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Pakistan's district density gap is more than 9,000 to one

Karachi Central had 55,396 people per square kilometre; Chagai had just 6.0.

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Dense urban districts and vast rural districts operate at completely different geographic scales.

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7th Population and Housing Census 2023 · Updated 10 September 2026

Administrative boundary area drives part of this contrast, so density is not a direct measure of living conditions.

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