Country or area · Southern Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Pakistan population

Pakistan population now

260,311,715

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 256.7–266.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 247,504,496

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 259.300 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 256.7–266.1 million
Median age: 21.8
Aged 65+: 4.4%

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PAK · 1950–2100 · in brief

Pakistan in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 247,504,496 people in Pakistan: the 5th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 3.1% of the world's people. That is 6.9 times its 1950 population of 35.8 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 511 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 268 million to 1.02 billion.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 18.3 in 1950 and 21.3 in 2023; the projection has 38.3 in 2100. 4.2% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 16.6% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2099 at 328 million.

Its place in the world by population: 5th in 2023, 4th in 2050, 3rd in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Indonesia in 2037 and the United States in 2053.

Population, mid-2023: 247,504,496
Rank by population, 2023: 5 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 3.1%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +1.56% · +3,803,829 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 321
Land area, 2023: 770,880 km²
Births, 2023: 6,882,058
Deaths, 2023: 1,600,313
Net migration, 2023: −1,619,557
Children per woman, 2023: 3.60
Median age, 2023: 21.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 67.7 years
In a city, 2025: 47 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 35,849,260
Projected, mid-2050: 371,863,793
Projected, mid-2100: 511,000,618

PAK · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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Show the numbers: Pakistan, 1950–2100

Pakistan: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	35,499,506		1,645,719	996,213	6.80	34.3
1951	estimate	36,199,013		1,687,829	972,067	6.80	35.4
1952	estimate	36,964,783		1,731,274	956,846	6.80	36.5
1953	estimate	37,789,215		1,776,130	945,258	6.80	37.6
1954	estimate	38,670,093		1,822,161	938,233	6.80	38.6
1955	estimate	39,604,028		1,869,776	931,703	6.80	39.6
1956	estimate	40,592,111		1,919,070	925,434	6.80	40.6
1957	estimate	41,635,747		1,970,158	921,378	6.80	41.5
1958	estimate	42,734,526		2,023,148	918,091	6.80	42.5
1959	estimate	43,889,585		2,077,443	916,299	6.80	43.3
1960	estimate	45,100,739		2,134,315	917,177	6.80	44.1
1961	estimate	46,317,880		2,187,952	914,173	6.80	45.0
1962	estimate	47,524,674		2,236,778	908,090	6.80	45.9
1963	estimate	48,787,581		2,286,584	901,645	6.80	46.8
1964	estimate	50,107,970		2,336,682	889,324	6.80	47.8
1965	estimate	51,492,029		2,387,038	891,010	6.80	48.5
1966	estimate	52,925,990		2,437,170	870,806	6.80	49.8
1967	estimate	54,431,344		2,489,105	862,317	6.80	50.8
1968	estimate	55,998,193		2,540,252	856,911	6.80	51.6
1969	estimate	57,622,822		2,590,065	856,424	6.80	52.3
1970	estimate	59,299,056		2,652,339	858,742	6.80	52.9
1971	estimate	61,034,383		2,717,910	1,022,516	6.80	49.0
1972	estimate	62,661,416		2,787,037	874,296	6.80	53.8
1973	estimate	64,504,973		2,862,831	890,933	6.81	54.1
1974	estimate	66,418,852		2,938,627	910,587	6.81	54.3
1975	estimate	68,412,122		3,021,101	921,273	6.81	54.7
1976	estimate	70,510,229		3,108,923	937,113	6.81	55.1
1977	estimate	72,730,280		3,210,211	952,365	6.80	55.5
1978	estimate	75,073,375		3,319,293	962,674	6.78	56.1
1979	estimate	77,541,384		3,436,982	975,667	6.76	56.6
1980	estimate	80,452,695		3,591,364	992,962	6.73	57.2
1981	estimate	84,129,325		3,810,003	1,019,588	6.70	57.8
1982	estimate	87,474,774		3,977,680	1,042,996	6.67	58.3
1983	estimate	90,703,717		4,119,949	1,067,200	6.64	58.7
1984	estimate	93,751,705		4,236,234	1,090,525	6.62	58.9
1985	estimate	96,578,167		4,347,675	1,114,315	6.58	59.1
1986	estimate	99,880,404		4,485,631	1,143,952	6.55	59.2
1987	estimate	103,333,124		4,624,991	1,176,168	6.52	59.2
1988	estimate	106,928,310		4,759,309	1,204,582	6.48	59.4
1989	estimate	110,521,169		4,877,319	1,229,241	6.42	59.5
1990	estimate	114,152,088		4,981,901	1,250,170	6.36	59.7
1991	estimate	118,159,064		5,098,016	1,275,654	6.29	59.9
1992	estimate	121,961,749		5,187,457	1,298,877	6.21	60.0
1993	estimate	125,131,948		5,230,583	1,314,749	6.11	60.1
1994	estimate	128,908,285		5,288,643	1,331,958	6.01	60.2
1995	estimate	132,587,881		5,326,881	1,349,661	5.89	60.3
1996	estimate	136,576,625		5,384,385	1,362,607	5.77	60.5
1997	estimate	140,537,558		5,420,530	1,376,503	5.64	60.6
1998	estimate	144,526,050		5,474,475	1,369,664	5.51	61.1
1999	estimate	148,518,661		5,601,415	1,373,470	5.46	61.5
2000	estimate	152,612,093		5,659,445	1,378,251	5.35	61.9
2001	estimate	157,146,160		5,687,528	1,383,304	5.18	62.2
2002	estimate	161,395,654		5,693,696	1,386,145	5.01	62.6
2003	estimate	165,049,445		5,731,005	1,390,286	4.89	62.8
2004	estimate	169,171,051		5,688,373	1,393,802	4.68	63.1
2005	estimate	173,400,949		5,770,093	1,475,668	4.59	62.4
2006	estimate	177,505,476		5,958,562	1,420,199	4.59	63.6
2007	estimate	181,859,904		6,136,679	1,446,377	4.55	63.8
2008	estimate	187,126,557		6,363,985	1,478,131	4.51	64.0
2009	estimate	191,871,669		6,532,790	1,504,761	4.46	64.2
2010	estimate	196,881,399		6,679,478	1,532,271	4.40	64.4
2011	estimate	201,596,695		6,732,852	1,543,475	4.30	64.7
2012	estimate	205,895,434		6,745,039	1,553,679	4.20	64.9
2013	estimate	209,438,815		6,733,732	1,557,086	4.13	65.1
2014	estimate	212,709,142		6,707,146	1,558,210	4.05	65.4
2015	estimate	215,820,151		6,670,207	1,556,589	3.99	65.6
2016	estimate	218,761,614		6,594,506	1,549,590	3.90	65.9
2017	estimate	221,516,123		6,639,809	1,549,530	3.90	66.2
2018	estimate	225,031,812		6,658,753	1,554,982	3.85	66.5
2019	estimate	228,825,973		6,689,991	1,562,917	3.81	66.7
2020	estimate	232,775,824		6,726,852	1,715,724	3.77	65.7
2021	estimate	237,227,668		6,797,293	1,731,352	3.72	65.8
2022	estimate	241,727,933		6,855,375	1,587,284	3.66	67.4
2023	estimate	245,673,401		6,882,058	1,600,313	3.60	67.7
2024	estimate	249,335,590		6,887,798	1,619,471	3.55	67.8
2025	projection	253,202,738	251.8–254.6 million	6,909,545	1,640,577	3.50	67.9
2026	projection	257,236,371	254.4–260.2 million	6,935,665	1,664,087	3.44	68.1
2027	projection	261,363,212	256.7–266.1 million	6,966,909	1,687,970	3.39	68.2
2028	projection	265,668,440	259.1–272.2 million	7,018,315	1,712,965	3.34	68.3
2029	projection	270,095,391	261.4–278.9 million	7,081,601	1,741,345	3.30	68.5
2030	projection	274,579,648	263.8–285.7 million	7,144,899	1,768,670	3.25	68.6
2031	projection	279,186,862	266.1–292.5 million	7,204,431	1,798,856	3.21	68.8
2032	projection	283,869,271	268.5–299.7 million	7,264,736	1,830,081	3.16	68.9
2033	projection	288,613,008	270.4–306.8 million	7,326,780	1,862,016	3.12	69.0
2034	projection	293,411,515	272.6–314.4 million	7,376,134	1,892,172	3.08	69.2
2035	projection	298,228,787	274.8–321.7 million	7,427,400	1,925,219	3.04	69.3
2036	projection	303,058,230	277.1–329.0 million	7,467,078	1,957,026	3.01	69.4
2037	projection	307,924,757	279.4–337.6 million	7,505,775	1,990,890	2.97	69.6
2038	projection	312,781,820	281.2–345.2 million	7,530,729	2,024,492	2.94	69.7
2039	projection	317,673,580	283.7–353.1 million	7,543,486	2,059,332	2.90	69.8
2040	projection	322,538,176	286.0–361.7 million	7,560,140	2,092,899	2.87	70.0
2041	projection	327,337,217	288.0–370.3 million	7,559,516	2,127,804	2.83	70.1
2042	projection	332,155,710	289.7–379.0 million	7,557,219	2,164,771	2.80	70.2
2043	projection	336,948,029	292.0–387.7 million	7,553,310	2,201,683	2.77	70.4
2044	projection	341,721,673	294.6–396.3 million	7,549,468	2,238,183	2.74	70.5
2045	projection	346,469,249	296.9–404.8 million	7,550,941	2,276,878	2.71	70.6
2046	projection	351,206,204	298.5–412.7 million	7,542,402	2,316,277	2.69	70.8
2047	projection	355,899,507	300.5–420.7 million	7,527,350	2,356,776	2.66	70.9
2048	projection	360,514,802	302.2–430.6 million	7,521,683	2,397,621	2.63	71.0
2049	projection	365,078,260	303.4–439.2 million	7,502,833	2,439,844	2.61	71.2
2050	projection	369,610,589	304.7–448.9 million	7,496,455	2,482,247	2.58	71.3
2051	projection	374,116,997	306.0–458.3 million	7,492,018	2,527,423	2.56	71.4
2052	projection	378,553,053	308.1–466.9 million	7,492,222	2,573,034	2.54	71.5
2053	projection	382,952,984	309.6–476.9 million	7,502,820	2,621,438	2.52	71.7
2054	projection	387,300,476	310.9–484.8 million	7,506,161	2,672,912	2.50	71.8
2055	projection	391,608,804	311.7–493.7 million	7,512,872	2,724,358	2.48	71.9
2056	projection	395,878,356	312.4–503.7 million	7,512,855	2,776,752	2.46	72.0
2057	projection	400,130,897	312.1–512.7 million	7,508,219	2,828,012	2.43	72.2
2058	projection	404,293,869	312.8–521.9 million	7,498,874	2,880,987	2.41	72.3
2059	projection	408,409,170	312.3–531.2 million	7,497,102	2,934,630	2.39	72.4
2060	projection	412,439,695	313.0–542.4 million	7,492,332	2,991,992	2.37	72.6
2061	projection	416,442,545	313.0–551.4 million	7,490,280	3,044,571	2.35	72.7
2062	projection	420,376,373	314.2–562.1 million	7,491,888	3,100,589	2.33	72.8
2063	projection	424,285,593	314.8–574.6 million	7,490,772	3,155,989	2.32	73.0
2064	projection	428,074,714	313.9–589.5 million	7,483,407	3,210,042	2.30	73.1
2065	projection	431,821,124	313.8–600.8 million	7,471,814	3,266,880	2.28	73.3
2066	projection	435,502,049	313.0–613.1 million	7,450,854	3,325,325	2.27	73.4
2067	projection	439,135,178	313.1–625.7 million	7,434,964	3,385,109	2.25	73.5
2068	projection	442,693,726	312.4–635.1 million	7,414,849	3,444,155	2.23	73.7
2069	projection	446,195,396	313.6–645.1 million	7,386,028	3,501,072	2.22	73.8
2070	projection	449,609,308	312.8–655.2 million	7,365,978	3,557,239	2.21	74.0
2071	projection	452,911,223	312.2–663.5 million	7,339,680	3,617,204	2.19	74.1
2072	projection	456,119,361	311.2–675.3 million	7,316,533	3,678,864	2.18	74.2
2073	projection	459,249,642	311.1–685.6 million	7,283,226	3,740,220	2.17	74.3
2074	projection	462,290,121	311.1–696.5 million	7,246,576	3,800,814	2.15	74.5
2075	projection	465,247,518	310.3–710.7 million	7,229,688	3,861,156	2.14	74.6
2076	projection	468,148,898	309.9–719.7 million	7,203,302	3,920,268	2.13	74.8
2077	projection	470,941,752	308.3–731.8 million	7,176,611	3,977,975	2.12	74.9
2078	projection	473,605,074	306.7–744.0 million	7,144,489	4,036,638	2.11	75.0
2079	projection	476,121,130	305.0–760.5 million	7,115,398	4,097,912	2.10	75.2
2080	projection	478,546,397	305.0–769.0 million	7,092,865	4,153,351	2.09	75.3
2081	projection	480,943,827	303.7–784.2 million	7,065,467	4,208,471	2.08	75.5
2082	projection	483,237,491	302.3–793.3 million	7,034,526	4,265,469	2.07	75.6
2083	projection	485,460,493	302.1–805.7 million	6,999,429	4,322,360	2.06	75.7
2084	projection	487,573,690	300.5–817.4 million	6,972,599	4,381,088	2.05	75.9
2085	projection	489,569,738	296.9–827.4 million	6,937,926	4,438,756	2.04	76.0
2086	projection	491,501,489	296.1–841.9 million	6,907,448	4,494,849	2.03	76.2
2087	projection	493,364,472	295.1–848.0 million	6,866,307	4,551,371	2.02	76.3
2088	projection	495,096,556	291.4–855.2 million	6,837,901	4,607,471	2.01	76.4
2089	projection	496,807,804	289.8–866.0 million	6,814,112	4,661,388	2.01	76.6
2090	projection	498,399,229	285.8–878.5 million	6,789,458	4,714,876	2.00	76.7
2091	projection	499,947,400	285.0–892.5 million	6,754,226	4,768,382	1.99	76.9
2092	projection	501,439,044	283.9–905.9 million	6,732,171	4,818,739	1.99	77.0
2093	projection	502,865,966	281.3–925.4 million	6,702,756	4,868,031	1.98	77.2
2094	projection	504,219,894	280.7–936.3 million	6,665,405	4,917,347	1.97	77.3
2095	projection	505,517,634	280.4–954.0 million	6,627,517	4,958,639	1.96	77.4
2096	projection	506,707,288	277.6–966.3 million	6,593,475	4,996,080	1.96	77.6
2097	projection	507,797,866	276.0–980.5 million	6,563,982	5,034,219	1.95	77.7
2098	projection	508,782,079	274.7–989.1 million	6,529,647	5,071,378	1.94	77.9
2099	projection	509,702,976	0.27–1.00 billion	6,490,452	5,105,559	1.94	78.0
2100	projection	510,572,265	0.27–1.02 billion	6,456,828	5,140,264	1.93	78.2

Show the numbers: Pakistan, mid-2026, by single year of age

Pakistan: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	3,390,120	3,237,980
1	3,318,820	3,179,430
2	3,286,770	3,148,640
3	3,262,810	3,125,120
4	3,230,330	3,095,210
5	3,189,610	3,057,910
6	3,151,680	3,022,640
7	3,121,010	2,994,010
8	3,093,840	2,969,010
9	3,060,700	2,937,740
10	3,049,030	2,926,530
11	3,059,290	2,935,850
12	3,060,490	2,935,290
13	3,057,980	2,930,430
14	3,050,720	2,919,830
15	3,031,780	2,897,310
16	2,981,310	2,844,530
17	2,899,730	2,762,410
18	2,794,440	2,660,290
19	2,677,550	2,554,730
20	2,563,990	2,449,030
21	2,470,590	2,361,920
22	2,425,390	2,327,160
23	2,389,480	2,295,420
24	2,342,130	2,248,440
25	2,296,200	2,204,020
26	2,236,820	2,146,690
27	2,154,430	2,067,020
28	2,074,510	1,989,660
29	2,018,950	1,932,600
30	1,965,520	1,879,160
31	1,915,920	1,828,550
32	1,870,700	1,783,730
33	1,824,960	1,747,290
34	1,781,100	1,708,080
35	1,733,090	1,658,100
36	1,683,980	1,612,130
37	1,634,650	1,571,380
38	1,579,950	1,529,990
39	1,523,490	1,485,380
40	1,469,750	1,437,990
41	1,422,380	1,394,560
42	1,379,940	1,355,270
43	1,333,340	1,312,300
44	1,278,850	1,261,130
45	1,211,680	1,197,800
46	1,145,870	1,135,910
47	1,097,300	1,086,510
48	1,055,430	1,042,900
49	1,012,330	1,004,610
50	971,743	969,972
51	935,059	936,899
52	900,317	905,330
53	866,725	874,682
54	832,356	843,190
55	799,712	812,979
56	770,594	786,193
57	744,664	763,012
58	720,298	741,580
59	695,034	719,580
60	669,290	697,568
61	643,280	675,346
62	616,726	652,390
63	589,255	628,548
64	560,772	603,504
65	530,554	576,311
66	498,228	546,506
67	464,848	515,061
68	431,060	482,676
69	396,906	449,592
70	362,782	416,175
71	329,054	382,726
72	296,034	349,549
73	264,011	316,784
74	233,252	284,677
75	204,014	253,498
76	178,974	225,441
77	163,517	206,859
78	154,609	194,801
79	141,427	178,318
80	124,258	157,802
81	106,354	136,291
82	89,254	115,494
83	73,917	96,394
84	60,452	79,346
85	48,543	64,352
86	38,212	51,424
87	29,487	40,474
88	22,242	31,292
89	16,328	23,692
90	11,644	17,542
91	8,052	12,677
92	5,390	8,912
93	3,494	6,078
94	2,194	4,008
95	1,330	2,546
96	777	1,552
97	435	909
98	229	512
99	110	275
100+	78	272

PAK · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Pakistan, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

PAK · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Pakistan

On the UN's projection, Pakistan will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2099: 327,908,000 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 145,448,000.

100 aged 15–64

63 children

7 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

PAK · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Pakistan, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Pakistan loses 1,161,268 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 215,683 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 20,000 people a year

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more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 1,078,229 (1980); its biggest loss, 2,290,411 (2016).

In 2024, 4,175,958 people living in Pakistan had been born in another country, 2 of every 100 people there, against 5 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

PAK · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Pakistan

Of every 100 babies born in Pakistan in 2023, 7 had a mother under 20, 80 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 13 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 20 under 20 and 16 aged 35 or older.

1950
20 · 64 · 16

2023
7 · 80 · 13

2050 · projected
6 · 80 · 14

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 6,882,058
Average age when women have a baby: 28.9 years; 29.1 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 41; 184 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Pakistan by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	8,520	21,132	29,096	6,281	1,901	583
15–19	320,823	380,953	622,164	519,137	414,220	200,385
20–24	384,240	771,599	1,542,148	1,999,862	1,979,759	1,232,863
25–29	378,584	748,376	1,513,114	2,117,168	2,379,429	2,065,002
30–34	285,326	569,416	1,068,831	1,365,733	1,634,996	1,804,878
35–39	179,948	357,872	614,245	627,064	774,937	866,228
40–44	76,372	151,231	229,425	194,784	231,083	228,693
45–49	11,631	19,884	38,739	48,851	74,644	55,624
50–54	275	638	1,683	3,178	5,486	2,572
All babies	1,645,719	3,021,101	5,659,445	6,882,058	7,496,455	6,456,828

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

PAK · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Pakistan

In Pakistan, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 56.9 (95% range 55.9–57.9), out of 66.0 in all. That leaves 9.1 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

56.7 in full health, 10.2 not: 66.9 years

Men

57.1 in full health, 8.0 not: 65.1 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 56.7 healthy years of 66.9. Men: 57.1 of 65.1. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 57.8.

PAK · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Pakistan

At the end of 2025, Pakistan was hosting 1,419,098 people who had crossed a border into it, about 6 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad1,419,098
Pakistan nationals abroad155,563

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 50,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Pakistan living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 352 people asked for asylum in Pakistan for the first time; 35,666 people from Pakistan asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Pakistan whose claims were decided that year, 27 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

PAK · of every 100 people

How people live in Pakistan

Of every 100 people in Pakistan in 2025, 47 lived in a city, 42 in a town or suburb and 11 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

4.3 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 42.7 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

PAK · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Pakistan went in school

Of every 100 adults in Pakistan in 2020, 49 never went to school and 26 finished upper secondary or went further.

49 never went to school 4 some primary 11 finished primary 10 finished lower secondary 18 finished upper secondary 8 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 77.2 of every 100 women and 48 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 45.1 and 28.9.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2090; those among them who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

PAK · cities · 2025

Cities in Pakistan

Pakistan had 323 cities in 2025, home to 119.2 million people. The largest, Karachi, holds 8 of every 100 people in Pakistan.

Karachi21,422,590
Lahore15,156,430
Faisalabad5,566,382
Islāmābād4,860,084
Peshawar3,554,423
Gujranwala3,121,271
Multan2,956,642
Hyderabad2,863,633
Sialkot1,907,978
Mardan1,330,031

All 106 cities in Pakistan that reach 300,000 people

Karachi 21,422,590
Lahore 15,156,430
Faisalabad 5,566,382
Islāmābād 4,860,084
Peshawar 3,554,423
Gujranwala 3,121,271
Multan 2,956,642
Hyderabad 2,863,633
Sialkot 1,907,978
Mardan 1,330,031
Sargodha 1,142,723
Quetta 1,025,211
Mingora 1,024,813
Nowshera 872,172
Abbottabad 851,819
Gujrat 846,968
Sukkur 812,885
Bahawalpur 776,611
Taxila 757,451
Sahiwal 730,463
Rahim Yar Khan 693,373
Okara 683,747
Bannu 620,328
Larkana 618,408
Kasur 609,468
Dera Ghazi Khan 572,505
Jhang 571,359
Swabi 535,083
Shabqadar 521,259
Shahkot 520,664
Kohat 506,145
Mansehra 503,920
Yar Hussain 483,239
Jhelum 457,793
Hafizabad 454,903
Sadiqabad 454,465
Haripur 451,578
Daska 433,772
Raiwind 421,524
Kamoke 421,152
Charsadda 413,686
Joharabad 403,179
Dera Ismail Khan 401,839
Takht Bhai 390,608
Muzaffargarh 384,838
Mirpur Khas 376,343
Pakpattan 374,389
Muridke 370,563
Chiniot 357,181
Burewala 354,057
Narowal 348,144
Gojra 340,108
Wazirabad 340,058
Mandi Bahauddin 337,161
Jaranwala 335,463
Nawabshah 321,838
Jacobabad 308,137
Khanewal 300,722
Khanpur 294,821
Hazro 293,506
Timergara 287,866
Shikarpur 285,859
Vehari 273,823
Dadu 269,400
Muzaffarabad 268,448
Kharian 262,272
Shakar Garh 254,655
Chakwal 249,801
Pattoki 249,646
Khairpur 244,838
Attock 241,714
Mianwali 241,207
Hasilpur 230,987
Lalamusa 228,248
Bahawalnagar 226,415
Samundri 225,170
Ahmedpur East 223,056
Sambrial 222,828
Toba Tek Singh 222,349
Arifwala 214,409
Inayat Killi 212,640
Depalpur 209,417
Havelian Cantonment 205,608
Batkhela 204,156
Sakhakot 201,598
Pasrur 201,450
Mian Channu 196,976
Dina 196,799
Bhalwal 196,792
Shujaabad 196,255
Kamalia 195,472
Kot Addu 195,384
Nankana Sahib 188,474
Kotli 181,837
Oghi 177,887
Layyah 176,125
Gujar Khan 172,682
Battagram 166,956
Matta 165,993
Samarbagh 162,603
Thatta 154,717
Baffa 147,524
Garhi Habibullah 147,308
Alipur 131,848
Khar Bajaur 122,854
Harichand 76,461

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Pakistan are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.