Demographic profile
Pakistan is the 5th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 3.14% of everyone alive. Within Southern and Central Asia, it ranks 2 of 13.
Each day brings roughly 19,069 births and 4,875 deaths, adding about 5,184,252 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 1.98% annually, the population would double in roughly 35 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Azad Kashmir, holding an estimated 34.3% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 7 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 58.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 20.2%, with life expectancy at about 61.1 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Pakistan in 2026? Approximately 261,847,860 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Pakistan growing? About 1.98% per year — roughly 19,069 births and 4,875 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Pakistan? Around 3.14% — ranked 5 worldwide by population.