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The 2023 Census of Pakistan was the detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population and the seventh national census in the country. [1] [2] [3] It was conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. [4] It was also the first ever digital census to be held in Pakistan, including the first in South Asian history. [5]
The Census in Pakistan is a legally decennial census and a descriptive count of Pakistan's population on Census Day, and of their dwellings, conducted and supervised by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. [2] The 2017 Census in Pakistan marks the first census to take place in Pakistan since 1998. The most recent census was the 2023 Pakistani census.
The table below shows Pakistan's population structure by five-year age group and sex using data from the 2023 census. [6] The country's population structure is relatively young, with a median age of 19. With low death rates and a declining birth rate, the country is in the third stage of its Demographic transition.
As of the 2023 Census, there are two megacities, ten million-plus cities, in Pakistan. 128 cities having a population of 100,000 or more. Of these 128 cities, 81 are located in the country's most populous province, Punjab , 23 in Sindh , 13 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , 8 in Balochistan , two in Azad Kashmir , and one is the Islamabad Capital ...
The second largest religion is Christianity, with 4.07% of the population, 0.94% in rural areas and 5.70% in the city. Other minorities 0.39% of the population. [4] The majority of the population lies in the age group of 15–64 years, around 59.38%. Only 2.73% of the population is above 65 years of age; 37.90% is below the age of 15. [5]
Self-enumeration Portal (SEP) is a nation-wide digital census's data collection process and management platform initially launched by the Government of Pakistan.Self-enumeration Portal is the first digital initiative taken by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) to make it possible for Pakistani residents to take part in the digital census from the convenience of their own homes.
' Pakistani Nation ') are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. [29] [30] [31] As much as 90% of the population follows Sunni Islam.
According to latest census estimate, the population of district is 1,158,284 (1.15 million). Umerkot is the only non-Muslim majority district in Pakistan, with adherents of Hinduism representing 54.6% of the total population as per 2023 Pakistani census .