Pakistan
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics recorded 241,499,431 people in the 2023 census national total. This table covers Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Islamabad Capital Territory; it does not include Azad Jammu & Kashmir or Gilgit-Baltistan. It is a census reporting total, not a present-day population estimate.
Pakistan: 2023 census figures
- Population, 2023 census: 241,499,431
- Male population: 124,324,406
- Female population: 117,154,694
- Transgender population: 20,331
- Reported area: 796,096 square kilometres
- Reported population density: 303.35 people per square kilometre
- Urban share of the 2023 population: 38.88%
- Average household size: 6.3 people
- 2017 population shown in the same table: 207,684,626
Geographical coverage
Use separate AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan statistical publications for those territories. Adding figures from different census years would not produce a comparable national census total.
Source and reference date
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Census 2023, Table 1, worksheet row 5, PAKISTAN. Population counts are reproduced as published; percentages and density are rounded for display. Census year: 2023. Source checked: 30 October 2026.
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