Socio-Economic-Indicators-of-Sindh-at-District-Level.pdf

Table 6.04 Number of cinemas by district................................................................................................................................. 374 Table 6.05 Number of seating capacity of cinemas by district .................................................................................................. 375 Table 6.06 Number of police stations by district ....................................................................................................................... 376 Table 6.07 Number of police posts/chowkies by district ........................................................................................................... 377 Table 6.08 Number of television sets in Sindh .......................................................................................................................... 378 Table 6.09 Number of post office by district .............................................................................................................................. 379 Table 6.10 Electricity units sold (category wise) in Sindh ......................................................................................................... 380 Table 6.11 Gas Units Sold (category wise) in Sindh .................................................................................................................. 381

POPULATION

1 KEY FINDINGS OF POPULATION OF SINDH

Population by Sex, Census 2023

26.678 (Million)

29.014 (Million) Population of Sindh Province by Area, Census 2023

Total 55.696 (Millions)

Urban 53.96%

Rural 46.03% Disability (%): Sindh Province, Census 2023

Total
2.33%

Male
2.39%

Female 2.28%

Functional Limitation (%) Census 2023 Seeing Hearing Walking/ Climbing Communication Memorization/focus Self care etc. 1.77 1.98 2.91 0.96 1.39 1.03

Total 9.24 Male 9.39 Female 9.07

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6000000 4000000 2000000 0 2000000 4000000 6000000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75&above Sindh Population in Millions 2023 Male Female

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400000 200000 0 200000 400000 600000 00-04 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 Karachi Central Population in Million Census 2017 2023 400000 200000 0 200000 400000 600000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Karachi East Population in Million Census 2017 2023 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Karachi South Population in Million Census 2017 2023 600000 400000 200000 0 200000 400000 600000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Karachi West Population in Million Census 2017 2023 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 00-04 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 Hyderabad Population in Million Census 2017 2023 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Census Sanghar Population in Million 2017 2023 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Census Umerkot Population in Million 2017 2023 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Badin Population in Million Census 2017 2023

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300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Dadu Population in Million Census 2017 2023 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 00-04 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 Shaheed Benazirabad District 2017 2023 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 00-04 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 Shikarpur District 2017 2023 150000 100000 50000 0 50000 100000 150000 200000 00-04 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 Sujawal District 2017 2023 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 00-04 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 Sukkur District 2017 2023 200000 150000 100000 50000 0 50000 100000 150000 200000 00-04 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 Tando Allahyar District 2017 2023 150000 100000 50000 0 50000 100000 150000 00-04 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 Tando Muhhamad Khan District 2017 2023 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 00-04 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 Tharparkar District 2017 2023 200000 150000 100000 50000 0 50000 100000 150000 200000 00-04 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 Thatta District 2013 2023 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75+ Ghotki Population in Million Census 2017 2023

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200000 150000 100000 50000 0 50000 100000 150000 200000 00-04 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 Jamshoro Population in Million Census 2017 2023 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 00-04 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 Kambar Shadad Kot Population in Million Census 2017 2023 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Kashmore Population in Million Census 2017 2023 600000 400000 200000 0 200000 400000 600000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Khairpur Population in Million Census 2017 2023 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Korangi Population in Million Census 2017 2023 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Larkana Population in Million Census 2017 2023 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Census Jacobabad Population in Million 2017 2023 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Census Naushahro Feroze Population in Million 2017 2023

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300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Malir Population in Million Census 2017 2023 150000 100000 50000 0 50000 100000 150000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Matiari Population in Million Census 2017 2023 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 00-04 05-09 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 + Mirpurkhas Population in Million Census 2017 2023

7 Chapter 1 Population Sindh is the second largest province of Pakistan in terms of population. Topographically Sindh province can be divided into four main geographical parts. Kirthar range on the west a central alluvial plain bisected by the Indus river in middle, a desert belt in the east and Indus delta in the south. This chapter provides the detail information about population dynamics, population growth & density, total area, dependency ratio, marital status and distribution of population by gender and economic activity. Population Size and Growth According to the 7th Population and Housing Census, 2023, the total population of Sindh is counted as 55.70 million including headcount population population with detailed characteristics is 55.64 million which suggests an Inter Censual increase of 16.38% during the period of 2017 to 2023. Therefore, average annual growth rate is observed to be 2.57% between the period of 2017 to 2023; which is much higher than previous growth rate of 2.41%, indicating rapid growth rate, see table 1.1 for detail. Table: 1.1
Population size and Growth Rate of Sindh Since 1951
Year Population (in “000”) Growth Rate (%) Overall Urban Rural Male Female Transgender 1951 6048 1768 4280 3350 2698

1961 8367 3167 5200 4618 3749

3.25 1972 14156 5726 8430 7574 6582

4.62 1981 19029 8243 10786 9999 9030

3.56 1998 30440 14840 15600 16098 14342

2.80 2017 47855 24833 23022 24876 22972 6 2.41 2023 55638 30057 25639 29014 26677 4 2.57 Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
Growth Rate Population growth rate in 1961 was 3.25 which peaked to 4.62% in 1972 and then started to decline until 2017 where it reached lowest point 2.41% before rising to 2.57% in 2023. Figure: 1.1
Average Annual Growth Rate of Sindh (Census Year 1961 to 2023)

3.25 4.62 3.56 2.80 2.41 2.57 0 1 2 3 4 5 1961 1972 1981 1998 2017 2023 Census years

8 Division Wise Population Distribution & District Wise Population Pyramids
Karachi Division has the largest population share (36.60%) among six (6) Administrative Divisions in Sindh. Second largest division is Hyderabad with 20.93% share, followed by Larkana 12.7 4%, Sukkur 10.79%, Shaheed Benazirabad 10.65%, and Mirpur khas 8.29 % share (Table1.02) Census 2023. Stratified analysis by districts suggests that highest growth is observed in Karachi East District in Sindh with 5.32% average annual growth rate, followed by Karachi South 4.71%, and Karachi West District 4.35%. Lowest growth however, is observed in Tando Muhammad Khan 1.18%, followed by Ghotki 1.22% and Sujawal District 1.25%. Population pyramids for fiveyear age cohorts are also given at the beginning of this chapter under key finding of Sindh population. Ov erall Karachi East pyramid in 2017 was moving toward the shape of stationary population, however, in six years it started to look like typical pyramid again, which alludes to high growth rate (5.32%). Further analysis gives more insights, f or example, majority of 04 age group population in 2017 would be in age group 59 years by 2023. Data suggest that there were 323,085 kids in the 0 4 age group in 2017, however, by 2023, 438,144 kids were enumerated in this age bracket, over 115 thousand more kids found in this age group . This trend was observed up to the age 54. The population increase could be attributed to in migration or to better coverage. As far as districts with lowest growth rates are concerned their shape remained more or less similar for both C ensuses, see population pyramids of Sujawal, Tharparkar and Umer Kot Districts.
Urban Rural Population Rapid urbanization is one of the inevitable outcomes of the demographic transition. Currently, urban population is 30.06 million (53.97%) whereas rural population is 25.639 million (46.03%). Over the years, Sindh has witnessed urbanization; figure 1. 3 shows data from 1951 to 2023. It can be observed that from 1951 to 1981 rural population was higher than urban but from 1998 this gap start ed to shrink and in 2017 urban area population surpassed rural population. The result also reveals that share of urban population indicating increased trend of migration of rural population to urban areas for getting better jobs, education and health facilities.

Figure: 1.2 Percentage Share of Rural & Urban Population in Sindh

Urban, 53.97 Rural, 46.03 Census 2023 Rural, 51.89 Urban, 48.11 Census 2017

9 Figure: 1.3 Populations by Urban and Rural from the Year 1951 to 2023

Population Density The population density has increased to 395.25 persons per square kilometer in 2023 as compared to 339.60 persons per km square kilometer reported in Census 2017. Karachi central district is the most populated area having a population density of 55,396.01 persons per square kilometer followed by Korangi and Karachi East districts with 28,971.95 and 28,213.97 persons, respectively. Tharparkar district is the least densely populated district with a population density of 90.56 per square kilometer as per Census 2023. However, the average household size in Sindh increased from 5.55 persons per household to 5.60 in Census 2023. Table: 1.2
Population Density, Sex Ratio and Average Household Size of Sindh
Indicators/Year 2017 2023 Population density (per sq.km) 340 395 Average household size 5.55 5.60 Sex ratio 108.28 108.76 Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

Figure: 1.4 Population by Sex and Year 1951 to 2023

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 1951 1961 1972 1981 1998 2017 2023 Population "000" Census Year Rural Urban 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 1951 1961 1972 1981 1998 2017 2023 Population "000" Census Year Female Male