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Pakistan Census 2017 (Language DATA Released)
Language
Data about the population distribution by mother tongue that was missing from the provincial results has made it to the final census results. Here, perhaps the most interesting finding is declining gap between Pushto and Balochi speaking populations in Balochistan that stand at 35.34pc and 35.49pc, respectively.
As much as 4.56pc people in the country’s largest province by area reported Sindhi as mother tongue, followed by 1.13pc Punjabi and 0.81pc Urdu. Also, 17.12pc were reported as Brohi speaking in Balochistan, 2.65pc Seraiki and Hindko and Kashmiri with 0.28pc and 0.14pc, respectively.
Equally interesting is the fact that 38.78pc people reported Punjabi as their mother language when seen in the context of more than 52pc of the country’s population in Punjab. As such, Punjabi turned out to be the largest mother tongue. About 69.67pc people living in Punjab reported Punjabi as their mother tongue followed by 20.68pc Seraiki while 4.87pc reported Urdu, 1.98pc Pushto, 0.83pc Balochi and 0.15pc Sindhi as their mother tongue.
On the national level, Pushto stood second with 18.24pc population reporting it as mother tongue, followed by 14.57pc of Sindhi, 12.19pc of Seraiki, 7.08pc of Urdu and 3.02pc of Balochi. About 2.24pc share belongs to Hindko, 1.24pc to Brohi and 0.17pc to Kashmiri.
About 76.86pc population in KP reported Pushto as mother tongue, followed by 11.48pc Hindko and 3.72pc Seraiki. Just 0.9pc reported Urdu as mother tongue and 0.54pc as Punjabi, 0.09pc people were categorised in Sindhi mother tongue and 0.08pc in Balochi.
Sindh shows even more interesting results in terms of mother tongue where Sindhi has emerged as mother language of 61.6pc population, followed by 18.2pc Urdu, 5.46pc Pushto, 5.31pc Punjabi, 2.23pc Seraiki and 2pc Balochi.
In the ICT, 52.27pc population reported Punjabi as mother tongue, 18.5pc Pushto, 12.23pc Urdu, 6.4pc Hindko, 2.1pc Kashmiri, 2.12pc Seraiki, 0.77pc Sindhi and 0.15pc Balochi. In Fata, 98.4pc had Pushto as mother tongue, followed by 0.49pc Urdu, 0.28pc Punjabi, 0.10pc Sindhi and 0.08pc Balochi.
Gender
The final results show that the gender gap though declining still remains a challenge. The number of male population per 100 female has been reported at 104.91, down from 108.5 in 1998 and 110.6 in 1981.
The gap in gender ratio is more profound in Balochistan and the ICT where 110.8 males have been reported against 100 female, followed by 108.3 in Sindh, 104.5 in Fata, 103.4 in Punjab and 102.5 in KP.
As such, the final census results put the number of male population at 106.3m compared to 101.3m female and 21,700 transgender among the national population of 207.68m.
In Punjab, male population has been put at 55.9m compared to 54m female and 12,400 transgender. Sindh’s male population has been recorded at 24.8m compared to 22.9m female and 5,900 transgender. KP’s male and female population stands at 15.4m and 15m, respectively, and 1,900 transgender. Male and female population in Balochistan has been recorded at 6.4m and 5.8m and that of transgender at 780.
DAWN NEWS May 28, 2018.
CCI defers approval of census results until elections
- Pakistan - DAWN.COM
Data about the population distribution by mother tongue that was missing from the provincial results has made it to the final census results. Here, perhaps the most interesting finding is declining gap between Pushto and Balochi speaking populations in Balochistan that stand at 35.34pc and 35.49pc, respectively.
As much as 4.56pc people in the country’s largest province by area reported Sindhi as mother tongue, followed by 1.13pc Punjabi and 0.81pc Urdu. Also, 17.12pc were reported as Brohi speaking in Balochistan, 2.65pc Seraiki and Hindko and Kashmiri with 0.28pc and 0.14pc, respectively.
Equally interesting is the fact that 38.78pc people reported Punjabi as their mother language when seen in the context of more than 52pc of the country’s population in Punjab. As such, Punjabi turned out to be the largest mother tongue. About 69.67pc people living in Punjab reported Punjabi as their mother tongue followed by 20.68pc Seraiki while 4.87pc reported Urdu, 1.98pc Pushto, 0.83pc Balochi and 0.15pc Sindhi as their mother tongue.
On the national level, Pushto stood second with 18.24pc population reporting it as mother tongue, followed by 14.57pc of Sindhi, 12.19pc of Seraiki, 7.08pc of Urdu and 3.02pc of Balochi. About 2.24pc share belongs to Hindko, 1.24pc to Brohi and 0.17pc to Kashmiri.
About 76.86pc population in KP reported Pushto as mother tongue, followed by 11.48pc Hindko and 3.72pc Seraiki. Just 0.9pc reported Urdu as mother tongue and 0.54pc as Punjabi, 0.09pc people were categorised in Sindhi mother tongue and 0.08pc in Balochi.
Sindh shows even more interesting results in terms of mother tongue where Sindhi has emerged as mother language of 61.6pc population, followed by 18.2pc Urdu, 5.46pc Pushto, 5.31pc Punjabi, 2.23pc Seraiki and 2pc Balochi.
In the ICT, 52.27pc population reported Punjabi as mother tongue, 18.5pc Pushto, 12.23pc Urdu, 6.4pc Hindko, 2.1pc Kashmiri, 2.12pc Seraiki, 0.77pc Sindhi and 0.15pc Balochi. In Fata, 98.4pc had Pushto as mother tongue, followed by 0.49pc Urdu, 0.28pc Punjabi, 0.10pc Sindhi and 0.08pc Balochi.
Gender
The final results show that the gender gap though declining still remains a challenge. The number of male population per 100 female has been reported at 104.91, down from 108.5 in 1998 and 110.6 in 1981.
The gap in gender ratio is more profound in Balochistan and the ICT where 110.8 males have been reported against 100 female, followed by 108.3 in Sindh, 104.5 in Fata, 103.4 in Punjab and 102.5 in KP.
As such, the final census results put the number of male population at 106.3m compared to 101.3m female and 21,700 transgender among the national population of 207.68m.
In Punjab, male population has been put at 55.9m compared to 54m female and 12,400 transgender. Sindh’s male population has been recorded at 24.8m compared to 22.9m female and 5,900 transgender. KP’s male and female population stands at 15.4m and 15m, respectively, and 1,900 transgender. Male and female population in Balochistan has been recorded at 6.4m and 5.8m and that of transgender at 780.
DAWN NEWS May 28, 2018.
CCI defers approval of census results until elections
- Pakistan - DAWN.COM
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