Population

Karachi City Population Growth

Karachi city is growing at a rate of around 5% per year, in large part to due rural to urban migration in the area and the 45,000 migrant workers who come to Karachi every month from around Pakistan.

Populations of Karachi city is now growing much faster than projected. Between 1998 and 2011, Karachi's metropolitan area grew from 9.8 to 21.2 million, an increase of 115%. This is by far the fastest growth of any metropolitan region in the world. This rapid growth is expected to make the city of Karachi the seventh largest in the world by 2030.

Karachi Population Data

1950               1,055,000                   0.00% 0

1955               1,419,000                   34.50%                       364,000

1960               1,853,000                   30.60%                       434,000

1965               2,405,000                   29.80%                       552,000

1970               3,119,000                   29.70%                       714,000

1975               3,989,000                   27.90%                       870,000

1980               5,048,000                   26.50%                       1,059,000

1985               6,033,000                   19.50%                       985,000

1990               7,147,000                   18.50%                       1,114,000

1995               8,467,000                   18.50%                       1,320,000

2000               10,032,000                 18.50%                       1,565,000

2005               11,885,000                 18.50%                       1,853,000

2010               14,081,000                 18.50%                       2,196,000

2015               16,618,000                 18.00%                       2,537,000

2016               17,121,000                 3.00%                         503,000

2020               19,230,000                 12.30%                       2,109,000

2025               22,009,000                 14.50%                       2,779,000

2030               24,838,000                 12.90%                       2,829,000

The population of Ghotki district, presently comprising five Talukas is 10,37000 and the average annual growth rate of population is 3.26%. Population density of 159.6 persons / sq. km. House hold size of district is 5.5 persons. Rural Population of the district is 83.67%. Urban population of the district is 16.33 %. Percentage of Population by Religion and Rural/Urban Areas, 1998 Religion All Areas Rural Urban.

 
Muslim 93.06 94.90 83.64 
Christian 0.14 0.07 0.51 
Hindu (Jati) 6.17 4.58 14.29 
Ahmadi 0.08 0.06 0.18 
Scheduled Caste0.5 0.34 1.35 
Others 0.04 0.05 0.02

Only one AFP case was found from Hindu community, which was negative adequate stool specimen and discarded as GBS. Routine as well as SIA coverage among Hindu community children was 89% and 100% respectively during the March & April rounds 2002.

The Sindh Population is as under:

Rank              City                             Province                   Population

1                      Karachi                       Sindh                          16,631,255

2                      Hyderabad                 Sindh                          1,496,163

3                      Sukkur                        Sindh                          460,899

4                      Larkana                      Sindh                          416,261

5                      Nawabshah                Sindh                          399,980

6                      Mir Pur Khas             Sindh                          397,186

7                      Jacobabad                  Sindh                          330,234

8                      Rahim Yar Khan        Sindh                          328,903

9                      Tharparkar                Sindh 

10                    Thatta                         Sindh                          340,770