehsil	223,676	346,591	415,708	→
Mankera	Tehsil	169,882	256,895	310,664	→
Chakwal	District	1,083,725	1,495,463	1,734,854	→
Chakwal	Tehsil	475,500	656,527	768,622	→
Choa Saidan Shah	Tehsil	105,256	141,942	167,537	→
Kallar Kahar	Tehsil	122,548	169,238	196,449	→
Lawa	Tehsil	95,626	117,929	144,611	→
Talagang	Tehsil	284,795	409,827	457,635	→
Chiniot	District	965,124	1,368,659	1,563,024	→
Bhawana	Tehsil	272,754	373,841	428,617	→
Chiniot	Tehsil	382,876	555,796	633,621	→
Lalian	Tehsil	309,494	439,022	500,786	→
Dera Ghazi Khan	District	1,643,118	2,872,631	3,393,705	→
Dera Ghazi Khan (D.G. Khan)	Tehsil	712,930	1,224,964	1,443,409	→
Koh-e-Sulaiman	Tehsil	126,198	212,652	248,683	→
Kot Chutta	Tehsil	438,306	757,230	904,836	→
Taunsa	Tehsil	365,684	677,785	796,777	→
Faisalabad	District	5,429,547	7,882,444	9,075,819	→
Chak Jhumra	Tehsil	253,806	332,966	385,169	→
Faisalabad City	Tehsil	2,140,346	3,244,259	3,691,999	→
Faisalabad Saddar	Tehsil	924,110	1,465,027	1,742,958	→
Jaranwala	Tehsil	1,061,846	1,493,923	1,731,148	→
Samundri	Tehsil	508,637	643,114	729,672	→
Tandlianwala	Tehsil	540,802	703,155	794,873	→
Gujranwala	District	3,400,940	5,011,066	5,959,750	→
Gujranwala City	Tehsil	...	2,102,311	2,511,118	→
Gujranwala Saddar	Tehsil	...	963,982	1,133,101	→
Kamoki	Tehsil	405,366	579,690	681,339	→
Nowshera Virkan	Tehsil	424,082	534,811	640,780	→
Wazirabad	Tehsil	644,233	830,272	993,412	→
Gujrat	District	2,048,008	2,756,289	3,219,375	→
Gujrat	Tehsil	1,093,088	1,497,706	1,746,173	→
Kharian	Tehsil	779,632	1,011,262	1,174,935	→
Sarai Alamgir	Tehsil	175,288	247,321	298,267	→
Hafizabad	District	832,980	1,156,954	1,319,909	→
Hafizabad	Tehsil	485,187	663,916	761,156	→
Pindi Bhattian	Tehsil	347,793	493,038	558,753	→
Jhang	District	1,869,421	2,743,526	3,065,639	→
18 Hazari	Tehsil	200,036	295,714	332,295	→
Ahmadpur Sial	Tehsil	296,465	433,534	487,905	→
Jhang	Tehsil	999,130	1,464,818	1,640,676	→
Shorkot	Tehsil	373,790	549,460	604,763	→
Jhelum	District	936,957	1,222,403	1,382,308	→
Dina	Tehsil	183,373	238,465	277,182	→
Jhelum	Tehsil	333,569	445,232	507,788	→
Pind Dadan Khan	Tehsil	263,615	336,841	371,971	→
Sohawa	Tehsil	156,400	201,865	225,367	→
Kasur	District	2,354,506	3,454,881	4,084,286	→
Chunian	Tehsil	584,567	826,323	979,746	→
Kasur	Tehsil	902,792	1,333,583	1,603,658	→
Kot Radha Kishan	Tehsil	232,911	360,523	424,875	→
Pattoki	Tehsil	634,236	934,452	1,076,007	→
Khanewal	District	2,068,490	2,920,233	3,364,077	→
Jehanian	Tehsil	249,574	343,425	384,822	→
Kabirwala	Tehsil	663,878	958,596	1,119,229	→
Khanewal	Tehsil	607,012	856,257	987,445	→
Mian Channu	Tehsil	548,026	761,955	872,581	→
Khushab	District	905,711	1,280,372	1,501,089	→
Khushab	Tehsil	480,109	690,157	816,682	→
Nowshera	Tehsil	87,922	117,356	144,851	→
Nurpur	Tehsil	174,683	242,831	264,597	→
Quaidabad	Tehsil	162,997	230,028	274,959	→
Lahore	District	6,340,114	11,119,985	13,004,135	→
Lahore Cantonment	Tehsil	918,730	1,632,702	1,885,098	→
Lahore City	Tehsil	2,219,399	3,644,787	4,123,354	→
Model Town	Tehsil	1,409,228	2,712,398	3,244,906	→
Riawand	Tehsil	357,934	848,541	1,080,637	→
Shalimar	Tehsil	1,434,823	2,281,557	2,670,140	→
Layyah	District	1,120,951	1,823,995	2,102,386	→
Chaubara	Tehsil	161,010	252,540	299,082	→
Karor Lal Esan	Tehsil	368,899	594,367	684,729	→
Layyah	Tehsil	591,042	977,088	1,118,575	→
Lodhran	District	1,171,800	1,699,693	1,928,299	→
Dunyapur	Tehsil	350,202	495,217	571,333	→
Kahror Pacca	Tehsil	361,532	500,963	547,761	→
Lodhran	Tehsil	460,066	703,513	809,205	→
Mandi Bahauddin	District	1,160,552	1,594,039	1,829,486	→
Malakwal	Tehsil	281,710	372,171	429,303	→
Mandi Bahauddin	Tehsil	478,946	668,538	764,532	→
Phalia	Tehsil	399,896	553,330	635,651	→
Mianwali	District	1,056,620	1,542,601	1,798,268	→
Isakhel	Tehsil	256,497	374,194	414,100	→
Mianwali	Tehsil	532,156	766,357	908,405	→
Piplan	Tehsil	267,967	402,050	475,763	→
Multan	District	3,116,851	4,746,166	5,362,305	→
Jalalpur Pirwala	Tehsil	364,716	554,971	608,488	→
Multan City	Tehsil	1,381,478	2,259,115	2,555,486	→
Multan Saddar	Tehsil	950,034	1,323,076	1,516,004	→
Shujabad	Tehsil	420,623	609,004	682,327	→
Muzaffargarh	District	2,635,903	4,328,549	5,015,325	→
Alipur	Tehsil	398,053	640,384	760,526	→
Chowk Sarwar Shaheed (← Kot Addu)	Tehsil	...	365,714	414,578	→
Jatoi	Tehsil	446,546	715,177	862,046	→
Kot Addu	Tehsil	...	981,787	1,072,180	→
Muzaffargarh	Tehsil	982,866	1,625,487	1,905,995	→
Nankana Sahib	District	1,044,865	1,354,986	1,634,871	→
Nankana Sahib	Tehsil	683,963	884,006	1,065,063	→
Sangla Hill	Tehsil	188,020	227,604	269,993	→
Shahkot	Tehsil	172,882	243,376	299,815	→
Narowal	District	1,265,097	1,707,575	1,950,954	→
Narowal	Tehsil	425,879	596,539	680,402	→
Shakargarh	Tehsil	520,855	672,030	769,339	→
Zafarwal	Tehsil	318,363	439,006	501,213	→
Okara	District	2,232,992	3,040,826	3,515,490	→
Depalpur	Tehsil	1,030,836	1,375,785	1,592,201	→
Okara	Tehsil	862,364	1,206,319	1,393,746	→
Renala Khurd	Tehsil	339,792	458,722	529,543	→
Pakpattan	District	1,286,680	1,824,228	2,136,170	→
Arifwala	Tehsil	603,096	855,029	999,278	→
Pakpattan	Tehsil	683,584	969,199	1,136,892	→
Rahim Yar Khan	District	3,141,053	4,807,762	5,564,703	→
Khanpur	Tehsil	683,865	982,085	1,169,138	→
Liaquatpur	Tehsil	698,985	1,033,906	1,235,264	→
Rahim Yar Khan	Tehsil	985,655	1,530,183	1,778,542	→
Sadiqabad	Tehsil	772,548	1,261,588	1,381,759	→
Rajanpur	District	1,103,618	1,996,039	2,381,049	→
De-excluded area of Rajanpur	Area	14,051	34,191	41,741	→
Jampur	Tehsil	485,051	849,389	1,012,039	→
Rajanpur	Tehsil	395,953	706,770	853,192	→
Rojhan	Tehsil	208,563	405,689	474,077	→
Rawalpindi	District	3,363,911	5,402,380	6,118,911	→
Gujar Khan	Tehsil	494,010	678,062	781,578	→
Kahuta	Tehsil	153,719	220,848	237,843	→
Kallar Sayyedan	Tehsil	158,120	217,061	242,709	→
Kotli Sattian	Tehsil	82,711	119,193	120,421	→
Murree	Tehsil	176,599	233,017	252,526	→
Rawalpindi	Tehsil	1,927,612	3,256,641	3,744,590	→
Taxila	Tehsil	371,140	677,558	739,244	→
Sahiwal	District	1,843,194	2,513,011	2,881,811	→
Chichawatni	Tehsil	787,062	1,024,180	1,155,978	→
Sahiwal	Tehsil	1,056,132	1,488,831	1,725,833	→
Sargodha	District	2,665,979	3,696,212	4,334,448	→
Bhalwal	Tehsil	254,732	356,206	387,262	→
Bhera	Tehsil	226,365	314,369	384,403	→
Kot Momin	Tehsil	338,790	451,978	544,208	→
Sahiwal	Tehsil	247,605	340,695	407,487	→
Sargodha	Tehsil	1,081,459	1,535,152	1,800,455	→
Shahpur	Tehsil	262,747	353,325	424,746	→
Sillanwali	Tehsil	254,281	344,487	385,887	→
Sheikhupura	District	2,276,164	3,460,004	4,049,418	→
Ferozewala	Tehsil	396,069	818,642	997,246	→
Muridke	Tehsil	452,369	615,436	721,192	→
Safdarabad	Tehsil	227,715	272,807	320,851	→
Sharkpur	Tehsil	150,747	197,459	229,292	→
Sheikhupura	Tehsil	1,049,264	1,555,660	1,780,837	→
Sialkot	District	2,723,481	3,894,938	4,499,394	→
Daska	Tehsil	605,435	847,117	980,547	→
Pasrur	Tehsil	611,871	840,847	970,366	→
Sambrial	Tehsil	298,431	410,823	460,280	→
Sialkot	Tehsil	1,207,744	1,796,151	2,088,201	→
Toba Tek Singh	District	1,621,593	2,190,602	2,524,044	→
Gojra	Tehsil	495,096	657,222	755,579	→
Kamalia	Tehsil	283,674	372,010	422,477	→
Pir Mahal	Tehsil	288,592	421,353	496,636	→
Toba Tek Singh	Tehsil	554,231	740,017	849,352	→
Vehari	District	2,090,416	2,902,081	3,430,421	→
Burewala	Tehsil	730,583	1,019,659	1,204,255	→
Mailsi	Tehsil	704,878	953,610	1,120,407	→
Vehari	Tehsil	654,955	928,812	1,105,759	→
Punjab	Province	73,621,290	109,989,655	127,688,922

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	65,448,376
Females	62,226,589
Transgender	13,957

Age Groups (C 2023)
0-14 years	48,659,357
15-64 years	73,579,550
65+ years	5,094,398

Age Distribution (C 2023)
70+ years	2,966,377
60-69 years	5,084,326
50-59 years	8,276,290
40-49 years	12,494,152
30-39 years	16,622,720
20-29 years	20,772,983
10-19 years	27,196,873
0-9 years	33,919,584

Urbanization (C 2023)
Rural	75,712,955
Urban	51,975,967

Literacy (A10+) (C 2023)
yes	61,882,702
no	31,531,019

Mother Tongue (C 2023)
Urdu	9,143,466
Punjabi	85,309,591
Sindhi	352,686
Pushto	2,387,378
Balochi	1,063,324
Saraiki	26,282,637
Hindko	779,667
Brahvi	3,506
Mewati	1,035,687
Kohistani	21,910
Other Language	953,453