How many people live in Pakistan right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
260,627,440
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 5 of 237
- Share of world population
- 3.13%
- Median age
- 20.8 years
- Children per woman
- 3.44
- Life expectancy
- 68.1 years
- People per km²
- 336
According to UN estimates, about 261 million people live in Pakistan right now. It ranks 5th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Indonesia and Nigeria, and it is home to one in every 32 people on the planet.
Every day, about 19,000 people are born there and about 4,600 die. More people leave than arrive: net migration reduces the population by about 1.1 million people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 11,300 people a day (1.59% a year).
In 1950, about 35.8 million people lived there. Today there are 7.3 times as many. The UN expects it to keep growing for the rest of the century. By 2050 it is projected to have about 372 million people (43% more than today), and by 2100 about 511 million.
Half of its people are younger than 21 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 3.44 children each, above the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 68 years (worldwide, 74). There are 336 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Pakistan in 2026?
- Pakistan has about 261 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 259,299,792.
- How many people are born each day in Pakistan?
- About 19,000 a day (6.9 million a year). About 4,600 people die each day (1.7 million a year).
- Is the population of Pakistan growing?
- Yes: it grows by 1.59% a year, or about 4.1 million people.
- What will the population of Pakistan be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 372 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- China 1,411,889,032
- United States 349,570,649
- Indonesia 288,550,010
- Nigeria 243,986,063
- Brazil 213,783,553
- Bangladesh 178,484,149
More countries in Asia
- India 1,480,584,588
- China 1,411,889,032
- Indonesia 288,550,010
- Bangladesh 178,484,149
- Japan 122,207,109
- Philippines 118,018,774
- Vietnam 102,351,257
- Iran 93,380,179
- Turkey 88,012,235
- Thailand 71,536,979
- Myanmar 55,285,209
- South Korea 51,574,554
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.