Pakistan's population: 241.5 million, the world's 5th largest
The 2023 census counted 241.49 million people in Pakistan. Here is how that splits by province, and between cities and villages.
Pakistan's 7th Population and Housing Census, held in 2023 and the country's first digital census, counted 241.49 million people.
Key numbers
- 241.49 million: total population
- 2.55%: average yearly growth since 2017
- 5th: Pakistan's rank among the world's most populous countries
- 61% rural, 39% urban
By province
- Punjab: 127.7 million
- Sindh: 55.7 million
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 40.9 million
- Balochistan: 14.9 million
- Islamabad: 2.4 million
Punjab alone has more people than Japan.
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