Population of Pakistan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	01 Oct 2026

Pakistan Population (LIVE)

260,427,826

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As of October 07, 2026, Pakistan’s population is estimated at 260,417,002, based on linear interpolation between the most recent official reference dates in the United Nations population projections.

As of July 1, 2026, the population of Pakistan is projected at 259,299,791, or 259.30 million, compared to 255,219,554, or 255.22 million, on July 1, 2025. The population is projected to surpass 300 million by 2035 and 500 million by 2091.

Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country in the world, after India, China, the United States, and Indonesia. It trails fourth-ranked Indonesia by 28.59 million people and leads sixth-ranked Bangladesh by 81.48 million.

Pakistan was the world's 12th-most populous country in 1950. It subsequently surpassed Ukraine (1955), Nigeria (1959), France (1961), Italy (1965), the United Kingdom (1967), Germany (1979), Bangladesh (1987), Japan (1993), Russia (1999), and Brazil (2009). By 2100, Pakistan is projected to overtake Indonesia by 2037 and the United States by 2053, becoming the world's third-largest populations.

Pakistan accounts for 3.12% of the world population. Its share of the global population increased from 1.44% in 1950 to 3.12% in 2026 and is projected to continue rising, reaching 5.02% by 2100.

Pakistan is the fourth-most populous country in Asia and the second-most populous country in South Asia, after India. Pakistan accounts for around 5.33% of Asia's total population.

Pakistan's population growth rate is projected at 1.59% in 2026, ranking 66th among 237 countries and dependent territories. The population growth rate peaked at 4.47% in 1980.

Pakistan is projected to add 4.13 million people in 2026, roughly equivalent to the population of 130th-ranked Croatia. Its annual population increase peaked in 2007, at approximately 5.27 million people.

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Growth rate
Net change

Pakistan population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)	Rank
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World	Rank
2024	249,335,590	251,269,164	3,867,148	1.539	3.08	5
2025	253,202,738	255,219,554	4,033,633	1.580	3.10	5
2026	257,236,371	259,299,791	4,126,841	1.592	3.12	5
2027	261,363,212	263,515,826	4,305,228	1.634	3.15	5
2028	265,668,440	267,881,916	4,426,951	1.653	3.18	5
2029	270,095,391	272,337,519	4,484,257	1.647	3.20	5
2030	274,579,648	276,883,255	4,607,214	1.664	3.23	5
2031	279,186,862	281,528,067	4,682,409	1.663	3.26	5
2032	283,869,271	286,241,139	4,743,737	1.657	3.29	5
2033	288,613,008	291,012,262	4,798,507	1.649	3.32	5
2034	293,411,515	295,820,151	4,817,272	1.628	3.35	5
2035	298,228,787	300,643,508	4,829,443	1.606	3.38	5
2036	303,058,230	305,491,493	4,866,527	1.593	3.41	5
2037	307,924,757	310,353,289	4,857,063	1.565	3.45	4
2038	312,781,820	315,227,700	4,891,760	1.552	3.48	4
2039	317,673,580	320,105,878	4,864,596	1.520	3.51	4
2040	322,538,176	324,937,697	4,799,041	1.477	3.54	4
2041	327,337,217	329,746,464	4,818,493	1.461	3.57	4
2042	332,155,710	334,551,869	4,792,319	1.432	3.60	4
2043	336,948,029	339,334,851	4,773,644	1.407	3.63	4
2044	341,721,673	344,095,461	4,747,576	1.380	3.66	4
2045	346,469,249	348,837,726	4,736,955	1.358	3.70	4
2046	351,206,204	353,552,856	4,693,303	1.327	3.73	4
2047	355,899,507	358,207,155	4,615,295	1.288	3.76	4
2048	360,514,802	362,796,531	4,563,458	1.258	3.79	4
2049	365,078,260	367,344,425	4,532,329	1.234	3.82	4
2050	369,610,589	371,863,793	4,506,408	1.212	3.85	4
2051	374,116,997	376,335,025	4,436,056	1.179	3.88	4
2052	378,553,053	380,753,019	4,399,931	1.156	3.91	4
2053	382,952,984	385,126,730	4,347,492	1.129	3.94	3
2054	387,300,476	389,454,640	4,308,328	1.106	3.97	3
2055	391,608,804	393,743,580	4,269,552	1.084	4.00	3
2056	395,878,356	398,004,627	4,252,541	1.068	4.03	3
2057	400,130,897	402,212,383	4,162,972	1.035	4.06	3
2058	404,293,869	406,351,519	4,115,301	1.013	4.09	3
2059	408,409,170	410,424,432	4,030,525	0.982	4.12	3
2060	412,439,695	414,441,120	4,002,850	0.966	4.15	3
2061	416,442,545	418,409,459	3,933,828	0.940	4.18	3
2062	420,376,373	422,330,983	3,909,220	0.926	4.21	3
2063	424,285,593	426,180,154	3,789,121	0.889	4.24	3
2064	428,074,714	429,947,919	3,746,410	0.871	4.26	3
2065	431,821,124	433,661,586	3,680,925	0.849	4.29	3
2066	435,502,049	437,318,613	3,633,129	0.831	4.32	3
2067	439,135,178	440,914,452	3,558,548	0.807	4.35	3
2068	442,693,726	444,444,561	3,501,670	0.788	4.38	3
2069	446,195,396	447,902,352	3,413,912	0.762	4.40	3
2070	449,609,308	451,260,265	3,301,915	0.732	4.43	3
2071	452,911,223	454,515,292	3,208,138	0.706	4.45	3
2072	456,119,361	457,684,502	3,130,281	0.684	4.48	3
2073	459,249,642	460,769,882	3,040,479	0.660	4.50	3
2074	462,290,121	463,768,819	2,957,397	0.638	4.53	3
2075	465,247,518	466,698,208	2,901,380	0.622	4.55	3
2076	468,148,898	469,545,325	2,792,854	0.595	4.58	3
2077	470,941,752	472,273,413	2,663,322	0.564	4.60	3
2078	473,605,074	474,863,102	2,516,056	0.530	4.62	3
2079	476,121,130	477,333,764	2,425,267	0.508	4.64	3
2080	478,546,397	479,745,112	2,397,430	0.500	4.67	3
2081	480,943,827	482,090,659	2,293,664	0.476	4.69	3
2082	483,237,491	484,348,992	2,223,002	0.459	4.71	3
2083	485,460,493	486,517,091	2,113,197	0.434	4.73	3
2084	487,573,690	488,571,714	1,996,048	0.409	4.75	3
2085	489,569,738	490,535,613	1,931,751	0.394	4.77	3
2086	491,501,489	492,432,981	1,862,983	0.378	4.79	3
2087	493,364,472	494,230,514	1,732,084	0.350	4.81	3
2088	495,096,556	495,952,180	1,711,248	0.345	4.82	3
2089	496,807,804	497,603,517	1,591,425	0.320	4.84	3
2090	498,399,229	499,173,314	1,548,171	0.310	4.86	3
2091	499,947,400	500,693,222	1,491,644	0.298	4.88	3
2092	501,439,044	502,152,505	1,426,922	0.284	4.89	3
2093	502,865,966	503,542,930	1,353,928	0.269	4.91	3
2094	504,219,894	504,868,764	1,297,740	0.257	4.93	3
2095	505,517,634	506,112,461	1,189,654	0.235	4.94	3
2096	506,707,288	507,252,577	1,090,578	0.215	4.96	3
2097	507,797,866	508,289,972	984,213	0.194	4.98	3
2098	508,782,079	509,242,528	920,897	0.181	4.99	3
2099	509,702,976	510,137,621	869,289	0.170	5.00	3
2100	510,572,265	511,000,618	856,707	0.168	5.02	3

Pakistan population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)	Rank
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World	Rank
1950	35,499,506	35,849,260	699,507	1.951	1.44	15
1951	36,199,013	36,581,898	765,770	2.093	1.44	15
1952	36,964,783	37,376,999	824,432	2.206	1.45	15
1953	37,789,215	38,229,654	880,878	2.304	1.45	15
1954	38,670,093	39,137,060	933,935	2.386	1.46	15
1955	39,604,028	40,098,069	988,083	2.464	1.46	14
1956	40,592,111	41,113,929	1,043,636	2.539	1.47	14
1957	41,635,747	42,185,137	1,098,779	2.605	1.48	14
1958	42,734,526	43,312,056	1,155,059	2.667	1.49	14
1959	43,889,585	44,495,162	1,211,154	2.722	1.50	13
1960	45,100,739	45,709,310	1,217,141	2.663	1.52	13
1961	46,317,880	46,921,277	1,206,794	2.572	1.53	12
1962	47,524,674	48,156,128	1,262,907	2.623	1.54	12
1963	48,787,581	49,447,776	1,320,389	2.670	1.55	12
1964	50,107,970	50,799,999	1,384,059	2.725	1.56	12
1965	51,492,029	52,209,010	1,433,961	2.747	1.57	11
1966	52,925,990	53,678,667	1,505,354	2.805	1.58	11
1967	54,431,344	55,214,768	1,566,849	2.838	1.59	10
1968	55,998,193	56,810,507	1,624,629	2.860	1.60	10
1969	57,622,822	58,460,939	1,676,234	2.867	1.62	10
1970	59,299,056	60,166,719	1,735,327	2.884	1.63	10
1971	61,034,383	61,847,899	1,627,033	2.631	1.64	10
1972	62,661,416	63,583,194	1,843,557	2.900	1.65	10
1973	64,504,973	65,461,912	1,913,879	2.924	1.67	10
1974	66,418,852	67,415,487	1,993,270	2.957	1.69	10
1975	68,412,122	69,461,175	2,098,107	3.021	1.71	10
1976	70,510,229	71,620,254	2,220,051	3.100	1.73	10
1977	72,730,280	73,901,827	2,343,095	3.171	1.75	10
1978	75,073,375	76,307,379	2,468,009	3.235	1.78	10
1979	77,541,384	78,997,039	2,911,311	3.686	1.81	9
1980	80,452,695	82,291,010	3,676,630	4.469	1.85	9
1981	84,129,325	85,802,049	3,345,449	3.900	1.89	9
1982	87,474,774	89,089,246	3,228,943	3.625	1.93	9
1983	90,703,717	92,227,711	3,047,988	3.305	1.96	9
1984	93,751,705	95,164,936	2,826,462	2.970	1.99	9
1985	96,578,167	98,229,285	3,302,237	3.362	2.02	9
1986	99,880,404	101,606,764	3,452,720	3.398	2.05	9
1987	103,333,124	105,130,717	3,595,186	3.420	2.08	8
1988	106,928,310	108,724,739	3,592,859	3.305	2.11	8
1989	110,521,169	112,336,629	3,630,919	3.232	2.15	8
1990	114,152,088	116,155,576	4,006,976	3.450	2.18	8
1991	118,159,064	120,060,406	3,802,685	3.168	2.22	8
1992	121,961,749	123,546,848	3,170,199	2.566	2.24	8
1993	125,131,948	127,020,117	3,776,337	2.973	2.27	7
1994	128,908,285	130,748,083	3,679,596	2.814	2.30	7
1995	132,587,881	134,582,253	3,988,744	2.964	2.34	7
1996	136,576,625	138,557,092	3,960,933	2.859	2.37	7
1997	140,537,558	142,531,804	3,988,492	2.798	2.41	7
1998	144,526,050	146,522,356	3,992,611	2.725	2.44	7
1999	148,518,661	150,565,377	4,093,432	2.719	2.47	6
2000	152,612,093	154,879,127	4,534,067	2.928	2.51	6
2001	157,146,160	159,270,907	4,249,494	2.668	2.55	6
2002	161,395,654	163,222,549	3,653,791	2.239	2.58	6
2003	165,049,445	167,110,248	4,121,606	2.467	2.60	6
2004	169,171,051	171,286,000	4,229,898	2.470	2.63	6
2005	173,400,949	175,453,212	4,104,527	2.339	2.66	6
2006	177,505,476	179,682,690	4,354,428	2.424	2.69	6
2007	181,859,904	184,493,231	5,266,653	2.855	2.73	6
2008	187,126,557	189,499,113	4,745,112	2.504	2.77	6
2009	191,871,669	194,376,534	5,009,730	2.577	2.80	5
2010	196,881,399	199,239,047	4,715,296	2.367	2.84	5
2011	201,596,695	203,746,065	4,298,739	2.110	2.87	5
2012	205,895,434	207,667,125	3,543,381	1.706	2.88	5
2013	209,438,815	211,073,978	3,270,327	1.549	2.89	5
2014	212,709,142	214,264,647	3,111,009	1.452	2.90	5
2015	215,820,151	217,290,883	2,941,463	1.354	2.91	5
2016	218,761,614	220,138,869	2,754,509	1.251	2.91	5
2017	221,516,123	223,273,967	3,515,689	1.575	2.92	5
2018	225,031,812	226,928,892	3,794,161	1.672	2.94	5
2019	228,825,973	230,800,899	3,949,851	1.711	2.95	5
2020	232,775,824	235,001,746	4,451,844	1.894	2.98	5
2021	237,227,668	239,477,801	4,500,265	1.879	3.01	5
2022	241,727,933	243,700,667	3,945,468	1.619	3.04	5
2023	245,673,401	247,504,495	3,662,189	1.480	3.06	5