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Pakistan 2017 Census Population Data

The provisional results of the 6th Population and Housing Census of Pakistan conducted in 2017 were presented. Some key figures: - The total population of Pakistan is 207.774 million with an average annual growth rate of 2.4% from 1998-2017. - The urban population shows a growing trend and is now 36.38% of the total, up from 32.52% in 1998. - Punjab remains the most populous province with 110.012 million people, however its growth rate has declined. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa saw the highest growth rate at 2.89%.

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Pakistan 2017 Census Population Data

The provisional results of the 6th Population and Housing Census of Pakistan conducted in 2017 were presented. Some key figures: - The total population of Pakistan is 207.774 million with an average annual growth rate of 2.4% from 1998-2017. - The urban population shows a growing trend and is now 36.38% of the total, up from 32.52% in 1998. - Punjab remains the most populous province with 110.012 million people, however its growth rate has declined. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa saw the highest growth rate at 2.89%.

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Government of Pakistan

Ministry of Statistics
Statistics Division
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
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PRESS RELEASE ON PROVISIONAL SUMMARY RESULTS OF 6TH POPULATION AND


HOUSING CENSUS- 2017

The provisional summary results of the 6th Population & Housing Census were
presented to the CCI today. The CCI took note of the position and after detailed discussion
allowed the Ministry of Statistics to disseminate the provisional results and directed the
PBS to expedite the compilation of the final results.

PROVISIONAL SUMMARY RESULTS OF CENSUS-2017

2. The provisional results show the total population of Pakistan as 207.774


million, with an average annual growth rate of 2.4% over a period of 1998-2017.
3. The provisional province / area and sex wise population is given as under:-

CENSUS - 2017 PAKISTAN

POPULATION - 2017
SEX 1998- 2017
ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION RATIO AVERAGE ANNUAL
TOTAL
MALE FEMALE TRANSGENDER 1998 2017 GROWTH RATE
POPULATION

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

PAKISTAN * 32,205,111 106,449,322 101,314,780 10,418 207,774,520 132,352,279 105.07 2.40

RURAL 20,012,797 67,300,171 64,886,593 2,767 132,189,531 86,855,233 103.72 2.23

URBAN 12,192,314 39,149,151 36,428,187 7,651 75,584,989 45,497,046 107.47 2.70

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 3,845,168 15,467,645 15,054,813 913 30,523,371 17,743,645 102.74 2.89

RURAL 3,104,154 12,495,278 12,298,236 223 24,793,737 14,456,435 101.60 2.87

URBAN 741,014 2,972,367 2,756,577 690 5,729,634 3,287,210 107.83 2.96

FATA 558,379 2,556,292 2,445,357 27 5,001,676 3,176,331 104.54 2.41

RURAL 542,255 2,481,840 2,377,911 27 4,859,778 3,090,858 104.37 2.41

URBAN 16,124 74,452 67,446 0 141,898 85,473 110.39 2.70

PUNJAB 17,103,835 55,958,974 54,046,759 6,709 110,012,442 73,621,290 103.54 2.13

RURAL 10,714,102 35,197,990 34,425,030 2,124 69,625,144 49,490,394 102.25 1.81

URBAN 6,389,733 20,760,984 19,621,729 4,585 40,387,298 24,130,896 105.81 2.74

SINDH 8,585,610 24,927,046 22,956,478 2,527 47,886,051 30,439,893 108.58 2.41

RURAL 4,185,828 11,919,109 11,056,183 301 22,975,593 14,744,436 107.80 2.36

URBAN 4,399,782 13,007,937 11,900,295 2,226 24,910,458 15,695,457 109.31 2.46

BALOCHISTAN 1,775,937 6,483,653 5,860,646 109 12,344,408 6,565,885 110.63 3.37

RURAL 1,301,212 4,690,099 4,253,393 40 8,943,532 4,797,055 110.27 3.33

URBAN 474,725 1,793,554 1,607,253 69 3,400,876 1,768,830 111.59 3.49

ICT 336,182 1,055,712 950,727 133 2,006,572 805,235 111.04 4.91

RURAL 165,246 515,855 475,840 52 991,747 276,055 108.41 6.95

URBAN 170,936 539,857 474,887 81 1,014,825 529,180 113.68 3.48

[Link] Population includes all persons residing in the country including Afghans & other Aliens residing with the
local population.
2. Population does not include Afghan Refugees living in Refugee village and diplomats.
4. The Provisional summary results show an overall increase in
population by 57% over the year 1998, while the population increased by 146.6 %
since Census-1981. There is a decline in the population growth rate at national level
and in Punjab and Sindh Provinces, while an increase has been observed in the
Provinces of KP, Balochistan and FATA.

15. The trends of urbanization in Pakistan as per the provisional results of


the Census are given below:

Population (mill.) Urban Share %


Admin Unit
1981 1998 2017 1981 1998 2017
PAKISTAN 84.25 132.35 207.77 28.30 32.52 36.38
KP 11.06 17.74 30.52 15.06 16.87 18.77
FATA 2.20 3.18 5.00 2.69 2.84
PUNJAB 47.29 73.62 110.01 27.60 31.27 36.71
SINDH 19.03 30.44 47.89 43.32 48.75 52.02
BALOCHISTAN 4.33 6.57 12.34 15.62 23.89 27.55
ISLAMABAD 0.34 0.81 2.00 60.06 65.72 50.58

16. As per the Provisional results, the urban population shows a growing
trend with 36.38 % of the population living in urban areas. The comparative position
of Provinces and Areas shows similar trend in urban population with a slightly higher
increase in the Punjab. On the other hand a significant decrease has been observed
in the percentage of urban population in ICT which gone down from 65.72% to
50.58%, indicating that growth occurred in the rural areas of Islamabad. Amongst the
provinces, Sindh is the most urbanized province, where 52.02% population lives in
urban areas.

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