The preliminary count of population from all the land areas controlled by Pakistan as per the abandoned Pakistan census of 2011 was 197 million, per leaked preliminary figures.
In 2017, a census was conducted and the results were to be released July 31st or so. However, after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had to resign over corruption charges, the release of the census figures is in doubt, it may be November. What we know of the census is
Census Coordinator Habibullah Khattak told BBC {Urdu} in an interview that the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) {had completed the census process and that} the country’s population can be between 210 to 220 million
The last completed census of Pakistan was in 1998, which showed a population of 130.9 million.
The chart below shows population projections from the United Nations from 2012, plus the Pakistan actual figures up to 1998, and the 2011 and 2017 census leaks. The 2017 range of 210-220 million is shown as two dots.
As is dismaying clear, Pakistan continues to range above the constant fertility population projection.
In 2017, a census was conducted and the results were to be released July 31st or so. However, after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had to resign over corruption charges, the release of the census figures is in doubt, it may be November. What we know of the census is
Census Coordinator Habibullah Khattak told BBC {Urdu} in an interview that the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) {had completed the census process and that} the country’s population can be between 210 to 220 million
The last completed census of Pakistan was in 1998, which showed a population of 130.9 million.
The chart below shows population projections from the United Nations from 2012, plus the Pakistan actual figures up to 1998, and the 2011 and 2017 census leaks. The 2017 range of 210-220 million is shown as two dots.
As is dismaying clear, Pakistan continues to range above the constant fertility population projection.
