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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]
According to the 2023 census, the most widely spoken language is Pashto, native to 81% of the population and spoken throughout the province. [144] Other languages with significant numbers of speakers include Hindko (9.39%), Saraiki (3.17%) and Kohistani languages (2.45%). [ 144 ]
As of the 2023 Census, there are two megacities, ten million-plus cities, and 100 cities having a population of 100,000 or more. Of these 100 cities, 58 are located in the country's most populous province, Punjab , 22 in Sindh , 11 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , six in Balochistan , two in Azad Kashmir , and one in Islamabad Capital Territory .
Despite Urdu being Pakistan's lingua franca, estimates on how many languages are spoken in the country range from 75 to 85, [7] [8] and in 2023, the country's three largest ethnolinguistic groups were the Punjabis (making up 36.98% of the total population), the Pashtuns (18.15%), and the Sindhis (14.31%). [9]
Population (2023) [1] Total Area [1] Population Density (2023) [1] Literacy (2023) [1] Map Bannu Division: Bannu District; Lakki Marwat District; North Waziristan District; 3,092,078 9,975 km 2 (3,851 sq mi) 309.98/km 2: 42.11% Dera Ismail Khan Division: Dera Ismail Khan District; Upper South Waziristan District; Lower South Waziristan District ...
This is a list showing the most populous cities in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan as of the 2017 Census of Pakistan. In the following table, you can find each of the 46 cities and towns in the province with populations higher than 30,000 as of March 15, 2017.
Tehsil Area (km²) [2] Population (2023) Density (ppl/km²) (2023) Literacy rate (2023) [3] Districts Division 1 Baka Khel Tehsil: 367 192,797 107.84 28.25%
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