15 March 2017 (2017-03-15) to 25 May 2017 (2017-05-25)
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General information
Country
Pakistan
Topics
Census topics
People and population
Families and living arrangements
Language
Religion
Housing
Authority
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
Website
www.pbs.gov.pk
Results
Total population
213,222,917 ( 56.5%)
Mostpopulousprovince
Punjab (109,989,655)
Leastpopulousprovince
Gilgit-Baltistan (1,492,924)
The 2017 Census of Pakistan was a detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population which began on 15 March 2017 and ended on 25 May 2017. It was the first census taken in the country in the 21st century, nineteen years after the previous one in 1998, and it was carried out by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
The census recorded a total population throughout the country of 213,222,917.[note 1] The results showed a massive population increase having occurred between 1998 and 2017 of 77.0 million people, or an increase of +56.5%.[note 2] The results also marked a significantly higher result compared to estimations made of the Pakistani population before the census, which had previously estimated the Pakistani population in 2017 to be between 195 million and 200 million.[4][5]
Controversies regarding this census, focused around the populations of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi and the province of Sindh, resulted in another census being scheduled early in the year 2023. The results of that census will be used to delimitate constituencies for the 2023 Pakistani general election.
^ ab"TABLE – 1 AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN PROPORTION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). National.pdf. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 19 May 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ ab"Statistical Yearook 2020" (PDF). Statistical Yearbook 2020.pdf. AJ&K Bureau of Statistics Planning & Development Department. 5 January 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^ ab"GILGIT-BALTISTAN at a GLANCE 2020" (PDF). Gilgit Baltistan at a Glance New Design.cdr. Government of Gilgit-Baltistan Planning & Development Department Statistical & Research Cell (SRC). 20 January 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^"Gross Domestic Product of Pakistan (at current basic prices)" (PDF). Table_4.pdf. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 20 August 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^"Download Files". World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations. United Nations. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
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