Pakistan’s population, measured and projected
Live population figures, the full annual series back to 1955, United Nations projections to 2050, and figures for every urban area above 100,000 people — compiled from openly published World Bank and UN datasets.
Population right now
260,438,364
As of PKT
1.61% a year · 3.14% of the world · 5th most populous country
- Births today
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- Deaths today
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- Net change today
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- Median age
- 20.8 yrs
Pakistan population
Seventy years of data, and where it points next
Observed figures from 1955 to 2025, then the United Nations medium-variant projection to 2050. The counter above interpolates between the published mid-year reference figures, second by second.
Population, 1955–2050
From 40,098,069 to a projected 371,863,793.
- Observed
- Projected
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| Year | Population | Growth | Median age | Urban | Basis |
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What changes each day
Births and deaths split out of the 2026–2027 change using the crude birth and death rates, so the three always sum to the published total.
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| Component | Per year | Per day | Per second |
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The twelve largest urban areas
All urban areasGrown from each city’s 2025 base at the rate implied by its own UN 2030 projection.
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| # | Urban area | Now | 2025 | Rate | 2030 | 2050 | Density |
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Reference
About the Population Association of Pakistan
The Population Association of Pakistan (PAP) is a non-profit professional, academic and demographic organization, registered under the Societies Act XXI of 1860 and PCP certified (PCP-2018/628). Its stated mission is to promote and strengthen the discipline of population studies by providing a forum for subject experts to share their scientific knowledge and experience. This section is reference material; this site is not the Association and does not speak for it.
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Facilitate and encourage research and advise stakeholders on critical policy issues in different disciplines related to population and development.
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Build the capacity of young professionals and students by identifying courses and training opportunities in population at the national and international level and by arranging scholarships funds.
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Publish journals, newsletters and other scientific and professional publications under the direction of an editorial board appointed by the Executive Council.
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Confer awards on scholars who have made outstanding contributions in the general area of population studies.
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Institutional members
443
Individual members
92
Life members
351
Regular members
Membership figures as reported by the Association for 2024.
Public record
Twenty-five Annual Population Research Conferences
A conference series on population and development in Pakistan, convened annually since 2000, each year with a host university. The themes and host institutions of every conference are listed in the historical record.
Figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) and the UN Population Division. How the counter works