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Demographics

Demographic data refers to socio-economic information including size and distribution of the population, employment, education and other factors. Data is sourced from the [Population & Housing Censuses](http://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/population-census), [Labour Force Surveys](http://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/labour-force-statistics) and the [Pakistan Economic Surveys](http://www.finance.gov.pk/).

Key Figures

Total Population
2017

207.8M

57.0%
Labour Force
2021

71.8M

4.4%
Unemployment Rate
2021

6.3%

-0.6%
Literacy Rate (%)
2020

60.0%

Datasets (47)

Period/Range Data Points Date Modified Trend

Population Density

Period
Annually
Datapoints
3
Date Modified
26 Jan 2021 15:46 PM
Latest available 2017 3 26 Jan 2021 15:46 PM
57.0%

Population by Sex - Female

Period
Annually
Datapoints
2
Date Modified
26 Jan 2021 15:51 PM
Latest available 2017 2 26 Jan 2021 15:51 PM
59.5%

Population by Sex - Male

Period
Annually
Datapoints
2
Date Modified
26 Jan 2021 15:54 PM
Latest available 2017 2 26 Jan 2021 15:54 PM
54.7%

Population - Rural

Period
Annually
Datapoints
3
Date Modified
26 Jan 2021 15:55 PM
Latest available 2017 3 26 Jan 2021 15:55 PM
-4.3%

Population - Urban

Period
Annually
Datapoints
3
Date Modified
26 Jan 2021 15:56 PM
Latest available 2017 3 26 Jan 2021 15:56 PM
4.3%

Population by Age (Less than 15)

Period
Annually
Datapoints
1
Date Modified
26 Jan 2021 15:59 PM
Latest available 1998 1 26 Jan 2021 15:59 PM

Population by Age (Between 15 - 65)

Period
Annually
Datapoints
1
Date Modified
28 Jan 2021 05:37 AM
Latest available 1998 1 28 Jan 2021 05:37 AM

Population by Age (More than 65)

Period
Annually
Datapoints
1
Date Modified
28 Jan 2021 05:42 AM
Latest available 1998 1 28 Jan 2021 05:42 AM

Disabled Population

Period
Annually
Datapoints
1
Date Modified
28 Jan 2021 05:46 AM
Latest available 1998 1 28 Jan 2021 05:46 AM

Labour Force

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 04:29 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 04:29 AM
4.4%

Labour Force - Female

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
19 Jan 2024 06:12 AM
Annually
2008 to 2021
14 19 Jan 2024 06:12 AM
3.1%

Labour Force - Male

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
19 Jan 2024 06:12 AM
Annually
2008 to 2021
14 19 Jan 2024 06:12 AM
4.8%

Sector-wise share in Employment

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
05 Apr 2022 05:29 AM
Latest available 2021 14 05 Apr 2022 05:29 AM

Participant-wise share in Employment

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 04:53 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 04:53 AM

Labour Force Participation

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 04:55 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 04:55 AM
0.3%

Labour Force participation - Female

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 04:55 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 04:55 AM

Labour Force participation - Male

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 04:56 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 04:56 AM
0.3%

Labour Force Participation - Rural

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:00 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:00 AM
0.2%

Rural Labour Force Participation - Female

Period
Annually
Datapoints
12
Date Modified
20 Sep 2021 07:14 AM
Latest available 2019 12 20 Sep 2021 07:14 AM
2.1%

Rural Labour Force Participation - Male

Period
Annually
Datapoints
12
Date Modified
17 Sep 2021 07:49 AM
Latest available 2019 12 17 Sep 2021 07:49 AM
0.2%

Labour Force Participation - Urban

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:00 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:00 AM
-0.0%

Urban Labour Force Participation - Female

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
09 May 2022 05:47 AM
Latest available 2021 14 09 May 2022 05:47 AM
2.6%

Urban Labour Force Participation - Male

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
09 May 2022 05:49 AM
Latest available 2021 14 09 May 2022 05:49 AM
16.4%

Unemployment Rate

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:07 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:07 AM
-0.6%

Unemployment Rate - Female

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:09 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:09 AM
-1.1%

Unemployment Rate - Male

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:09 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:09 AM
-0.4%

Unemployment Rate - Rural

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:10 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:10 AM
-0.6%

Rural Unemployment Rate - Female

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:13 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:13 AM
-1.1%

Rural Unemployment Rate - Male

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:14 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:14 AM
-0.4%

Unemployment Rate - Urban

Period
Annually
Datapoints
12
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:11 AM
Latest available 2021 12 04 Apr 2022 05:11 AM
-0.6%

Urban Unemployment Rate - Female

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:20 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:20 AM
-0.7%

Urban Unemployment Rate - Male

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:21 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:21 AM
-0.5%

Employment Activity Status - Formal

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:42 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:42 AM
-0.1%

Rural Employment Activity status - Formal

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:43 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:43 AM
23.8%

Urban Employment Activity status - Formal

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:43 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:43 AM
31.5%

Employment Activity Status - Informal

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:47 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:47 AM
72.5%

Literacy Rate

Period
Annually
Datapoints
11
Date Modified
09 May 2022 07:32 AM
Annually
2010 to 2020
11 09 May 2022 07:32 AM
No Change

Literacy Rate - Female

Period
Annually
Datapoints
11
Date Modified
09 May 2022 07:31 AM
Latest available 2020 11 09 May 2022 07:31 AM
1.0%

Literacy Rate - Male

Period
Annually
Datapoints
11
Date Modified
09 May 2022 07:29 AM
Latest available 2020 11 09 May 2022 07:29 AM
-1.0%

Literacy Rate - Rural

Period
Annually
Datapoints
11
Date Modified
09 May 2022 07:27 AM
Annually
2010 to 2020
11 09 May 2022 07:27 AM
1.0% YoY

Literacy Rate - Urban

Period
Annually
Datapoints
11
Date Modified
09 May 2022 07:26 AM
Annually
2010 to 2020
11 09 May 2022 07:26 AM
No Change

Rural Employment Activity status - Informal

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 06:32 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 06:32 AM
-0.7%

Urban Employment Activity status - Informal

Period
Annually
Datapoints
14
Date Modified
04 Apr 2022 05:48 AM
Latest available 2021 14 04 Apr 2022 05:48 AM
0.4%

Urban Literacy Rate - Male

Period
Annually
Datapoints
12
Date Modified
19 Jan 2024 07:40 AM
Latest available 2021 12 19 Jan 2024 07:40 AM
1.3%

Urban Literacy Rate - Female

Period
Annually
Datapoints
12
Date Modified
19 Jan 2024 07:43 AM
Latest available 2021 12 19 Jan 2024 07:43 AM
1.10%

Rural Literacy Rate - Male

Period
Annually
Datapoints
12
Date Modified
19 Jan 2024 07:40 AM
Annually
2010 to 2021
12 19 Jan 2024 07:40 AM
0.1%

Rural Literacy Rate - Female

Period
Annually
Datapoints
12
Date Modified
19 Jan 2024 07:41 AM
Annually
2010 to 2021
12 19 Jan 2024 07:41 AM
0.4%