Brief on Census-2017
Final Results
Census Tables/Reports
District Wise Results
District at Glance (1998)
Brief on Census-2017
Brief Regarding Census-2017
Council of Common Interest (CCI) in its 45th meeting held on 12th April 2021, approved the Final results of Sixth Population & Housing Census-2017.
It is informed that CCI decided on 16th December, 2016 to conduct the Population and Housing Census-2017 in two phases with the support of Armed Forces. In order to conduct Population & Housing Census in the country, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) demarcated the whole country into small compact area called Census Blocks comprising of 200-250 houses on an average, with total number of 1,68,943 blocks with well-defined boundaries and maps. It is worth mentioning here that the whole delimitation process was carried out with the close coordination of Provincial Governments, Local Government, Revenue Department and District Administration. Further Provincial Coordination Committees headed by concerned Chief Secretaries and Secretaries of relevant departments i.e. Education, Revenue, Local Government as a Members were notified for conduct of transparent, credible census and for complete coverage. Similarly, Divisional, District and Census District (Tehsil / Taluka) Coordination and Vigilance Committees were notified for complete coverage of areas, monitoring of data quality and field work of Census-2017. Appointment of Field Staff (Enumerators, Circle Supervisors, Charge Superintendents) was made by the District Management from the Provincial Education, Revenue, Population Welfare and other related Departments.
Census-2017 was conducted in two phases. Each phase had duration of 30 days. Phase-I started from 15th March and ended on 14th April, 2017 in which 61 Admin Districts comprising of 79,773 blocks were enumerated. Phase-II started with a gap of 10 days from 25th April till 24th May, 2017. Eighty-Nine (89) Admin Districts comprising of 89,170 blocks were enumerated during this period. The field operation consisted of first 3 days for house listing followed by 10 days for population count and one day for enumeration of homeless population. De-Jure approach (usual place for residence) used for data collection as per practice adopted in the past censuses. In order to lend credibility to the Census operation, the pattern of 1998-Census was adopted, with a solider accompanying each enumerator. One team was assigned two blocks in the same area. The total civilian field and monitoring Staff deputed by provincial governments was 108000. The Armed Forces provided 200,000 Army Personnel for Census duty, of which, 44,000 were deployed with civilian enumerators. The remaining personnel were used for security duty, command structure and logistic support.
For successful conduct of Census, improvement in census processes and involvement of stakeholders, Government of Pakistan constituted a Sub-Committee of the Governing Council of PBS consisting of renowned Demographers and Experts on 31st January, 2017 with terms of reference to oversee the whole census process from trainings, data collection, processing and finalization of results. Similarly, provinces on request of Federal Government constituted Provincial Technical Committees to monitor
the data processing and finalization of results process. Further, team of International (5) / National (12) visited all provinces and Gilgit Baltistan to ascertain the quality of the Census and adoption of the international standards. Further, Control Rooms were established in Provincial Level and PBS Headquarters for redressal of the complaints receives during Census operation.
Keeping in view the sensitivity of the Census results the Cabinet decided to constitute a Ministers Committee on 11.02.2020 for detailed deliberations on the matter with stakeholders and for recommendations regarding finalization of results of Census-2017. The Committee conducted six meetings and after extensive discussions & considerations submitted its report with recommendations for approval of results of Census-2017 in a larger national interest and to the conduct next census earlier possible by adopting modern technologies. The Cabinet in its meeting held on 22.12.2020 approved the Committee recommendations for forwarding it to CCI for final consideration being the competent forum. The CCI in its meeting held on 12.04.2021 deliberated on the subject and approved the final results of Census-2017. According to the final results of Census-2017 the population of Pakistan is 207.68 million (with -0.043% difference with provisional results) with population growth rate of 2.40% from 1998 to 2017 with 106.3 million males and 101.3 million females.
Final Results
Final Results Census-2017
Salient Features – 6th Population & Housing Census 2017
National Results
District Tables
Tehsil Tables
Census Tables/Reports
Basic | |
| Table-1 | Area, Population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban proportion, household size and annual growth rate Pakistan | KPK| Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-2 | Urban localities by population size and their population by sex, annual growth rate and household size Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-3 | Number of rural localities by population size and their population by sex Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-4 | Population by single year age, sex and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-5 | Population by selected age group, sex and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-6 | Population (15 years and above) by age group, sex, marital status and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-7 | Population (15 years and above) by relationship to the head of household, sex, marital status and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-8 | Population by sex, age group, relationship to the head of household and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-9 | Population by sex, religion and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-10 | Population by nationality, age group, sex and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-11 | Population by mother tongue, sex and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
Literacy and Education | |
| Table-12 | Population (10 years and above) by literacy, sex, age group and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-13 | Population (10 years and above) by literacy, sex and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-14 | Literate population (10 years and above) by level of educational attainment, sex, age group and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-15 | population (5 years and above) by level of educational attainment, sex, age group and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
Economically Active Population | |
| Table-16 | Population (10 years and above) by usual activity, sex, age group and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
Disabled Population | |
| Table-17 | Disabled Population by Sex, Age Group and Rural/ Urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-18 | Disabled Population (05 Years and Above) by Sex, Age Group, Educational Attainment and Rural/Urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-19 | Disabled Population (10 Years and Above) by Sex, Age Group, Economic Activity and Rural/Urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
Miscellaneous | |
| Table-20 | Number of persons living abroad by sex and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-21 | Pakistani citizen (18 years and above) by holding computerized national identity card age group, sex, and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-22 | Homeless population by age group, sex, marital status, religion, literacy, activity and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-23 | Selected population statistics of rural localities (Table not included) |
| Table-24 | Selected housing characteristics of rural localities Table not included) |
| Table-25 | Selected population statistics of urban localities (Table not included) |
| Table-26 | Selected housing characteristics of urban localities Table not included) |
Housing Census | |
| Table-27 | Type of housing units, population by sex and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-28 | Household by number of persons and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-29 | Housing units by household size, number of rooms and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-30 | Housing units by number of rooms, tenure and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-31 | Owned housing units by sex of ownership and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-32 | Owned housing units by period of construction, number of rooms and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-33 | Housing units by tenure, material used in outer walls, roofs and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-34 | Owned housing units by period of construction, material used in outer walls, roofs and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-35 | Housing units by ownership, source of drinking water, lighting, cooking fuel used and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table -36 | Owned housing units by period of construction, source of drinking water, lighting,cooking fuel used and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table -37 | Housing units by tenure, kitchen, bathroom, latrine facilities and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table -38 | Owned housing units by period of construction, housing facilities and rural/urban. Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table- 39 | Owned housing units by period of construction, material used in outer walls, material used in roofs and rural/urban. Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
| Table-40 | Number of households by source of information and rural/urban Pakistan | KPK | Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | FATA | Islamabad |
District Wise Results
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District at Glance (1998)
