Demographics & population — Pakistan
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Pakistan: 233,500,636
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Population overview
- Population
233,500,636
- Population Growth Rate
1.52%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
- Karachi 13.876 million
- Lahore 7.566 million
- Faisalabad 3.038 million
- Rawalpindi 2.164 million
- Multan 1.775 million
- ISLAMABAD (capital) 919,000
Age & family
- Age Structure
- Median Age
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
24
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
6.69
- Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman
2.96
- Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49
27%
- Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - female 12-49
27%
- Mean Age for Mother's First Birth (age 25-49)
22.9
- Mother's mean age at first birth
22.9
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
-1.84
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India at the time of partition and their descendants)
- Nationality Noun
Pakistani(s)
Education
- Literacy - total population
49.9%
- Literacy - male
61.7%
- Literacy - female
35.2%
- Literacy Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
2.1%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
260
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
.81
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
.6
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
2.5%
- Major Infectious Diseases - degree of risk
high
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
5.5%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- Underweight - percent of children under five years
30.9%