| 2.01 AREA, POPULATION AND POPULATION DENSITY | |||||||||
| BY PROVINCE / REGION 1961, 1972, 1981 & 1998 | |||||||||
| (Area in Sq.Km) | |||||||||
| (Population in "000") | |||||||||
| POPULATION | DENSITY | ||||||||
| Pakistan/ | Persons per Sq. k.m. | ||||||||
| Province/ | |||||||||
| Region | Area | 1961 | 1972 | 1981 | 1998 | 1961 | 1972 | 1981 | 1998 |
| PAKISTAN | 796,095 | 42,880 | 65,309 | 84,253 | 131,028 | 54 | 82 | 106 | 165 |
| SINDH | 140,914 | 8,367 | 14,156 | 19,029 | 30,440 | 59 | 101 | 135 | 216 |
| Punjab | 205,344 | 25,464 | 37,607 | 47,292 | 72,585 | 124 | 183 | 231 | 353 |
| N.W.F.P. | 74,521 | 5,731 | 8,389 | 11,061 | 17,555 | 76 | 112 | 148 | 236 |
| Balochistan | 347,190 | 1,353 | 2,428 | 4,332 | 6,511 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| F.A.T.A. | 27,220 | 1,847 | 2,491 | 2,199 | 3,138 | 68 | 92 | 81 | 115 |
| Islamabad | 906 | 118 | 238 | 340 | 799 | 130 | 262 | 376 | 88 |
| Source:- Population Census Organization Government of Pakistan. | |||||||||