Pakistan: Sindh

Contents: Sindh

Province

47,854,510 Population [2017] – census

55,696,147 Population [2023] – census

140,914km² Area

395.2/km² Density [2023]

2.6% Annual Population Change [2017 → 2023]

Contents: Districts and Subdistricts

The population of the districts and subdistricts (talukas) of Sindh 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
Badin	District	1,106,272	1,804,958	1,947,081	→
Badin	Taluka	289,259	454,576	490,386	→
Golarchi (Shaheed Fazal Rahu)	Taluka	182,691	334,440	374,854	→
Matli	Taluka	283,273	444,700	471,100	→
Talhar	Taluka	107,902	172,014	184,206	→
Tando Bago	Taluka	243,147	399,228	426,535	→
Dadu	District	1,106,717	1,550,390	1,742,320	→
Dadu	Taluka	327,972	461,665	508,607	→
Johi	Taluka	207,383	294,389	333,179	→
Khairpur Nathan Shah	Taluka	253,309	334,477	379,975	→
Mehar	Taluka	318,053	459,859	520,559	→
Ghotki	District	968,797	1,648,708	1,772,609	→
Daharki	Taluka	178,154	310,709	335,145	→
Ghotki	Taluka	298,634	507,087	540,939	→
Khangarh	Taluka	86,173	149,667	162,318	→
Mirpur Mathelo	Taluka	198,420	327,821	350,647	→
Ubauro	Taluka	207,416	353,424	383,560	→
Hyderabad	District	1,494,866	2,199,928	2,432,540	→
Hyderabad	Taluka	290,432	466,306	511,265	→
Hyderabad City	Taluka	525,299	725,153	778,132	→
Latifabad	Taluka	563,761	703,690	800,983	→
Qasimabad	Taluka	115,374	304,779	342,160	→
Jacobabad	District	727,190	1,007,009	1,174,097	→
Garhi Khairo	Taluka	117,207	159,019	193,297	→
Jacobabad	Taluka	267,998	382,578	447,647	→
Thul	Taluka	341,985	465,412	533,153	→
Jamshoro	District	582,094	993,908	1,117,308	→
Kotri	Taluka	207,574	438,063	472,003	→
Manjhand	Taluka	100,105	140,766	161,794	→
Sehwan	Taluka	170,589	269,817	322,011	→
Thano Bula Khan	Taluka	103,826	145,262	161,500	→
Karachi Central	District	2,289,071	2,971,382	3,822,325	→
Gulberg	Sub-Division	423,517	496,094	613,724	→
Liaquatabad	Sub-Division	388,078	449,098	547,706	→
Nazimabad	Sub-Division	366,081	446,347	572,740	→
New Karachi	Sub-Division	580,472	871,245	1,165,742	→
North Nazimabad	Sub-Division	530,923	708,598	922,413	→
Karachi East	District	1,447,529	2,875,315	3,921,742	→
Ferozabad	Sub-Division	521,369	761,631	1,167,692	→
Gulshan-e-Iqbal	Sub-Division	415,380	841,800	979,502	→
Gulzar-e-Hijri	Sub-Division	130,066	792,451	1,118,534	→
Jamshed Quarters	Sub-Division	380,714	479,433	656,014	→
Karachi South	District	1,468,579	1,769,230	2,329,764	→
Aram Bagh	Sub-Division	137,742	128,313	237,224	→
Civil Line	Sub-Division	281,590	473,119	480,480	→
Garden	Sub-Division	325,716	363,967	502,819	→
Lyari	Sub-Division	594,966	661,926	949,878	→
Saddar	Sub-Division	128,565	141,905	159,363	→
Karachi West	District	1,101,524	2,077,228	2,679,380	→
Mango Pir	Sub-Division	121,426	711,236	1,081,753	→
Mominabad	Sub-Division	637,407	845,797	1,000,708	→
Orangi	Sub-Division	342,691	520,195	596,919	→
Kashmore	District	677,120	1,090,336	1,233,957	→
Kandhkot	Taluka	217,447	366,111	407,592	→
Kashmore	Taluka	268,899	434,966	487,601	→
Tangwani	Taluka	190,774	289,259	338,764	→
Keamari	District	1,026,241	1,829,837	2,068,451	→
Baldia	Sub-Division	402,562	832,583	948,597	→
Harbour	Sub-Division	222,106	401,115	451,801	→
Mauripur	Sub-Division	73,934	192,565	218,933	→
Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE)	Sub-Division	327,639	403,574	449,120	→
Khairpur	District	1,547,751	2,405,190	2,597,535	→
Faiz Ganj	Taluka	146,436	224,088	243,254	→
Gambat	Taluka	173,252	263,218	286,129	→
Khairpur	Taluka	275,255	440,412	465,233	→
Kingri	Taluka	228,630	340,297	370,304	→
Kot Diji	Taluka	227,968	348,582	385,872	→
Mirwah	Taluka	226,373	352,764	379,615	→
Nara	Taluka	92,387	160,643	173,968	→
Sobho Dero	Taluka	177,450	275,186	293,160	→
Korangi	District	1,608,609	2,577,556	3,128,971	→
Korangi	Sub-Division	529,837	1,126,141	1,363,992	→
Landhi	Sub-Division	428,937	546,196	681,294	→
Model Colony	Sub-Division	262,199	384,389	441,791	→
Shah Faisal	Sub-Division	387,636	520,830	641,894	→
Larkana	District	1,001,608	1,521,786	1,784,453	→
Bakrani	Taluka	171,813	229,200	275,268	→
Dokri	Taluka	169,033	224,959	257,394	→
Larkana	Taluka	434,553	735,210	873,868	→
Ratodero	Taluka	226,209	332,417	377,923	→
Malir	District	914,765	1,924,346	2,432,248	→
Airport	Sub-Division	73,928	195,143	254,370	→
Bin Qasim	Sub-Division	108,045	248,098	322,915	→
Gadap	Sub-Division	35,883	64,153	100,351	→
Ibrahim Hyderi	Sub-Division	476,795	1,055,780	1,341,638	→
Murad Memon	Sub-Division	202,680	331,326	376,987	→
Shah Mureed	Sub-Division	17,434	29,846	35,987	→
Matiari	District	494,244	770,040	849,383	→
Hala	Taluka	161,981	262,639	286,155	→
Matiari	Taluka	218,065	341,110	377,945	→
Saeedabad	Taluka	114,198	166,291	185,283	→
Mirpur Khas	District	1,006,329	1,504,440	1,681,386	→
Digri	Taluka	147,272	214,017	234,578	→
Hussain Bux Mari	Taluka	83,219	150,226	172,143	→
Jhudo	Taluka	146,013	201,850	230,285	→
Kot Ghulam Muhammad	Taluka	179,008	273,132	310,142	→
Mirpur Khas	Taluka	201,406	260,288	287,802	→
Shujaabad	Taluka	98,783	168,733	185,654	→
Sindhri	Taluka	150,628	236,194	260,782	→
Naushahro Feroze	District	1,087,571	1,612,047	1,777,082	→
Bhiria	Taluka	204,120	301,544	330,308	→
Kandiaro	Taluka	222,529	322,376	356,506	→
Mehrabpur	Taluka	155,345	246,649	273,764	→
Moro	Taluka	265,251	368,579	408,148	→
Naushahro Feroze	Taluka	240,326	372,899	408,356	→
Qambar Shahdadkot	District	924,294	1,338,035	1,514,869	→
Kambar Ali Khan	Taluka	268,934	393,374	448,990	→
Miro Khan	Taluka	98,782	157,934	182,461	→
Nasirabad	Taluka	113,779	151,410	174,708	→
Qubo Saeed Khan	Taluka	63,706	85,767	99,308	→
Shahdadkot	Taluka	126,619	202,564	225,086	→
Sujawal Junejo	Taluka	83,026	117,467	130,635	→
Warah	Taluka	169,448	229,519	253,681	→
Sanghar	District	1,319,881	2,049,873	2,308,465	→
Jam Nawaz Ali	Taluka	90,091	153,193	171,598	→
Khipro	Taluka	225,089	332,833	366,748	→
Sanghar	Taluka	264,882	432,792	482,560	→
Shahdadpur	Taluka	309,727	457,028	525,164	→
Sinjhoro	Taluka	199,474	317,004	354,709	→
Tando Adam	Taluka	230,618	357,023	407,686	→
Shaheed Benazir Abad (Nawabshah)	District	1,102,584	1,613,506	1,845,102	→
Daur	Taluka	304,625	477,993	532,621	→
Kazi Ahmed (Daulatpur)	Taluka	246,797	348,944	402,834	→
Nawabshah	Taluka	281,302	413,402	481,978	→
Sakrand	Taluka	269,860	373,167	427,669	→
Shikarpur	District	880,438	1,233,760	1,386,330	→
Garhi Yasin	Taluka	227,966	316,573	333,289	→
Khanpur	Taluka	191,681	276,140	331,219	→
Lakhi	Taluka	188,298	248,756	300,490	→
Shikarpur	Taluka	272,493	392,291	421,332	→
Sujawal	District	513,702	779,062	839,292	→
Jati	Taluka	123,957	201,868	214,710	→
Kharo Chan	Taluka	9,956	10,235	11,403	→
Mirpur Bathoro	Taluka	151,915	210,820	231,735	→
Shah Bunder	Taluka	100,575	159,748	168,911	→
Sujawal	Taluka	127,299	196,391	212,533	→
Sukkur	District	931,387	1,488,372	1,639,897	→
New Sukkur	Taluka	159,475	320,223	356,473	→
Pano Aqil	Taluka	268,201	436,372	457,078	→
Rohri	Taluka	223,990	370,582	421,500	→
Salehpat	Taluka	64,646	129,736	137,738	→
Sukkur City	Taluka	215,075	231,459	267,108	→
Tando Allahyar	District	493,526	838,527	922,012	→
Chamber	Taluka	125,558	210,202	233,424	→
Jhando Mari	Taluka	141,913	241,170	266,665	→
Tando Allahyar	Taluka	226,055	387,155	421,923	→
Tando Muhammad Khan	District	438,624	677,098	726,119	→
Bulri Shah Karim	Taluka	157,683	237,011	247,027	→
Tando Ghulam Hyder	Taluka	114,751	184,683	206,665	→
Tando Muhammad Khan	Taluka	166,190	255,404	272,427	→
Tharparkar	District	914,291	1,647,036	1,778,407	→
Chachro	Taluka	167,235	350,807	371,769	→
Dahli	Taluka	165,289	305,529	326,034	→
Diplo	Taluka	92,047	148,871	163,119	→
Islamkot	Taluka	137,826	244,439	265,643	→
Kaloi	Taluka	73,651	117,609	129,677	→
Mithi	Taluka	125,137	219,901	239,091	→
Nagar Parkar	Taluka	153,106	259,880	283,074	→
Thatta	District	599,492	982,138	1,083,191	→
Ghorabari	Taluka	105,482	174,046	198,920	→
Keti Bunder	Taluka	41,410	59,699	63,217	→
Mirpur Sakro	Taluka	198,852	341,689	376,078	→
Thatta	Taluka	253,748	406,704	444,976	→
Umerkot	District	664,797	1,073,469	1,159,831	→
Kunri	Taluka	158,215	218,460	237,063	→
Pithoro	Taluka	81,182	120,005	130,383	→
Samaro	Taluka	112,647	170,216	184,051	→
Umerkot	Taluka	312,753	564,788	608,334	→
Sindh	Province	30,439,893	47,854,510	55,696,147

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

Explanation: The boundaries shown may deviate considerably from the actual boundaries.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender	Persons
Males	29,014,424
Females	26,677,501
Transgender	4,222

Gender (C 2023)
Males	29,014,424
Females	26,677,501
Transgender	4,222

Age Groups	Persons
0-14 years	23,245,967
15-64 years	30,687,442
65+ years	1,705,000

Age Groups (C 2023)
0-14 years	23,245,967
15-64 years	30,687,442
65+ years	1,705,000

Age Distribution	Males	Females
70+ years	505682	460103
60-69 years	948273	811157
50-59 years	1793432	1500834
40-49 years	2770605	2460002
30-39 years	3503708	3360410
20-29 years	4433782	4269858
10-19 years	6431747	5734665
0-9 years	8603717	8050434

Age Distribution (C 2023)
70+ years	965,785
60-69 years	1,759,430
50-59 years	3,294,266
40-49 years	5,230,607
30-39 years	6,864,118
20-29 years	8,703,640
10-19 years	12,166,412
0-9 years	16,654,151

Urbanization	Persons
Rural	25,639,408
Urban	30,056,739

Urbanization (C 2023)
Rural	25,639,408
Urban	30,056,739

Literacy (A10+)	Persons
yes	22,431,392
no	16,552,866

Literacy (A10+) (C 2023)
yes	22,431,392
no	16,552,866

Mother Tongue	Persons
Urdu	12,409,745
Punjabi	2,265,471
Sindhi	33,462,299
Pushto	2,955,893
Balochi	1,208,147
Saraiki	913,418
Hindko	830,581
Brahvi	265,769
Mewati	57,059
Kohistani	14,885
Other Language	1,255,142

Mother Tongue (C 2023)
Urdu	12,409,745
Punjabi	2,265,471
Sindhi	33,462,299
Pushto	2,955,893
Balochi	1,208,147
Saraiki	913,418
Hindko	830,581
Brahvi	265,769
Mewati	57,059
Kohistani	14,885
Other Language	1,255,142