MAP STORIES · CENSUS 2023

What changes between 12 and 36 provinces?

The same census population, grouped at different scales.

Published 10 September 2026 · Subay Pakistan · Data analysis

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The models hold the underlying district population constant. More proposed units reduce the mean population per unit, but do not by themselves establish affordability, travel times or better services. Those require separate evidence. Islamabad is included as a separate unit in each proposed total.

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Compare districts yourself, browse all district profiles, or download the source snapshot. Census figures are from PBS through PakPC2023; proposal grouping is by Subay Pakistan.

Administrative models do not change identity: Baloch remain Baloch, Punjabi remain Punjabi, Sindhi remain Sindhi, Pashtun remain Pashtun, and everyone keeps its cultural and regional identity.

This is a dated census analysis, not a live population estimate.