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Peshawar.

One district. Four possible futures.

2023 population4.76M
Annual growth · 2017–231.6%
Households691.5K

Peshawar division · KP · 2023 census district definition

Peshawar highlighted on the available district map of Pakistan

My district in each model

Where Peshawar appears in every model
ModelProvince / SubaCapitalProvince population
Current structureKhyber PakhtunkhwaPeshawar40,856,097
12 provincesNorthern KPPeshawar30,822,804
18 provincesCentral KPPeshawar14,674,669
24 provincesCentral KPPeshawar10,035,171
36 provincesCentral KPPeshawar10,035,171

Proposed names and capitals are exploratory. The current model includes Islamabad separately. These are not official changes.

People and everyday life

2017 population4,331,959
Literacy · age 10+53.3%
Female literacy41.1%
Urban population40.0%
Children 5–16 out of school34.5%
Electricity access91.8%
Improved drinking water97.0%
People per household6.88
Detailed population coverage99.8%

Figures use the published census denominators: literacy covers people aged 10 and over; utility access covers the relevant household tables. Unavailable rates are shown as a dash.

About these figures

Population and detailed tables are from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, distributed through Muhammad Yaseen’s PakPC2023 package. Annual growth is calculated from the supplied 2017 and 2023 populations. This snapshot contains 136 census district entries; later district changes are not silently substituted.

The display map uses simplified WFP/OCHA boundaries dated September 2022; census statistics use the 2023 snapshot. Download the data and methodology.