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Census in Pakistan
Census in Pakistan
CENSUS
1998
The total population of Pakistan as emerged in the provisional results of the 1998
census is 130.580 million as against 84.254 million in last census 1981 showing a
percentage increase of 54.98 or an average annual growth rate of 2.61 percent. There is
a welcome decline in the average annual growth rate observed during 1972-81 i.e. 3.06
percent.
GROWTH RATE
The growth rate of Pakistan is 2.61. The annual growth rate of Punjab, Sindh and
Balochistan is 2.55, 2.71 and 2.42 respectively.
POPULATION DENSITY
The population density (persons per sq. km.) was 164. The population density that is
persons per square kilometers of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab is 212.8, 18.8 and 353.5
respectively. Punjab is highly populous province and Islamabad is most thickly populated
area.
2017
According to the 2017 census official results, declared on 25 August 2017, the
population of Pakistan was 207,774,520. Religious data on this census is yet to be
revealed.