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In the 2017 census the population of the district was 5,405,633 of which 54.% were urban, making Rawalpindi the second most urbanised district in Punjab. [13] Also at the time of the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the distribution of the population of Rawalpindi District by first language was as follows: [14] 68.7% Punjabi; 10.9% Pashto; 10.2% Urdu ...
The 2017 Census of Pakistan was conducted by over 110,000 civilian staff along with security provided by over 200,000 personnel from the Pakistan Army. [6] Its budget was 18.5 Billion Pakistani Rupees, of which 6.0 Billion went to the armed forces, 6.5 billion was assigned for transportation and other related expenses, and 6.0 Billion was spent on training and re-enumeration. [7]
Rawalpindi was a majority Hindu and Sikh city prior to the Partition of India in 1947, [68] combined composing 51.05 percent of the total population according to the 1941 census. [ 69 ] : 32 The same census detailed Muslims made up 43.79 percent of the total population.
English: The map above shows the population density (per square kilometre) of each Pakistani district according to the final official results of the 2017 Pakistan Population & Housing Census. The data can be found here for the four provinces and ICT, here for Azad Kashmir, and here for Gilgit-Baltistan.
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 ...
These metropolitan areas are home to about 20% of the population or about 46 million Pakistanis. Every Pakistani city with a population of 500,000 or more is considered a metropolitan area. This list is according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan. [1] [2] [3]
The country's urban population more than tripled between 1981 and 2017 (from 23.8 million to 75.7 million), as Pakistan's urbanisation rate rose from 28.2% to 36.4%. Even with this, the nation's urbanisation rate remains one of the lowest in the world , and in 2017, over 130 million Pakistanis (making up nearly 65% of the population) lived in ...
In 1998, 32.52% of Pakistani lived in Urban areas and has risen to 36.38% in 2017. In the 2017 census, the Urbanization trend has increased in all administrative divisions of Pakistan except Islamabad Capital Territory, where it witnessed a sharp decline in Islamabad Capital Territory.In 1998, 65.72% of the population in Islamabad lived in urban areas and this dropped to 50.58% in 2017.