1998 Pakistan Census

The 1998 Pakistan Census is a detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population held in 1998 by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, an agency of the Government of Pakistan.[1] According to the 1998 census, the population of Pakistan was 130,857,717. With the inclusion of the population of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, the population was 134,714,017 in 1998.

Fifth Census of Pakistan
General information
CountryPakistan
Date taken1998 (1998)
Total population132,352,000
Percent change
Most populous province/territoryPunjab
Least populous province/territoryIslamabad Capital Territory

City Results

This is the list of population of cities of Pakistan in 1998 census vs 2017 census.[2]

Rank City Population (1998 census) Population (2017 census) Province
1 Karachi 9,339,023 14,910,352 Sindh
2 Lahore 5,143,495 11,126,285 Punjab
3 Faisalabad 1,977,246 3,203,846 Punjab
4 Rawalpindi 1,406,214 2,098,231 Punjab
5 Peshawar 1,405,150 1,970,042 Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
6 Multan 1,182,441 1,197,384 Punjab
7 Hyderabad 1,151,274 1,732,693 Sindh
8 Gujranwala 1,124,799 2,027,001 Punjab
9 Quetta 565,514 1,001,205 Balochistan
10 Islamabad 529,180 1,014,825 Islamabad Capital Territory

See also

References
  1. http://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/demographic-indicators-1998-census
  2. "District Wise Census Results Census 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29.
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