Pakistan
population: 2023 census (1 Mar 2023) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 14 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography13 of 14 metros
Pakistan metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 14 tracked metros
Show all 14 rows
| Metro | State | Tier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #188 | Lahore | Punjab | 22.8M | 15.3 | Regional Hub |
| #189 | Karachi▲ Largest | Sindh | 19.4M | 15.2 | Regional Hub |
| #374 | Islamabad★ Capital | Islamabad | 8.5M | 6.7 | Established Metro |
| #505 | Faisalabad | Punjab | 9.1M | 4.8 | Emerging Metro |
| #599 | Multan | Punjab | 5.4M | 3.8 | Emerging Metro |
| #729 | Peshawar | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier) | 4.8M | 2.7 | Emerging Metro |
| #767 | Gujranwala | Punjab | 6.0M | 2.5 | Emerging Metro |
| #854 | Rahim Yar Khan | Punjab | 5.6M | 2.1 | Emerging Metro |
| #968 | Sialkot | Punjab | 4.5M | 1.7 | Emerging Metro |
| #992 | Bahawalpur | Punjab | 4.3M | 1.7 | Emerging Metro |
| #1069 | Sargodha | Punjab | 4.3M | 1.4 | Emerging Metro |
| #1107 | Quetta | Balochistan | 2.6M | 1.4 | Emerging Metro |
| #1297 | Hyderabad-Sindh | Sindh | 3.2M | 1.1 | Emerging Metro |
| #1462 | Khairpur | Sindh | 2.6M | 0.9 | Local Metro |
🗂️ Administrative subdivisions
7 entries listed under Pakistan across 3 types. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
Administrative Areas (2)
Capital Territories (1)
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- Urdu, English
- Currency
- Pakistani rupee (₨)
- Government
- Parliamentary republic
- Legislature
- Parliament of Pakistan
- Constitution
- 1973, 22 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Pakistani
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Driving side
- Left
- Calling code
- +92
- Internet TLD
- .pk
- ISO 3166
- PK
- Established
- 1947
- Highest point
- K2 (8,611 m (28,251 ft))
- National anthem
- Qaumi Taranah
Facts via Wikidata.
📰 In the news1 story
Comparitech · 29 Aug 2026
Where Netflix offers the best value for moneyNetflix price against catalog size in 128 countries: Pakistan offers the best value and Switzerland the worst.
💹 Economy and developmentLower middle income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations4 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History38 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Shehbaz Sharif✦ Current
2024–PresentPrime Minister
Anwar ul-Haq Kakar
2023–2024Caretaker Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif
2022–2023Prime Minister
Imran Khan
2018–2022Prime Minister
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
2017–2018Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif
2013–2017Prime Minister
Raja Pervez Ashraf
2012–2013Prime Minister
Yusuf Raza Gilani
2008–2012Prime Minister
Muhammad Mian Soomro
2007–2008Caretaker Prime Minister
Shaukat Aziz
2004–2007Prime Minister
Mir Zafarullah Jamali
2002–2004Prime Minister
⚠️ Pervez Musharraf
1999–2008President / CMLA
Show all 38 leaders
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
1998–2001President
Wasim Sajjad
1997–1998Acting President
Nawaz Sharif
1997–1999Prime Minister
Meraj Khalid
1996–1997Caretaker Prime Minister
Farooq Leghari
1993–1997President
Benazir Bhutto
1993–1996Prime Minister
Wasim Sajjad
1993–1993Acting President
Moeen Qureshi
1993–1993Caretaker Prime Minister
Balakh Sher Mazari
1993–1993Caretaker Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif
1990–1993Prime Minister
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
1990–1990Caretaker Prime Minister
Benazir Bhutto
1988–1990Prime Minister
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
1988–1993President
Muhammad Khan Junejo
1985–1988Prime Minister
⚠️ Zia ul-Haq
1977–1988President / CMLA
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
1973–1978President
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1973–1977Prime Minister
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1971–1973President
⚠️ Yahya Khan
1969–1971President / CMLA
⚠️ Ayub Khan
1958–1969President / CMLA
Feroze Khan Noon
1957–1958Prime Minister
Huseyn Suhrawardy
1956–1957Prime Minister
Chaudhry Mohammad Ali
1955–1956Prime Minister
Mohammad Ali Bogra
1953–1955Prime Minister
Khawaja Nazimuddin
1951–1953Prime Minister
Liaquat Ali Khan
1947–1951Prime Minister
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Shehbaz Sharif✦ Current | Prime Minister | 2024–Present |
| Anwar ul-Haq Kakar | Caretaker Prime Minister | 2023–2024 |
| Shehbaz Sharif | Prime Minister | 2022–2023 |
| Imran Khan | Prime Minister | 2018–2022 |
| Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | Prime Minister | 2017–2018 |
| Nawaz Sharif | Prime Minister | 2013–2017 |
| Raja Pervez Ashraf | Prime Minister | 2012–2013 |
| Yusuf Raza Gilani | Prime Minister | 2008–2012 |
| Muhammad Mian Soomro | Caretaker Prime Minister | 2007–2008 |
| Shaukat Aziz | Prime Minister | 2004–2007 |
| Mir Zafarullah Jamali | Prime Minister | 2002–2004 |
| ⚠️ Pervez Musharraf | President / CMLA | 1999–2008 |
| Muhammad Rafiq Tarar | President | 1998–2001 |
| Wasim Sajjad | Acting President | 1997–1998 |
| Nawaz Sharif | Prime Minister | 1997–1999 |
| Meraj Khalid | Caretaker Prime Minister | 1996–1997 |
| Farooq Leghari | President | 1993–1997 |
| Benazir Bhutto | Prime Minister | 1993–1996 |
| Wasim Sajjad | Acting President | 1993–1993 |
| Moeen Qureshi | Caretaker Prime Minister | 1993–1993 |
| Balakh Sher Mazari | Caretaker Prime Minister | 1993–1993 |
| Nawaz Sharif | Prime Minister | 1990–1993 |
| Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi | Caretaker Prime Minister | 1990–1990 |
| Benazir Bhutto | Prime Minister | 1988–1990 |
| Ghulam Ishaq Khan | President | 1988–1993 |
| Muhammad Khan Junejo | Prime Minister | 1985–1988 |
| ⚠️ Zia ul-Haq | President / CMLA | 1977–1988 |
| Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry | President | 1973–1978 |
| Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | Prime Minister | 1973–1977 |
| Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | President | 1971–1973 |
| ⚠️ Yahya Khan | President / CMLA | 1969–1971 |
| ⚠️ Ayub Khan | President / CMLA | 1958–1969 |
| Feroze Khan Noon | Prime Minister | 1957–1958 |
| Huseyn Suhrawardy | Prime Minister | 1956–1957 |
| Chaudhry Mohammad Ali | Prime Minister | 1955–1956 |
| Mohammad Ali Bogra | Prime Minister | 1953–1955 |
| Khawaja Nazimuddin | Prime Minister | 1951–1953 |
| Liaquat Ali Khan | Prime Minister | 1947–1951 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 19457 interstate wars · click to expand
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war | 2026–present | Afghanistan | 100–457 |
| 2025 India–Pakistan conflict | 2025 | India | 83–210 |
| Kargil War | 1999 | India | 884–5,600 |
| Soviet–Afghan War● | 1979–1989 | Soviet Union,Afghanistan | 600,000–2,000,000 |
| Indo-Pakistani War of 1971● | 1971 | India | 11,500–12,843 |
| Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | 1965 | India | 6,800–13,459 |
| Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 | 1947–1949 | India | 2,604–7,500 |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Pakistan: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires1 · $2.5B combined · click to expand
| # | Name | Net worth | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1699 | Sualeh Asif(inherited) | $2.5B | Technology |
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
Pakistan on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Pakistan's national teams, newest first. 2 in total.
| Year | Date | Champion | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2009-06-21 | Pakistan | T20 World Cup |
| 1992 | 1992-03-25 | Pakistan | Cricket World Cup |
🏟️ League Hubs
Domestic league portals that operate in Pakistan: 1 league.