Cities & Regions

How is Pakistan’s population divided among its provinces and Islamabad?

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The 2023 Census recorded about 127.69 million people in Punjab, 55.70 million in Sindh, 40.86 million in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 14.89 million in Balochistan, and 2.36 million in Islamabad Capital Territory. Punjab therefore contained more than half of the national population, followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These official counts are useful baselines when assessing whether a platform cohort over- or under-represents particular places.

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Government Data · 2023

7th Population and Housing Census 2023

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

Official census context for population, provinces, urban-rural structure and limits of national demographic claims.View source
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