Pakistan's population rose from 139M in 1996 to 255M in 2025.
Pakistan · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Pakistan's population growth fell from 2.9 % in 1996 to 1.6 % in 2025.
Pakistan's population density rose from 169.6 in 1994 to 321.1 in 2023.
Pakistan's population, female (% of total) rose from 48.3 % in 1996 to 49.3 % in 2025.
Pakistan's urbanisation rose from 32.1 % in 1996 to 39.5 % in 2025.
Pakistan's urban population rose from 44.5M in 1996 to 101M in 2025.
Pakistan's rural population rose from 94M in 1996 to 154M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.6 %43rd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.4 %41st of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.3 %142nd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −3.0 %135th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs174th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts47th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts171st of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts160th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.0 pts47th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts155th of 217
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- Net migrationup +11.8 %217th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.3 pts158th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −21.5 %5th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs169th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs173rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs169th of 217