Population of Pakistan

The country's capital is Islamabad and the features four provinces, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab, and Balochistan. Pakistan's population is increasing at an estimated growth rate of about 3 percent per annum since 1951. The population of Pakistan nearly doubled over a half-century period. The population of Pakistan is 230,311,042 ( 23 crores) or 230 million up to 2022. The Pakistan population is 2.83% of the total world Population.

The population of Pakistan nearly doubled over a half-century period, from 16.6 million in 1909 to 32.5 million in 1947. In the following 50 years, however, it is estimated to be five times as large as at the time of independence in 1947 and would approximate the 150 million mark in the year 2000. The current growth rate of 3 percent is the highest among the nine most populated countries in the world. In 1951 the population increased by 0.9 million in a year. By 1993, the annual increase is 3.5 million. control of diseases like malaria, cholera, tuberculosis, and smallpox and improved.

Population Growth

According to the PDS 1976-79, the natural growth rate is estimated at 3.1 percent. It rose to 3.2 percent in 1984 but declined to 3 percent in the 1990.

Sex Distribution

The PDS 1990 has estimated the sex ratio at birth at 110 and the overall male, the female ratio at 105, 

The population of Pakistan in 2022

The total population in Pakistan is projected at 220,892,340 or 220.892 million people for the year 2020. Pakistan ranks number 5th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Pakistan is ranked 4th among 51 countries in Asia.

Population of Pakistan

Pakistan's population will be increased year by year. The Pakistan population is projected to reach 262.96 million in the 2030 year.

Population Rank         5

Growth rate               1.74%

Density                       306/square kilometer

Land area                  770,880 square kilometers

Pakistan has the highest birth rate 22 births per 1000 people. A few women use birth control pills in Pakistan. The highest population growth gives pressure on the water and sanitation system, unemployment, health, and education issues.

Distribution of Population

Since 1947 Pakistan become a sovereign state the population of Pakistan increased overwhelmingly 

Pakistan's population is distributed unevenly, with over half of the country's people living in the Punjab province the largest province in population. On the other hand, Balochistan, which is geographically Pakistan's largest province in the area, is it's least-populated. The population is mainly clustered around the most agriculturally fertile areas, particularly near the Indus River and its tributary branches. Most of the country's people live in rural areas, and their main source of income is agriculture and animals but two large and growing megacities exist in the Arabian sea coastal Karachi in Sindh and other Lahore in eastern Punjab. Numerous smaller cities such as Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar, and the capital is Islamabad of the country. The Balochistan province's capital is Quetta.

Natural Resources

Natural resources are free gifts of nature to a country that help in the production of economic goods and services either directly. These free gifts include the country's location, climate, rainfall, water systems, land, natural forests, minerals, different type of animals, etc. Some of the natural resources are developed by man for example irrigation systems and the utilization of mineral wealth.

Pakistan Population Statics 

 Pakistan Population ( 28/9/2022)                236,026,542

Birth per day                                                3519

Death per day                                              907

 Largest Cities of Pakistan by Population

Karachi                       11,624,219

Lahore                          6,310,888

Faisalabad                    2,506,595

Rawalpindi                   1,743,230

Multan                          1,437,230

Hyderabad                    1,386,330

Gujranwala                    1,384,471

Peshawar                       1,218,773

Rahim yar Khan               788,915

Quetta                               733,675