Pakistan
Population 2026
259,299,792
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.60%
- Density
- 336 per km²
- Land area
- 770,880 km²
- Capital
- Islamabad
- Currency
- Rupee (PKR)
- Official languages
- UR-PK, EN-PK, PA, SD
- Urban population
- 39.5%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 6,935,6652026
- Deaths
- 1,664,0842026
- Birth rate
- 27.4per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.4per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.55
- Life expectancy
- 67.8At birth, years
- Median age
- 20.8
- Net migration
- -1,235,336
Age distribution
- 0–1436.2%
- 15–6459.4%
- 65+4.4%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $407B
- GDP per capita
- $1.6K
- GDP growth
- +3.7%
- Inflation
- 3.5%
- Unemployment
- 5.4%
- Exports
- $40.7B
- Imports
- $70.1B
- Tourism receipts
- 2.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture23.0%
- Industry20.1%
- Manufacturing13.0%
- Services50.9%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture36.2%
- Industry25.3%
- Services38.5%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LahorePunjab | 13,004,1352026 |
| 2 | KarachiSindh | 11,624,2192026 |
| 3 | PeshawarKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 4,758,7622026 |
| 4 | FaisalabadPunjab | 3,800,1932025 |
| 5 | RawalpindiPunjab | 3,357,6122025 |
| 6 | GujranwalaPunjab | 2,511,1182025 |
| 7 | MultanPunjab | 2,169,9152026 |
| 8 | HyderabadSindh | 1,921,2752025 |
| 9 | QuettaBalochistan | 1,565,5462026 |
| 10 | BannuKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 1,357,8902025 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 259,299,792 | 6.9M | 1.7M |
| 2020 | 235,001,745 | 6.7M | 1.7M |
| 2010 | 199,239,048 | 6.7M | 1.5M |
| 2000 | 154,879,124 | 5.7M | 1.4M |
| 1990 | 116,155,584 | 5.0M | 1.3M |
| 1980 | 82,291,008 | 3.6M | 993K |
| 1970 | 60,166,721 | 2.7M | 859K |
| 1960 | 45,709,314 | 2.1M | 917K |
| 1950 | 35,849,256 | 1.6M | 996K |