Clear, sourced statistics about Pakistan. Population, economy, energy, education, health and more, with visual profiles and direct source links.https://pakstats.com/enhttps://pakstats.com/daily/more-than-half-of-pakistans-districts-are-below-50-percent-literacy/https://pakstats.com/daily/more-than-half-of-pakistans-districts-are-below-50-percent-literacy/72 of 136 districts had a literacy rate under 50% in the 2023 census.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMTScalePakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/fewer-than-one-in-five-can-read-in-kolai-palas-kohistan/https://pakstats.com/daily/fewer-than-one-in-five-can-read-in-kolai-palas-kohistan/18.8% of people aged 10 and over in Kolai Palas Kohistan could read and write, the lowest rate of any district.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMTExtremePakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/pakistans-five-most-literate-districts/https://pakstats.com/daily/pakistans-five-most-literate-districts/Islamabad leads, with 84.0% of people aged 10 and over able to read and write.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMTRankedPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/where-the-literacy-gap-between-men-and-women-is-widest/https://pakstats.com/daily/where-the-literacy-gap-between-men-and-women-is-widest/In Hangu, 66.0% of men aged 10 and over could read and write, but only 22.0% of women.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMTRankedPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/karachi-central-has-almost-no-literacy-gap-between-men-and-women/https://pakstats.com/daily/karachi-central-has-almost-no-literacy-gap-between-men-and-women/83.8% of men and 83.3% of women aged 10 and over could read and write.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMTContrastPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/pakistans-15-point-literacy-gap-between-men-and-women/https://pakstats.com/daily/pakistans-15-point-literacy-gap-between-men-and-women/68.0% of men aged 10 and over could read and write, compared with 52.8% of women.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMTPeoplePakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/islamabads-literacy-rate-is-twice-balochistans/https://pakstats.com/daily/islamabads-literacy-rate-is-twice-balochistans/84.0% of people aged 10 and over in Islamabad could read and write, compared with 42.0% in Balochistan.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMTComparisonPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/pakistan-counted-25-million-out-of-school-children/https://pakstats.com/daily/pakistan-counted-25-million-out-of-school-children/The 2023 census counted 25.4m children aged 5 to 16 who were not in school.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMTEducationPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/four-in-ten-pakistanis-cannot-read-and-write/https://pakstats.com/daily/four-in-ten-pakistanis-cannot-read-and-write/The 2023 census counted 60.7% of people aged 10 and over as able to read and write. The other 39.3% could not.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMTEducationPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/where-the-census-counted-the-most-men-per-100-women/https://pakstats.com/daily/where-the-census-counted-the-most-men-per-100-women/Chaman recorded 127.4 men for every 100 women—the highest district ratio.Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTRankedPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/pakistans-largest-district-populations/https://pakstats.com/daily/pakistans-largest-district-populations/Lahore is Pakistan's largest district by census population, ahead of Faisalabad and Rawalpindi.Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTRankedPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/pakistans-density-gap-is-more-than-9000-to-one/https://pakstats.com/daily/pakistans-density-gap-is-more-than-9000-to-one/Karachi Central had 55,396 people per square kilometre; Chagai had just 6.0.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTExtremePakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/pakistan-counted-106-men-for-every-100-women/https://pakstats.com/daily/pakistan-counted-106-men-for-every-100-women/The 2023 census recorded 124.3m men and 117.2m women.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTPeoplePakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/sindh-is-pakistans-most-urban-province/https://pakstats.com/daily/sindh-is-pakistans-most-urban-province/54.0% of Sindh's population was urban, compared with 15.0% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTRankedPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/largest-district-has-100-times-the-population-of-the-smallest/https://pakstats.com/daily/largest-district-has-100-times-the-population-of-the-smallest/Lahore counted 13.0m people; Harnai counted 128k.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTScalePakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/balochistan-has-44-percent-of-the-land-and-6-percent-of-the-people/https://pakstats.com/daily/balochistan-has-44-percent-of-the-land-and-6-percent-of-the-people/Pakistan’s largest province by area holds only a small share of the national census population.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTContrastPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/islamabad-is-four-times-as-dense-as-punjab/https://pakstats.com/daily/islamabad-is-four-times-as-dense-as-punjab/The capital territory had 2,609 people per square kilometre, compared with 622 in Punjab.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTComparisonPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/three-in-five-pakistanis-live-in-rural-areas/https://pakstats.com/daily/three-in-five-pakistanis-live-in-rural-areas/147.6m people were counted in rural Pakistan, compared with 93.9m in towns and cities.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTPeoplePakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/punjab-is-home-to-more-than-half-of-pakistan/https://pakstats.com/daily/punjab-is-home-to-more-than-half-of-pakistan/127.7m of Pakistan's 241.5m people were counted in Punjab in 2023.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTScalePakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/pakistan-added-nearly-34-million-people-in-six-years/https://pakstats.com/daily/pakistan-added-nearly-34-million-people-in-six-years/The census count rose from 207.7m in 2017 to 241.5m in 2023.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTChangePakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/pakistans-five-most-crowded-districts/https://pakstats.com/daily/pakistans-five-most-crowded-districts/Karachi Central had 55,396 people per square kilometre—far above every district outside Karachi.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTRankedPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/where-pakistans-population-grew-fastest/https://pakstats.com/daily/where-pakistans-population-grew-fastest/Washuk recorded the highest average annual population growth between the 2017 and 2023 censuses.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTRankedPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/daily/pakistans-household-size-gap/https://pakstats.com/daily/pakistans-household-size-gap/The average household in Barkhan had 9.1 people, compared with 4.1 in Kech.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMTComparisonPakStats Dailyhttps://pakstats.com/stats/inflation-rate-pakistan/https://pakstats.com/stats/inflation-rate-pakistan/Pakistan's inflation rate was 11.1% in August 2026, up from 9.2% in July. A year earlier, in August 2025, it was 3.1%. Prices rose 1.2% in the month.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTinflationCPIpriceseconomycost of livinghttps://pakstats.com/stats/population-by-province/https://pakstats.com/stats/population-by-province/Punjab has 127.7 million people, more than half of Pakistan. Sindh has 55.7 million, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 40.9 million, Balochistan 14.9 million and Islamabad 2.4 million.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTcensuspopulationprovincesPunjabSindhKhyber PakhtunkhwaBalochistanhttps://pakstats.com/stats/population-of-pakistan/https://pakstats.com/stats/population-of-pakistan/Pakistan has 241.5 million people, as counted in the 2023 census. That is 33.8 million more than in 2017. Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTcensuspopulationgrowth