Divisions of Pakistan

Second-level administrative regions of Pakistan

Divisions of Pakistan

Map of divisions of Pakistan

Category| Second-level administrative division
Location| Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Number| 36 (as of 2023)
Government|

* Divisional government

Subdivisions|

* Districts
Tehsils
Union councils

Politics of Pakistan

Federalism

* Federal government

* * *

*     * Provincial governments: Punjab
* Sindh
* KPK
* Balochistan
* Islamabad (Administration)

*     * Governors:  Sardar Saleem Haider(Punjab)
* Kamran Tessori(Sindh)
* Faisal Karim Kundi(KPK)
* Sheikh Jaffar Khan(Balochistan)
* Syed Mehdi Shah(Gilgit-Baltistan)

*     * Chief Ministers: Maryam Nawaz(Punjab)
* Murad Ali Shah(Sindh)
* Ali Amin Gandapur(KPK)
* Sarfraz Bugti(Balochistan)
* Gulbar Khan(Gilgit-Baltistan)

*     * Provincial assemblies of Pakistan: Punjab
* Sindh
* KPK
* Balochistan
* Gilgi-Baltistan

* * *

Azad Kashmir government

* President: Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry
* Prime Minister: Chaudhry Anwarul Haq
* Legislative Assembly

* * *

Government of Gilgit-Baltistan

* * *

Local government

* Divisions
* Districts
* Tehsil
* UCs

Parliament

* Senate (Upper House)

* Chairman: Yousaf Raza Gillani
* Deputy Chairman: Syedaal Khan Nasar (PML(N))
* Leader of the House: Ishaq Dar (PML(N))
* Opposition leader: Shibli Faraz (PTI)

* * *

* National Assembly (Lower House)

* Leader of the House: Shehbaz Sharif (PML(N))
* Speaker: Ayaz Sadiq (PML(N))
* Deputy speaker: Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah (PPP)
* Leader of the Opposition: Omar Ayub Khan

* * *

Constitution of Pakistan

*     * Previous constitutions:1956
* 1962
* 1973

* Annex (written 1949, incorporated 1985)
* Amendments
* Law
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Executive

* President of Pakistan: Asif Ali Zardari (PPP)
* List of presidents of Pakistan

* * *

* Prime Minister of Pakistan: Shahbaz Sharif (PML-N)
* List of prime ministers of Pakistan

* * *

* Cabinet of Pakistan
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Judiciary

* Supreme Court of Pakistan
* Chief Justice: Yahya Afridi
* List of justices
* Judges appointment body: Supreme Judicial Council and Judicial Commission

* * *

* High courts: Islamabad, Punjab, Sindh, KPK, Balochistan, Shariat Court

* * *

* Territorial courts: AJK supreme court, AJK High court, Gilgit-Baltistan supreme court, Gilgit-Baltistan High Court

* * *

* Special courts: Anti Terrorism Courts, Accountability Courts

* * *

*     * District Courts

Elections

* Democracy
* Election Commission of Pakistan
* Chief Election Commissioner: Sikandar Sultan Raja
* Electoral College

* * *

Territorial election commission

* AJK Election Commission
* Chief Election Commissioner of AJK: Abdul Rashid Sulehria
* Gilgit-Baltistan Election Commission
* Chief Election Commissioner of Gilgit-Baltistan: Raja Shah Baz Khan

* * *

Elections

*     * Presidential: 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

*     * General: 1970
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* 2002
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* * *

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*     * Punjab: 2002
* 2008
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* 2018
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*     * Sindh: 2002
* 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

*     * KPK: 2002
* 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

*     * Balochistan: 2002
* 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

* * *

Territorial elections

*     * Azad Kashmir: 1970
* 1975
* 1985
* 1990
* 1991
* 1996
* 2001
* 2006
* 2011
* 2016
* 2021

*     * Gilgit-Baltistan: 2009
* 2015
* 2020

* * *

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* Complete list

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* Islamabad

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* * *

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* * *

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The administrative units of Pakistan contains four provinces, two administrative territories of the Kashmir region and a capital territory. The provinces and administrative territories are subdivided into 36 divisions. These divisions are further subdivided into districts, tehsils, and finally union councils. The divisions were abolished in 2000, but restored in 2008.

The divisions do not include the Islamabad Capital Territory. The formerly Federally Administered Tribal Areas, which were counted at the same level as provinces, have been subsumed into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and allocated to neighbouring divisions therein in 2018.

## History

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Administrative divisions had formed an integral tier of government from colonial times. The Governor's provinces of British India were subdivided into divisions, which were themselves subdivided into districts. At independence in 1947, the new nation of Pakistan comprised two wings – eastern and western, separated by India. Three of the provinces of Pakistan were subdivided into ten administrative divisions. The single province in the eastern wing, East Bengal, had four divisions – Chittagong, Dacca, Khulna and Rajshahi. The province of West Punjab had four divisions – Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi and Sargodha. The North-West Frontier Province (as it was then called) had two divisions – Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar. Most of the former Sind Province became Hyderabad Division. Most of the divisions were named after the divisional capitals, with some exceptions.

From 1955 to 1970, the One Unit policy meant that there were only two provinces – East and West Pakistan. East Pakistan had the same divisions as East Bengal had previously, but West Pakistan gradually gained seven new divisions to add to the original six. The Baluchistan States Union became Kalat Division, while the former Baluchistan Chief Commissioner's Province became Quetta Division. Princely State of Khairpur and with some parts of Hyderabad division were joining to form Khairpur Division. The former princely state of Bahawalpur became Bahawalpur Division, therefore joining West Punjab. The Federal Capital Territory was absorbed into West Pakistan in 1959 and in 1960 merged with the district of Las Bela to form the Karachi-Bela Division. In 1969, the princely states of Chitral, Dir and Swat were incorporated into West Pakistan as the division of Malakand with Saidu as the divisional headquarters. In 1975, Khairpur division abolished and replace it with Sukkur Division. In 1980, Sukkur division(Formally Khairpur division) was bifurcated to create Larkana division. In 1990, Mirpurkhas division created by bifurcation of Hyderabad division.

## New Divisions

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When West Pakistan was dissolved, the divisions were regrouped into four new provinces. Gradually over the late 1970s, new divisions were formed; Hazara and Kohat divisions were split from Peshawar Division; Gujranwala Division was formed from parts of Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions; Dera Ghazi Khan Division was split from Multan Division; Faisalabad Division was split from Sargodha Division; Sibi Division was formed from parts of Kalat and Quetta divisions; Lasbela District was transferred from Karachi Division to Kalat Division; Makran Division split from Kalat Division. The name of Khairpur Division was changed to Sukkur Division and Headquarters of Khairpur Division shifted from khairpur to Sukkur. Shaheed Benazirabad is also a new division in Sindh.

During the military rule of General Zia-ul-Haq, the Advisory Council of Islamize Ideology (headed by Justice Tanzilur Rahman) was tasked with finding ways to Islamic the country. One of its recommendations was that the existing four provinces should be dissolved and the twenty administrative divisions should become new provinces in a federal structure with greater devolution of power, but this proposal was never implemented.

In the recent past (i.e. in last three decades), Naseerabad Division was split from Sibi Division; Zhob Division was split from Quetta Division; Bannu Division was split from Dera Ismail Khan Division; Mardan Division was split from Peshawar Division; Larkana Division were split from Sukkur Division and Shaheed Benazirabad Division[1] Mirpur Khas Division was split from Hyderabad Division. Sahiwal Division was formed from parts of Lahore and Multan Divisions while Sheikhupura Division was formed from Lahore and Faisalabad Divisions. The capital of Kalat Division was moved from Kalat to Khuzdar. Rakhshan Division is recently added to Balochistan comprising parts of Quetta and Kalat Divisions with capital at Kharan.

Recently in June 2021, Loralai Division was added to Balochistan, by splitting off from Zhob Division.[2]

## Abolition

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In August 2000, local government reforms abolished the "Division" as an administrative tier and introduced a system of local government councils, with the first elections held in 2001. Following that there was radical restructuring of the local government system to implement "the principle of subsidiarity, whereby all functions that can be effectively performed at the local level are transferred to that level". This meant devolution of many functions, to districts and tehsils, which were previously handled at the provincial and divisional levels. At abolition, there were twenty-six divisions in Pakistan proper – five in Sindh, six in Balochistan, seven in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and eight in Punjab. Abolition did not affect the three divisions of Azad Kashmir, which form the second tier of government.

## Restoration

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In 2008, after the public elections, the new government decided to restore the divisions of all provinces.[3]

In Sindh after the lapse of the Local Governments Bodies term in 2010 the Divisional Commissioners system was to be restored.[4][5][6]

In July 2011, following excessive violence in the city of Karachi and after the political split between the ruling PPP and the majority party in Sindh, the MQM and after the resignation of the MQM Governor of Sindh, PPP and the Govt. of Sindh decided to restore the commissioner system in the province. As a consequence, the five divisions of Sindh have been restored namely, Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas and Larkana with their respective districts. One new division was added in Sindh, the Shaheed Benazirabad division.[7]

Karachi district has been de-merged into its 5 original constituent districts namely Karachi East, Karachi West, Karachi Central, Karachi South and Malir. Korangi has been upgraded to the status of a sixth district of Karachi by splitting from Karachi East District. Recently Keamari District is formed by bifurcating Karachi West District. These seven districts form the Karachi Division now.[8]

## Current divisions by administrative units

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The following tables show the current total 36 divisions of Pakistan with 30 divisions by province i.e., 8 divisions of Balochistan, 7 divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 9 divisions of Punjab, amd 6 divisions of Sindh, with their respective populations as of the 2023 Census of Pakistan,[9][10][11][12]and the 6 divisions of Pakistan–administered regions of Kashmir; 3 for Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan each.

### Provinces

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#### Balochistan

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Eight divisions of the Province of Balochistan

This section is an excerpt from Divisions of Balochistan § List of divisions.[edit]

In Pakistan, the division is the administrative unit, which is higher in hierarchy than a district, but lower in hierarchy than a province.

Division[13] | Districts[13][14] | Area[13] | Population (2023)[13] | Population Density (2023)[13] | Literacy rate (2023)[13] | Map  | Capital

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Kalat Division |

* Awaran District
* Hub District
* Kalat District
* Khuzdar District
* Lasbela District
* Mastung District
* Surab District

| 91,767 km2 (35,431 sq mi)  | 2,721,018  | 29.65/km2 | 38.72%  |  | Khuzdar
Loralai Division |

* Loralai District
* Barkhan District
* Musakhail District
* Duki District

| 17,260 km2 (6,660 sq mi)  | 870,000  | 50.41/km2 | 39.89%  |  | Loralai
Zhob Division |

* Zhob District
* Killa Saifullah District
* Sherani District

| 27,128 km2 (10,474 sq mi)  | 927,579  | 34.19/km2 | 32.33%  |  | Zhob
Makran Division |

* Gwadar District
* Kech District
* Panjgur District

| 52,067 km2 (20,103 sq mi)  | 1,875,872  | 36.03/km2 | 47.69%  |  | Turbat
Naseerabad Division |

* Kachhi District
* Jaffarabad District
* Jhal Magsi District
* Nasirabad District
* Sohbatpur District
* Usta Muhammad District

| 15,129 km2 (5,841 sq mi)  | 2,044,021  | 135.11/km2 | 32.59%  |  | Dera Murad Jamali
Quetta Division |

* Killa Abdullah District
* Karezat District
* Pishin District
* Quetta District
* Chaman District

| 14,559 km2 (5,621 sq mi)  | 4,259,163  | 292.55/km2 | 51.68%  |  | Quetta
Rakhshan Division |

* Chagai District
* Washuk District
* Nushki District
* Kharan District

| 98,596 km2 (38,068 sq mi)  | 1,040,001  | 10.55/km2 | 36.84%  |  | Kharan
Sibi Division |

* Sibi District
* Kohlu District
* Dera Bugti District
* Ziarat District
* Harnai District
* Lehri District

| 30,684 km2 (11,847 sq mi)  | 1,156,748  | 37.70/km2 | 34.70%  |  | Sibi

#### Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Colours correspond to Divisions of the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

This section is an excerpt from Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa § List of divisions.[edit]

In Pakistan, the division is the administrative unit which is higher than a district, but lower than a province. Divisions and are separated by color on the map.

Division  | Districts[15][16][17] | Population (2023)[15] | Area[15] | Population Density (2023)[15] | Literacy (2023)[15] | Map

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Bannu Division |

* Bannu District
* Lakki Marwat District
* North Waziristan District

| 3,092,078  | 9,975 km2 (3,851 sq mi)  | 309.98/km2 | 42.11%  |
Dera Ismail Khan Division |

* Dera Ismail Khan District
* Upper South Waziristan District
* Lower South Waziristan District
* Tank District

| 3,188,779  | 18,854 km2 (7,280 sq mi)  | 169.13/km2 | 41.73%  |
Hazara Division |

* Abbottabad District
* Allai District
* Batagram District
* Haripur District
* Kolai-Palas District
* Lower Kohistan District
* Mansehra District
* Tor Ghar District
* Upper Kohistan District

| 6,188,736  | 17,064 km2 (6,588 sq mi)  | 362.68/km2 | 60.95%  |
Kohat Division |

* Hangu District
* Karak District
* Kohat District
* Kurram District
* Orakzai District

| 3,752,436  | 12,377 km2 (4,779 sq mi)  | 303.18/km2 | 50.89%  |
Malakand Division |

* Bajaur District
* Buner District
* Central Dir District
* Lower Chitral District
* Lower Dir District
* Malakand District
* Shangla District
* Swat District
* Upper Chitral District
* Upper Dir District

| 9,959,399  | 31,162 km2 (12,032 sq mi)  | 319.6/km2 | 47.51%  |
Mardan Division |

* Mardan District
* Swabi District

| 4,639,498  | 3,175 km2 (1,226 sq mi)  | 1461.26/km2 | 56.90%  |
Peshawar Division |

* Charsadda District
* Khyber District
* Mohmand District
* Nowshera District
* Peshawar District

| 10,035,171  | 9,134 km2 (3,527 sq mi)  | 1098.66/km2 | 51.32%  |

#### Punjab

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This section is an excerpt from Divisions of Punjab, Pakistan § List of divisions by population over the years.[edit]

Division  | Population

2023[18]

| Population

2017

| Population

1998

| Population

1981

| Population

1972

| Population

1961

| Population

1951

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Lahore | 22,772,710  | 19,581,281  | 8,694,620  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Faisalabad | 16,228,526  | 14,177,081  | 9,885,685  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Multan | 14,085,102  | 12,265,161  | 8,447,557  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Bahawalpur | 13,400,009  | 11,464,031  | 7,635,591  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Dera Ghazi Khan | 12,892,465  | 11,014,398  | 6,503,590  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Gujranwala | 11,416,686  | 9,783,183  | 6,101,052  | 3,934,861  | 3,218,873  | 2,587,061  | 1,835,178
Rawalpindi | 10,804,250  | 10,007,821  | 6,659,528  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Sargodha | 9,591,275  | 8,181,499  | 5,679,766  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Sahiwal | 8,533,471  | 7,380,386  | 5,362,866  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Gujrat | 7,362,182  | 6,340,801  | 5,330,006  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...

#### Sindh

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This section is an excerpt from Divisions of Sindh § List of the Divisions by area, population, density, literacy rate etc..[edit]

Name  | Headquarter  | Districts  | Area

(km2)[19]

| Population (2023)[19] | Pop. Density (2023)[19] | Literacy rate (2023)[19] | Map

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Hyderabad Division | Hyderabad |

* Dadu District
* Hyderabad
* Jamshoro District
* Matiari District
* Tando Allahyar District
* Tando Muhammad Khan District
* Badin District
* Sujawal District
* Thatta District

| 48,670  | 11,659,246  | 239.56/km2 | 45.38%  |
Karachi Division | Karachi |

* Central
* East
* South
* West
* Korangi
* Malir
* Kemari

| 3,527  | 20,382,881  | 5,779.10/km2 | 75.11%  |
Larkana Division | Larkana |

* Jacobabad District
* Kashmore District
* Larkana District
* Qambar Shahdadkot District
* Shikarpur District

| 15,213  | 7,093,706  | 466.29/km2 | 44.53%  |
Mirpur Khas Division | Mirpur Khas |

* Mirpur Khas District
* Tharparkar District
* Umerkot District

| 28,170  | 4,619,624  | 153.99/km2 | 40.41%  |
Shaheed Benazirabad Division | Nawabshah |

* Naushahro Feroze District
* Shaheed Benazir Abad District
* Sanghar District

| 18,176  | 5,930,649  | 326.29/km2 | 49.91%  |
Sukkur Division | Sukkur |

* Ghotki District
* Khairpur District
* Sukkur District

| 27,158  | 6,010,041  | 221.30/km2 | 59.72%  |

### Administered territories

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Divisions of Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Division | Area (km2) | Population
1998 Census | Population
2017 Census  | Population
2023 Census | Capital
Mirpur | 4,388 | 1,198,249 | 1,651,018  | N/A | Mirpur
Muzaffarabad | 6,117 | 745,733 | 1,072,150  | N/A | Muzaffarabad
Poonch | 2,792 | 1,028,541 | 1,322,198  | N/A | Rawalakot
Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
Division | Area (km2) | Population
1998 Census | Population
2017 Census  | Population
2023 Census | Capital
Gilgit | - | N/A | N/A  | N/A | Gilgit
Baltistan | - | N/A | N/A  | N/A | Skardu
Diamer | - | N/A | N/A  | N/A | Chilas

## List of all divisions by population, area, density, literacy rate etc.

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List of the divisions by population, area, density, literacy rate etc.  Division  | Population

(2023)

| Area
(km2) | Density/
(km2)

(2017)

| Literacy

rate (2023)

[20][21][22][23]

| Capital | Province

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Islamabad | 2,363,863  | 906  | 2214.76  | 83.97%  | Islamabad | Islamabad
Dera Ismail Khan | 3,188,779  | 9,005  | 224.21  | 41.73%  | Dera Ismail Khan | KPK
Bannu | 3,092,078  | 4,391  | 465.51  | 42.11%  | Bannu
Kohat | 3,752,436  | 7,012  | 316.45  | 50.89%  | Kohat
Hazara | 6,188,736  | 17,194  | 309.7  | 60.95%  | Abbottabad
Malakand | 9,959,399  | 29,872  | 251.56  | 47.51%  | Saidu
Mardan | 4,639,498  | 3,046  | 1312.43  | 56.90%  | Mardan
Peshawar | 10,035,171  | 4,001  | 1850.49  | 51.32%  | Peshawar
Dera Ghazi Khan | 12,892,465  | 38,778  | 284.04  | 48.00%  | Dera Ghazi Khan | Punjab
Lahore | 22,772,710  | 11,727  | 1654.14  | 73.63%  | Lahore
Faisalabad | 16,228,526  | 17,917  | 791.26  | 68.80%  | Faisalabad
Bahawalpur | 13,400,009  | 45,588  | 251.47  | 52.13%  | Bahawalpur
Gujranwala | 11,416,686  | 7,779  | 937.11  | 76.41%  | Gujranwala
Gujrat | 7,362,182  | 9,438  | 780.05  | 75.30%  | Gujrat
Multan | 14,085,102  | 17,935  | 683.87  | 59.43%  | Multan
Rawalpindi | 10,804,250  | 18,823  | 574.5  | 79.90%  | Rawalpindi
Sargodha | 9,591,275  | 26,360  | 310.38  | 63.19%  | Sargodha
Sahiwal | 8,533,471  | 10,302  | 520.57  | 61.02%  | Sahiwal
Karachi | 20,382,881  | 3,528  | 4549.75  | 75.11%  | Karachi | Sindh
Mirpur Khas | 4,619,624  | 28,171  | 150.11  | 40.41%  | Mirpur Khas
Hyderabad | 11,659,246  | 64,963  | 163.06  | 45.38%  | Hyderabad
Larkana | 7,093,706  | 15,543  | 398.4  | 44.53%  | Larkana
Shaheed Benazirabad | 5,930,649  | 18,175  | 290.63  | 49.91%  | Shaheed Benazirabad
Sukkur | 6,010,041  | 34,752  | 159.37  | 49.72%  | Sukkur
Makran | 1,875,872  | 52,067  | 28.6  | 47.69%  | Turbat | Balochistan
Nasirabad | 2,044,021  | 16,946  | 34.88  | 32.59%  | Dera Murad Jamali
Quetta | 4,259,163  | 64,310  | 64.91  | 51.68%  | Quetta
Kalat | 2,721,018  | 91,767  | 17.85  | 38.72%  | Khuzdar
Sibi | 1,156,748  | 27,055  | 38.37  | 34.70%  | Sibi
Rakhshan | 1,040,001  | 98,596  | ...  | 36.84%  | Kharan
Zhob | 927,579  | 27,128  | 34.2  | 32.33%  | Zhob
Loralai | 870,000  | 17,260  | 50.4  | 39.89%  | Loralai
Mirpur | ...  | 4,388  | ...  | ...  | Mirpur | AJK
Muzaffarabad | ...  | 6,117  | ...  | ...  | Muzaffarabad
Poonch | ...  | 2,792  | ...  | ...  | Rawalakot
Gilgit | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | Gilgit | Gilgit-Baltistan
Baltistan | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | Skardu
Diamer | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | Chilas

## List of all divisions by population over the years

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Data from 2023, 2017, 1998, 1981, 1972 censuses[24][25] Division  | Pop.

2023

| Pop.

2017

| Pop.

1998

| Pop.

1981

| Pop.

1972

| Pop.

1961

| Pop.

1951

| Province

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Islamabad | 2,363,863  | 2,006,572  | 805,235  | 340,286  | ...  | ...  | ...  | Islamabad
Bahawalpur | 13,400,009  | 11,464,031  | 7,635,591  | 4,068,636  | ...  | ...  | ...  | Punjab
Lahore | 22,772,710  | 19,398,081  | 12,015,649  | 7,183,097  | ...  | ...  | ...
Dera Ghazi Khan | 12,892,465  | 11,014,398  | 6,503,590  | 3,746,837  | ...  | ...  | ...
Faisalabad | 16,228,526  | 14,177,081  | 9,885,685  | 6,667,425  | ...  | ...  | ...
Multan | 14,085,102  | 12,265,161  | 8,447,557  | 5,408,561  | ...  | ...  | ...
Rawalpindi | 10,804,250  | 10,007,821  | 6,659,528  | 4,432,729  | ...  | ...  | ...
Sargodha | 9,591,275  | 8,181,499  | 5,679,766  | 3,930,628  | ...  | ...  | ...
Sahiwal | 8,533,471  | 5,362,866  | 4,271,247  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Gujranwala | 11,416,686  | 9,783,183  | 6,101,052  | 3,934,861  | 3,218,873  | 2,587,061  | 1,835,178
Gujrat | 7,362,182  | 6,337,678  | 4,685,773  | 3,264,764  | 2,713,675  | 1,872,505  | 1,626,496
Mirpur Khas | 4,619,624  | 4,228,683  | 2,585,417  | 1,501,882  | ...  | ...  | ...  | Sindh
Hyderabad | 11,659,246  | 10,592,635  | 6,829,537  | 4,678,290  | ...  | ...  | ...
Karachi | 20,382,881  | 16,051,521  | 9,856,318  | 5,437,984  | ...  | ...  | ...
Larkana | 7,093,706  | 6,192,380  | 4,210,650  | 2,746,201  | ...  | ...  | ...
Shaheed Benazirabad | 5,930,649  | 5,282,277  | 3,510,036  | 2,560,448  | ...  | ...  | ...
Sukkur | 6,010,041  | 5,538,555  | 3,447,935  | 2,103,861  | ...  | ...  | ...
Dera Ismail Khan | 3,188,779  | 2,019,017  | 1,091,211  | 635,494  | ...  | ...  | ...  | KPK
Bannu | 3,092,078  | 2,044,074  | 1,165,692  | 710,786  | ...  | ...  | ...
Kohat | 3,752,436  | 2,218,971  | 1,307,969  | 758,772  | ...  | ...  | ...
Hazara | 6,188,736  | 5,325,121  | 3,505,581  | 2,701,257  | ...  | ...  | ...
Malakand | 9,959,399  | 7,514,694  | 4,262,700  | 2,466,767  | ...  | ...  | ...
Mardan | 4,639,498  | 3,997,677  | 2,486,904  | 1,506,500  | ...  | ...  | ...
Peshawar | 10,035,171  | 7,403,817  | 3,923,588  | 2,281,752  | ...  | ...  | ...
Kalat | 2,721,018  | 2,509,230  | 1,457,722  | 1,044,174  | ...  | ...  | ...  | Balochistan
Nasirabad | 2,044,021  | 591,144  | 1,076,708  | 699,669  | ...  | ...  | ...
Makran | 1,875,872  | 1,489,015  | 832,753  | 652,602  | ...  | ...  | ...
Quetta | 4,259,163  | 4,174,562  | 1,699,957  | 880,618  | ...  | ...  | ...
Sibi | 1,156,748  | 1,038,010  | 630,901  | 305,768  | ...  | ...  | ...
Zhob | 927,579  | 806,238  | 468,695  | 361,647  | 171,989  | ...  | ...
Loralai | 870,000  | 736,209  | 487,748  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Rakhshan | 1,040,001  | 737,162  | 409,473  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Mirpur | ...  | 1,651,018  | 1,198,249  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | AJK
Muzaffarabad | ...  | 1,072,150  | 745,733  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Poonch | ...  | 1,322,198  | 1,028,541  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Gilgit | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | Gilgit-Baltistan
Baltistan | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Diamer | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...

## See also

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*     * Divisions of Balochistan
* Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
* Divisions of Punjab
* Divisions of Sindh
* Divisions of Azad Kashmir
* Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
* Districts of Pakistan
* Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
* Districts of Sindh, Pakistan
* Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
* Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
* Districts of Azad Kashmir
* Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan
* Former administrative units of Pakistan
* Local government in Pakistan

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Divisions of Pakistan

Balochistan|

* Kalat
* Loralai
* Makran
* Nasirabad
* Quetta
* Rakhshan
* Sibi
* Zhob

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|

* Bannu
* Dera Ismail Khan
* Hazara
* Kohat
* Malakand
* Mardan
* Peshawar

Punjab|

* Bahawalpur
* Dera Ghazi Khan
* Faisalabad
* Gujranwala
* Gujrat
* Lahore
* Multan
* Rawalpindi
* Sahiwal
* Sargodha

Sindh|

* Hyderabad
* Karachi
* Larkana
* Mirpur Khas
* Shaheed Benazirabad
* Sukkur

Islamabad Capital Territory|

None

Azad Jammu & Kashmir|

* Mirpur
* Muzaffarabad
* Poonch

Gilgit Baltistan|

* Baltistan
* Diamer
* Gilgit

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