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TABLE 12.5
ENUMERATED POPULATION OF PAKISTAN BY PROVINCE, LAND AREA AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION
1951-1998
Population (in thousand) |
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Province |
Area Sq km |
1951 |
1961 |
1972 |
1981 |
1998* |
| PAKISTAN | 796,095 |
33,816 |
42,978 |
65,321 |
84,253 |
130,579 |
(100.0) |
(100.0) |
(100.0) |
(100.0) |
(100.0) |
(100.0) |
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| NWFP | 74,521 |
4,587 |
5,752 |
8,392 |
11,061 |
17,555 |
(9.4) |
(13.6) |
(13.4) |
(12.8) |
(13.1) |
(13.4) |
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| FATA | 27,220 |
1,337 |
1,847 |
2,491 |
2,199 |
3,138 |
(3.4) |
(3.9) |
(4.3) |
(3.8) |
(2.6) |
(2.4) |
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| Punjab | 205,344 |
20,557 |
25,500 |
37,612 |
47,292 |
72,585 |
(25.8) |
(60.8) |
(59.3) |
(57.6) |
(56.1) |
(55.6) |
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| Sind | 140,914 |
6,054 |
8,374 |
14,158 |
19,029 |
29,991 |
(17.7) |
(17.9) |
(19.5) |
(21.7) |
(22.6) |
(23.0) |
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| Baluchistan | 347,190 |
1,187 |
1,385 |
2,433 |
4,332 |
6,511 |
(43.6) |
(3.5) |
(3.2) |
(3.7) |
(5.1) |
(5.0) |
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| Islamabad | 906 |
94 |
120 |
235 |
340 |
799 |
(0.1) |
(0.3) |
(0.3) |
(0.4) |
(0.4) |
(0.6) |
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* Provisional Estimates of 1998 Population Census
Note: Percentage distribution is given in parentheses.
Source: Population Census Organisation
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