Balochistan

Province in Pakistan

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Name	Status	Population Census 1972-09-16	Population Census 1981-03-01	Population Census 1998-03-01	Population Census 2017-03-15	Population Census 2023-03-01
Balochistan	Province	2,428,678	4,332,376	6,565,885	12,335,129	14,894,402
Awaran	District	51,918	110,353	118,173	121,821	178,958	→
Barkhan	District	44,704	61,686	103,545	171,025	210,249	→
Chagai	District	34,034	63,713	104,534	226,517	269,192	→
Chaman (← Killa Abdullah)	District	47,692	68,848	151,854	434,561	466,218	→
Dera Bugti	District	52,718	103,821	181,310	313,110	355,274	→
Duki (← Loralai)	District	42,751	106,168	115,976	152,977	205,044	→
Gwadar	District	90,820	112,385	185,498	262,253	305,160	→
Harnai	District	28,130	40,013	76,652	97,052	127,571	→
Jaffarabad	District	...	...	291,290	513,972	594,558	→
Jhal Magsi	District	75,261	68,092	109,941	148,900	203,368	→
Kachhi (Bolan; incl. Bhag Tehsil)	District	123,720	200,863	255,480	309,932	442,612	→
Kalat	District	...	...	144,433	211,201	272,506	→
Kech	District	147,978	379,467	413,204	907,182	1,060,931	→
Kharan	District	...	...	96,900	162,766	260,352	→
Khuzdar	District	146,207	276,449	417,466	798,896	997,214	→
Killa Abdullah	District	65,523	101,742	208,870	323,793	361,971	→
Killa Saifullah	District	72,086	148,362	193,553	342,932	380,200	→
Kohlu	District	55,497	71,269	99,846	213,933	260,220	→
Lasbela	District	125,263	188,139	312,695	576,271	680,977	→
Loralai	District	41,615	97,887	134,171	244,446	272,432	→
Mastung	District	...	...	150,039	265,676	313,271	→
Musakhel	District	38,547	91,174	134,056	167,243	182,275	→
Nasirabad	District	43,893	129,112	245,894	487,847	563,377	→
Nushki	District	31,261	56,742	98,030	178,947	207,834	→
Panjgur	District	56,820	160,750	234,051	315,353	509,781	→
Pishin	District	135,939	208,007	376,728	736,903	835,482	→
Quetta	District	252,577	383,403	774,547	2,269,473	2,595,492	→
Sheerani (Sherani)	District	25,384	78,625	81,684	152,952	191,687	→
Sibi (incl. Lehri Tehsil)	District	82,916	94,729	136,322	179,751	224,148	→
Sohbatpur	District	...	...	141,527	200,426	240,106	→
Surab (← Kalat)	District	...	...	93,401	200,857	278,092	→
Washuk	District	...	...	110,009	175,712	302,623	→
Zhob	District	74,519	134,660	193,458	310,354	355,692	→
Ziarat	District	37,688	63,179	80,748	160,095	189,535	→
Pakistan	Republic	65,309,340	84,253,644	132,352,279	207,684,626	241,499,431

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Census: Demobase Pakistan.

Explanation: The Pakistani-administered parts of Kashmir are not tabulated.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2017)
Males	6,483,736
Females	5,850,613
Transgender	780

Age Groups (C 2017)
0-14 years	6,006,331
15-64 years	6,005,178
65+ years	323,620

Age Distribution (C 2017)
0-9 years	4,364,657
10-19 years	2,914,913
20-29 years	1,861,594
30-39 years	1,352,534
40-49 years	818,422
50-59 years	513,852
60-69 years	315,440
70+ years	193,717

Urbanization (C 2017)
Rural	8,928,428
Urban	3,406,701

Literacy (A10+) (C 2017)
yes	3,473,176
no	4,497,296

Mother Tongue (C 2017)
Urdu	100,528
Punjabi	139,207
Sindhi	562,309
Pushto	4,359,533
Balochi	4,377,825
Kashmiri	17,803
Saraiki	326,656
Hindko	34,301
Brahvi	2,112,295
Other Language	304,672

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