Population census: Men outnumber women in Karachi
The population has augmented by 61,95,203 in 19 years.
KARACHI (Dunya News)- As per provisional results of sixth population census, Pakistan economic hub Karachi’s population has ballooned to 16.051 million, reported Roznama Dunya on Monday.
The figure for metropolis stood at 9.8 million in 1998.
As per details garnered, men constitutes 84,39,659 of the total population and women make 76,10,365 while 1497 members of transgender community are also residing in the city. The population has augmented by 61,95,203 or 62.95pc in the last 19 years. The aforementioned figures show an annual population growth rate of 2.6pc.
The population of District of Central Karachi stands at 29,71,626 whereas population of District East stands at 29,07,467. District West remains most crowded with 39,14,757 inhabitants while District East comes at bottom with 17,91,751 residents. The population of Korangi District is 24,57,019 while population of District Malir is 20,08,901.
The overall population of Sindh has augmented to 40.78 million which contains 2,49,27,046 men and 2,29,56,478 women with 2527 members of transgender community. The number of houses in Sindh ar 85,85,610.
The population as per division is as follow:
6192380 in Larkana, 5538555 in Sukkur, 10592365 in Hyderabad division, 4228683 in Mirpur Khas and 5282277 in Shaheed Benazir Abad.
The population as per district is as follow:
1006297 in Jacobabad, 1089169 in Kashmore, 1341042 in Qambar Shahdadkot, 1524391 in Larkana, 1231481 in Shikarpur, 1646318 in Ghotki, 2404334 in Khairpur, 1487903 in Sukkur, 1804516 in Badin, 1550266 in Dado, 2199463 in Hyderabad, 993142 in Jamshoro, 769349 in Matiari, 781967 in Sijawal, 836887 in Tando Allahyar, 677228 in Tando Muhammad Khan, 989817 in Thatta, 1505876 in Mirpur Khas, 1649661 in Tharparkar, 1073146 in Umerkot, 2057057 in Sanghar, 1612373 in Naushahro Feroze and 1612843 in Shaheed Benazir Abad.
