AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-2017 CENSUSES

AREA IN POPULATION
NAME OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT SQ.KM.
1951 1961 1972 1981 1998 2017
PAKISTAN 33,740,167 42,880,378 65,309,340 84,253,644 132,352,279 207684626
Rural 796,096 27,754,670 33,225,806 48,715,689 60,412,173 89,315,875 132013789
Urban 5,985,497 9,654,572 16,593,651 23,841,471 43,036,404 75670837
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 4,556,545 5,730,991 8,388,551 11,061,328 17,743,645 30508920
Rural 74,521 4,051,800 4,972,475 7,192,896 9,395,675 14,749,561 24773492
Urban 504,745 758,516 1,195,655 1,665,653 2,994,084 5735428
Tribal Areas (FATA) 1,332,005 1,847,195 2,491,230 2,198,547 3,176,331 4,993,044
Rural 27,220 1,332,005 1,822,547 2,477,930 2,198,547 3,090,858 4853178
Urban - 24,648 13,300 - 85,473 139866
Punjab Province 20,540,762 25,463,974 37,607,423 47,292,441 73,621,290 109989655
Rural 205,345 16,972,686 19,988,052 28,424,728 34,240,795 50,602,265 69442450
Urban 3,568,076 5,475,922 9,182,695 13,051,646 23,019,025 40547205
Sindh Province 6,047,748 8,367,065 14,155,909 19,028,666 30,439,893 47854510
Rural 140,914 4,279,621 5,200,047 8,430,133 10,785,630 15,600,031 23021876
Urban 1,768,127 3,167,018 5,725,776 8,243,036 14,839,862 24832634
Balochistan Province 1,167,167 1,353,484 2,428,678 4,332,376 6,565,885 12335129
Rural 347,190 1,022,618 1,125,016 2,029,094 3,655,604 4,997,105 8928428
Urban 144,549 228,468 399,584 676,772 1,568,780 3406701
Islamabad Capital Territory 95,940 117,669 237,549 340,286 805,235 2003368
Rural 906 95,940 117,669 160,908 135,922 276,055 994365
Urban - - 76,641 204,364 529,180 1009003
 AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-2017 CENSUSES
AREA IN
NAME OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT
SQ.KM.
POPULATION
1951 1961 1972 1981 1998 2017

KARACHI CITY DISTRICT 3527 1133926 2044044 3606746 5437984 9856318 16024894

LAHORE CITY DISTRICT 1772 1134757 1625810 2587621 3544942 6318745 11,119,985

QUETTA DISTRICT 3447 199735 142137 252577 383403 774,547 2,269,473

FAISALABAD DISTRICT 5857 1548689 1990297 3163756 3561909 5429547 7,882,444

PESHAWAR DISTRICT 1257 390687 529158 807012 1113303 2026851 4,267,198

ISLAMABAD 906 95,940 117,669 237,549 340,286 805,235 2,003,368

THARPARKAR DISTRICT 19637 249280 290402 359357 540985 914291 1,647,036