Pakistan
Urban population in Pakistan
Urban population in Pakistan: 17.4% in 1950 and 39.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 39.5%
- Since 1950
- +22.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 181 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 47.1%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 47.1% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Pakistan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.5 |
| 2024 | 39.2 |
| 2023 | 38.8 |
| 2022 | 38.4 |
| 2021 | 37.9 |
| 2020 | 37.5 |
| 2019 | 37.1 |
| 2018 | 36.8 |
| 2017 | 36.4 |
| 2016 | 36.2 |
| 2015 | 35.9 |
| 2014 | 35.7 |
| 2013 | 35.4 |
| 2012 | 35.2 |
| 2011 | 35 |
| 2010 | 34.8 |
| 2009 | 34.6 |
| 2008 | 34.5 |
| 2007 | 34.3 |
| 2006 | 34.1 |
| 2005 | 33.9 |
| 2004 | 33.7 |
| 2003 | 33.6 |
| 2002 | 33.4 |
| 2001 | 33.2 |
| 2000 | 33 |
| 1999 | 32.8 |
| 1998 | 32.6 |
| 1997 | 32.4 |
| 1996 | 32.1 |
| 1995 | 31.9 |
| 1994 | 31.7 |
| 1993 | 31.5 |
| 1992 | 31.2 |
| 1991 | 31 |
| 1990 | 30.8 |
| 1989 | 30.5 |
| 1988 | 30.3 |
| 1987 | 30 |
| 1986 | 29.8 |
| 1985 | 29.5 |
| 1984 | 29.2 |
| 1983 | 29 |
| 1982 | 28.7 |
| 1981 | 28.4 |
| 1980 | 28.1 |
| 1979 | 27.8 |
| 1978 | 27.4 |
| 1977 | 27.1 |
| 1976 | 26.7 |
| 1975 | 26.3 |
| 1974 | 26 |
| 1973 | 25.7 |
| 1972 | 25.4 |
| 1971 | 25.1 |
| 1970 | 24.8 |
| 1969 | 24.6 |
| 1968 | 24.4 |
| 1967 | 24.1 |
| 1966 | 23.9 |
| 1965 | 23.7 |
| 1964 | 23.5 |
| 1963 | 23.2 |
| 1962 | 22.9 |
| 1961 | 22.6 |
| 1960 | 22.3 |
| 1959 | 21.9 |
| 1958 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 21.1 |
| 1956 | 20.6 |
| 1955 | 20.2 |
| 1954 | 19.6 |
| 1953 | 19.1 |
| 1952 | 18.6 |
| 1951 | 18 |
| 1950 | 17.4 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Pakistan |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 39.9 |
| 2027 | 40.2 |
| 2028 | 40.6 |
| 2029 | 40.9 |
| 2030 | 41.3 |
| 2031 | 41.6 |
| 2032 | 41.9 |
| 2033 | 42.3 |
| 2034 | 42.6 |
| 2035 | 42.9 |
| 2036 | 43.2 |
| 2037 | 43.5 |
| 2038 | 43.8 |
| 2039 | 44.1 |
| 2040 | 44.4 |
| 2041 | 44.7 |
| 2042 | 45 |
| 2043 | 45.3 |
| 2044 | 45.6 |
| 2045 | 45.8 |
| 2046 | 46.1 |
| 2047 | 46.4 |
| 2048 | 46.6 |
| 2049 | 46.9 |
| 2050 | 47.1 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$47 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel943,000 people in 2020
- National power1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports127 million TIV in 2025