Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi district, Punjab — 6,118,911 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	2,121,450	3,363,911	5,402,380	6,118,911
Urban population		1,788,273	1,647,240	4,210,785
Yearly growth since the previous census		2.75%	2.52%	2.10%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		70.4%		83.2%
Female literacy rate		59.2%		78.4%
Average household size		6.50	6.01	6.10
Males per 100 females		104.9	102.7	103.4
Urban share		53.2%	55.6%	68.8%
People per km²		637	1,022	1,158
Area		5,285 km²	5,285 km²	5,285 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Punjab, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	81.0%	80.0%	61.0%
Net primary enrolment	78.0%	78.0%	70.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		10.0%	24.0%
People using the internet		37.1%	19.7%
People owning a mobile phone		55.7%	45.0%
Households with a smartphone		57.4%	34.4%
Households with tap water	32.0%	22.8%	12.7%
Households with a flush toilet	94.0%	97.0%	89.0%
Households cooking with gas		80.1%	50.0%
Households lit by electricity		99.0%	95.7%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		95.0%	91.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		9.41%	15.7%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	170,837
People working in them (2023)	664,191
Farms (2024)	158,208
Cultivated area (2024)	594,765 acres
Tractors (2024)	10,890
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	2,765
Cattle (2024)	1,032,944
Buffaloes (2024)	466,595
Goats (2024)	1,113,484

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