The total population in Pakistan was estimated at 251.3 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides - Pakistan Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Total current population for Pakistan in 2025 is 249,948,885, a 1.93% increase from 2024.

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<li>Total population for Pakistan in 2024 was <strong>245,209,815</strong>, a <strong>0.93% decline</strong> from 2023.</li>
<li>Total population for Pakistan in 2023 was <strong>247,504,495</strong>, a <strong>1.56% increase</strong> from 2022.</li>
<li>Total population for Pakistan in 2022 was <strong>243,700,667</strong>, a <strong>1.76% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
</ul>Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Pakistan PK: Population: Growth data was reported at 1.954 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.999 % for 2016. Pakistan PK: Population: Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 2.565 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.360 % in 1983 and a record low of 1.954 % in 2017. Pakistan PK: Population: Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

Graph and download economic data for Population, Total for Pakistan (POPTOTPKA647NWDB) from 1960 to 2024 about Pakistan and population.

Pakistan PK: Population: Female: Ages 80 and Above: % of Female Population data was reported at 0.667 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.652 % for 2016. Pakistan PK: Population: Female: Ages 80 and Above: % of Female Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.551 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.898 % in 1960 and a record low of 0.469 % in 1985. Pakistan PK: Population: Female: Ages 80 and Above: % of Female Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population between the ages 80 and above as a percentage of the total female population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

Pakistan PK: Population: Male: Aged 15-64 data was reported at 61,119,760.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 59,809,426.000 Person for 2016. Pakistan PK: Population: Male: Aged 15-64 data is updated yearly, averaging 28,478,730.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 61,119,760.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 13,998,762.000 Person in 1960. Pakistan PK: Population: Male: Aged 15-64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum;

Historical dataset showing Pakistan urban population by year from 1960 to 2023.

Graph and download economic data for Population ages 65 and above for Pakistan (SPPOP65UPTOZSPAK) from 1960 to 2024 about 65-years +, Pakistan, and population.

Graph and download economic data for Population Ages 15 to 64 for Pakistan (SPPOP1564TOZSPAK) from 1960 to 2023 about Pakistan, 15 to 64 years, and population.

Pakistan PK: Population: Total data was reported at 197,015,955.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 193,203,476.000 Person for 2016. Pakistan PK: Population: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 103,031,662.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 197,015,955.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 44,908,293.000 Person in 1960. Pakistan PK: Population: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Sum; Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

SP.POP.0509.MA.5Y. Male population between the ages 5 to 9 as a percentage of the total male population. This database presents population and other demographic estimates and projections from 1960 to 2050, covering more than 200 economies. It includes population data by various age groups, sex, urban/rural; fertility data; mortality data; and migration data.

Analysis of ‘Pakistan dataset 1960 to 2020’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/yasirarfat/pakistan-dataset-1960-to-2020 on 28 January 2022.

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Pakistan Dataset

SOURCE_ORGANIZATION International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database. International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division. World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrated Data Base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics. World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision. Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme. World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Pakistan: Rural population, percent of total population: The latest value from 2023 is 61.96 percent, a decline from 62.27 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 38.64 percent, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for Pakistan from 1960 to 2023 is 69.48 percent. The minimum value, 61.96 percent, was reached in 2023 while the maximum of 77.9 percent was recorded in 1960.

Pakistan PK: Population in Largest City data was reported at 15,020,931.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 14,650,981.000 Person for 2016. Pakistan PK: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 6,793,799.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15,020,931.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 1,853,325.000 Person in 1960. Pakistan PK: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

Graph and download economic data for Population Ages 0 to 14 for Pakistan (SPPOP0014TOZSPAK) from 1960 to 2024 about 0 to 14 years, Pakistan, and population.

Graph and download economic data for Age Dependency Ratio: Older Dependents to Working-Age Population for Pakistan (SPPOPDPNDOLPAK) from 1960 to 2024 about 64 years +, Pakistan, working-age, ratio, and population.

Pakistan PK: Urban Population: % of Total Population data was reported at 39.700 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 39.224 % for 2016. Pakistan PK: Urban Population: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 30.203 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 39.700 % in 2017 and a record low of 22.104 % in 1960. Pakistan PK: Urban Population: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.; ; United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2014 Revision.; Weighted average;

Pakistan PK: Population: Female data was reported at 95,816,602.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 93,958,639.000 Person for 2016. Pakistan PK: Population: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 49,568,043.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 95,816,602.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 20,852,045.000 Person in 1960. Pakistan PK: Population: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum;

Pakistan PK: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million data was reported at 43,999,699.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 42,712,536.000 Person for 2016. Pakistan PK: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million data is updated yearly, averaging 17,126,162.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 43,999,699.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 5,174,229.000 Person in 1960. Pakistan PK: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2000 had a population of more than one million people.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

"Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.This dataset includes demographic data of 22 countries from 1960 to 2018, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Maldives, etc. Data fields include: country, year, population ratio, male ratio, female ratio, population density (km). Source: ( 1 ) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. ( 2 ) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, ( 3 ) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, ( 4 ) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot ( various years ), ( 5 ) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and ( 6 ) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme. Periodicity: Annual Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant."