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ALL DISTRICTS / Balochistan

Quetta.

One district. Four possible futures.

2023 population2.60M
Annual growth · 2017–232.3%
Households288.7K

Quetta division · Balochistan · 2023 census district definition

Quetta highlighted on the available district map of Pakistan

My district in each model

Where Quetta appears in every model
ModelProvince / SubaCapitalProvince population
Current structureBalochistanQuetta14,894,402
12 provincesWestern BalochistanQuetta9,896,054
18 provincesNorthwestern BalochistanQuetta5,299,164
24 provincesNorth-Central BalochistanQuetta4,259,163
36 provincesNorth-Central BalochistanQuetta4,259,163

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

People and everyday life

2017 population2,269,473
Literacy · age 10+56.3%
Female literacy47.0%
Urban population56.9%
Children 5–16 out of school37.1%
Electricity access92.9%
Improved drinking water94.4%
People per household8.99
Detailed population coverage87.5%

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.