Province
The population development of Balochistān according to census results.
Name | Status | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (C) 1972-09-16 | Population Census (C) 1981-03-01 | Population Census (C) 1998-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2017-03-15 | Population Census (C) 2023-03-01 | |||
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Pakistan | Islāmābād | 796,096 | 65,309,340 | 84,253,644 | 132,352,279 | 207,684,626 | 241,499,431 | → | |||
Balochistān | Prov | Quetta | 347,190 | 2,428,678 | 4,332,376 | 6,565,885 | 12,335,129 | 14,894,402 | 34719000 | → |
- Population does not include Afghan refugees living in refugee villages.
- Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Major Cities
Name | Population Census (Cf) 2017-03-15 | |
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1 | Quetta | 999,385 |
2 | Turbat | 213,831 |
3 | Khuzdār | 182,444 |
4 | Hub | 177,823 |
5 | Chaman | 123,206 |
6 | Dera Murād Jamāli | 96,316 |
7 | Gwādar | 90,201 |
8 | Dera Allāh Yār | 80,958 |
9 | Usta Muhammad | 76,753 |
10 | Sui | 72,740 |
Contents: Cities, Municipalites & Towns
The population of all cities, municipalities and towns with more than 20,000 inhabitants in Balochistān by census years.
Name | Population Census (C) 1972-09-16 | Population Census (C) 1981-03-01 | Population Census (C) 1998-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2017-03-15 | Area | ||
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Awārān | ... | ... | ... | 21,761 | 0 | → | |
Bela | 6,728 | 11,172 | 16,705 | 24,603 | 0 | → | |
Bulaida | ... | ... | ... | 39,846 | 0 | → | |
Chaman | 20,702 | 29,793 | 56,792 | 123,206 | 0 | → | |
Chitkān | 9,879 | 9,495 | 21,297 | 44,613 | 0 | → | |
Dera Allāh Yār | 2,332 | 6,730 | 38,371 | 80,958 | 0 | → | |
Dera Bugti | 501 | ... | 15,495 | 27,625 | 0 | → | |
Dera Murād Jamāli | ... | 9,133 | 38,431 | 96,316 | 0 | → | |
Gwādar | 15,794 | 17,000 | 45,021 | 90,201 | 0 | → | |
Hub | ... | 4,249 | 62,763 | 177,823 | 0 | → | |
Huramzai | ... | ... | ... | 29,402 | 0 | → | |
Kalāt | 6,481 | 11,037 | 22,646 | 36,796 | 0 | → | |
Khānozai | ... | ... | ... | 39,997 | 0 | → | |
Khārān | 6,093 | 10,472 | 27,806 | 51,388 | 0 | → | |
Khuzdār | 3,362 | 30,887 | 91,057 | 182,444 | 0 | → | |
Killa Abdullah (Qilla Abdullah) | ... | ... | ... | 26,124 | 0 | → | |
Killa Saifullah (Qilla Saifullah) | 835 | ... | 8,129 | 34,865 | 0 | → | |
Lorālāi | 7,157 | 13,900 | 29,875 | 54,849 | 0 | → | |
Mastung | 10,397 | 16,450 | 24,131 | 34,997 | 0 | → | |
Muslim Bagh | 2,694 | ... | 17,170 | 28,428 | 0 | → | |
Nāl | ... | ... | ... | 33,321 | 0 | → | |
Nūshki | 5,329 | 11,300 | 23,948 | 46,396 | 0 | → | |
Pasni | 15,737 | 17,988 | 29,538 | 34,557 | 0 | → | |
Pishīn | 10,068 | 14,715 | 22,955 | 35,547 | 0 | → | |
Quetta | 158,026 | 285,719 | 565,137 | 999,385 | 0 | → | |
Saranan | ... | ... | ... | 37,850 | 0 | → | |
Sibi | 19,989 | 23,043 | 48,467 | 64,674 | 0 | → | |
Sui | ... | ... | ... | 72,740 | 0 | → | |
Sūrāb | ... | ... | 11,148 | 35,597 | 0 | → | |
Tasp | ... | ... | ... | 35,798 | 0 | → | |
Tump | ... | ... | ... | 48,343 | 0 | → | |
Turbat | 27,671 | 52,337 | 68,603 | 213,831 | 0 | → | |
Usta Muhammad | 6,605 | 12,016 | 38,946 | 76,753 | 0 | → | |
Uthal | 2,296 | 9,404 | 13,319 | 29,423 | 0 | → | |
Wadh | ... | ... | 13,794 | 22,209 | 0 | → | |
Wāshuk | ... | ... | ... | 21,835 | 0 | → | |
Winder | ... | ... | 11,569 | 29,515 | 0 | → | |
Zehri | ... | ... | 13,397 | 37,788 | 0 | → | |
Zhob (incl. Zhob Cantonment) | 17,291 | 31,931 | 43,843 | 46,164 | 0 | → |
- The population of cantonments that adjoin a city are included in the population figure of that city.
- Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.