Faisalabad

Faisalabad district, Punjab — 9,075,819 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	3,561,909	5,429,547	7,882,444	9,075,819
Urban population		2,318,433	3,766,866	4,392,979
Yearly growth since the previous census		2.51%	1.98%	2.38%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		51.9%		73.4%
Female literacy rate		42.2%		69.1%
Average household size		7.20	6.42	6.50
Males per 100 females		108.6	105.1	108.9
Urban share		42.7%	47.8%	48.4%
People per km²		927	1,346	1,550
Area		5,856 km²	5,857 km²	5,857 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Punjab, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	66.0%	65.0%	61.0%
Net primary enrolment	78.0%	73.0%	70.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		21.0%	24.0%
People using the internet		22.0%	19.7%
People owning a mobile phone		46.8%	45.0%
Households with a smartphone		39.9%	34.4%
Households with tap water	13.0%	9.89%	12.7%
Households with a flush toilet	92.0%	93.0%	89.0%
Households cooking with gas		65.6%	50.0%
Households lit by electricity		98.8%	95.7%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		95.0%	91.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		8.67%	15.7%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	369,593
People working in them (2023)	1,232,447
Farms (2024)	227,004
Cultivated area (2024)	1,075,477 acres
Tractors (2024)	41,064
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	50,189
Cattle (2024)	1,365,937
Buffaloes (2024)	2,181,720
Goats (2024)	1,022,261

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. About the data · All districts