Pakistan statistics

Official statistics for Pakistan, with sources: national population, income and prices, economy, plus tables of population, age, income, household spending for 7 states. Every number comes with the location of the original file from the government office or international organization and the date it was fetched.

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National figures

IndicatorValueYearSource
Population259.30 million people2026UN World Population Prospects 2024
People aged 15–3491.40 million people2026UN World Population Prospects 2024
Median age20.77 years old2026UN World Population Prospects 2024
Share of people living in cities39.53 %2025World Bank WDI
Household consumption per 1 person (price-adjusted)5,702 International dollars2025Calculated
GDP per 1 person (price-adjusted)6,573 International dollars2025World Bank WDI
Total household consumption (price-adjusted)1.46 trillion International dollars2025World Bank WDI
Price level of everyday goods (world average =100)39.2 2021World Bank ICP
Inflation (1 year)3.55 %2025World Bank WDI
Economic growth (1 year)3.7 %2025World Bank WDI
Share of people using the internet57.3 %2024UN SDG
Share of people with an account or mobile money27.3 %2024World Bank WDI
International visitors2.21 million people2023Asian Development Bank KIDB
Income inequality (Gini coefficient)33.5 2024World Bank WDI
Unemployment rate6.96 %2025ILO

Figures by state (7 states)

Sorted by population. “―” means there is no figure, or the figure is not published here because its terms of use are unclear.

statesShare of people aged 0–14
% · 2023
Share of people aged 65+
% · 2023
Prosperity: share of people in the nation's richest 1/5
% (of people in the area) · 2017
Share of household spending on food and non-alcoholic beverages
% · 2024-25
Balochistan49.662.116.541.38
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa43.453.2612.3140.49
Sindh41.783.0617.933.56
Punjab38.21424.536.68
Islamabad32.284.3157.2―
Azad Kashmir――14.3―
Gilgit-Baltistan――3.3―

Current economy (monthly)

IndicatorLatest valueMonthSource
Inflation (compared with the same month a year earlier)9.242026-07World Bank
Unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)6.92025-12World Bank

Culture

Religion (2023, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, 2023 census, table 9): Islam 96.4%, Hinduism (jati) 1.6%, Christianity 1.4%, Scheduled Castes (Hindu) 0.6%, Ahmadiyya 0.1%

Languages (2023, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, 2023 census, table 11): Punjabi 37%, Pashto 18.1%, Sindhi 14.3%, Saraiki 12%, Urdu 9.3%

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All figures for Pakistan (CSV, with source and licence columns). One row per number, with the URL of the original file, the location inside it, the date fetched and a fingerprint. When you use them, follow the terms of use of each source.

Source

The figures on this page come from the following public statistics. On the 3D map, click a number to see, for each one, the URL of the original file, the location inside it, the text exactly as written, the date fetched, the file fingerprint (sha256), and for calculated numbers, the formula and inputs.