2017 Pakistani census

2017 Census of Pakistan
2017 Census of Pakistan
	15 March 2017 to 25 May 2017
General information
Country	Pakistan
Topics	Census topics People and population ; Families and living arrangements ; Language ; Religion ; Housing ;
Authority	Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
Website	www.pbs.gov.pk
Results
Total population	213,222,917 ( 56.5%)
Most populous province	Punjab (109,989,655)
Least populous province	Gilgit-Baltistan (1,492,924)

The 2017 Census of Pakistan was a detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population which began on 15 March 2017 and ended on 25 May 2017. It was the first census taken in the country in the 21st century, nineteen years after the previous one in 1998, and it was carried out by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

The census recorded a total population throughout the country of 213,222,917. The results showed a massive population increase having occurred between 1998 and 2017 of 77.0 million people, or an increase of +56.5%. The results also marked a significantly higher result compared to estimations made of the Pakistani population before the census, which had previously estimated the Pakistani population in 2017 to be between 195 million and 200 million.

Controversies regarding this census, focused around the populations of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi and the province of Sindh, resulted in another census being scheduled early in the year 2023. The results of that census will be used to delimitate constituencies for the 2023 Pakistani general election.

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