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By percentage, men form 51%, women 48.76%, and transgender people 0.24% of the total population of Pakistan. The male-female sex ratio of Pakistan is 105.07, which means there are 105 men for 100 women in Pakistan. [3] According to 2018 estimates by the World Bank, women constitute 48.54% of the Pakistani population. [4]
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 2017 census recorded a population of 207,684,626 living in Pakistan's four provinces and the Islamabad Capital Territory. [3] The census also reported that Azad Kashmir's population stood at 4,045,367 [4] and Gilgit-Baltistan's population was 1,492,924. [5] This meant that the total population of Pakistan in 2017 was 213,222,917.
According to the 1961 census, the population of Pakistan was 93 million, with 42.8 million residing in West Pakistan and 50 million residing in East Pakistan. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The literacy was 19.2%, in which East Pakistan had a literacy rate of 21.5% while West Pakistan had a literacy rate of 16.9%. [ 18 ]
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]
Women in Pakistan make up 48.76% of the population according to the 2017 census of Pakistan. [3] Women in Pakistan have played an important role in Pakistani history [ 4 ] and have had the right to vote since 1956. [ 5 ]
It shows the male to female sex ratio by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States. If there is a discrepancy between The World Factbook and a country's census data, the latter may be used instead. A ratio above 1, for example 1.1, means there are more males than females (1.1 males for every female).
The results of the 2017 Census determined the population of Lahore to be 11,126,285, [4] with an annual growth rate of 4.07% since 1998. [5] Gender-wise, 52.35% of the population are male, 47.64% are female, and 0.01% are transgender. [5] Lahore is a demographically young city, with over 40% of its inhabitants below the age of 15. [6]