ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan launched a national census on Wednesday, the country's first in 19 years. However, societal conservatism and a lack of female census takers could result in Pakistan's female ...

Planning minister warns country could reach 370m by 2050, with annual addition of 4-4.5m people — equivalent to New Zealand.

Pakistan will struggle to meet its development and GDP growth targets if its current population trajectory continues, senior ...

The demographic structure, with a noticeable decline in youth dependency from around 90 in 1990 to 70 in 2018-19, offers a ...

Reporting from ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Like many countries, Pakistan allocates federal resources to its provinces and administrative regions based on population. Trouble is, Pakistan’s last census took ...

Pakistan's census of Afghans provides first detailed profile of the population An analysis of the information has revealed that many of the 3 million Afghans in Pakistan are young and belong to ...

Pakistan is one of the most populated countries in the world. Last week, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics released a provisional report of the country’s sixth population census. According to the ...

The results of Pakistan's 6 th census have been released and they show that the country has 207 million people. From which we can deduce that Pakistan is still stuck in Malthusian growth, even if ...

On March 15, 2017, Pakistan will hold its sixth nationwide population census, after a wide gap of almost 19 years. The census was only possible after Supreme Court intervention, and with the assent of ...

"The census of Afghans, undertaken in all locations in Pakistan, shows that 548,105 Afghan families, constituting 3,049,268 individuals, currently reside in Pakistan. This census presents the clearest ...