Population of Karachi

KARACHI Population 2017 – 16.21 million(Estimated)

In 2016, Karachi has an estimated population of more than 16 million people, which makes it the 7th largest urban agglomeration and the largest city in the Muslim world. The estimated population of Karachi in 2017 would be 16.21 million.

Karachi has grown rapidly in the last few decades and the metropolitan area has more than 23 million people, with a population density of over 24,000 people per square kilometer, or 63,000 per square mile.

The population and demographic distribution of Karachi has undergone numerous changes over the past 150 years. On 14 August 1947, when it became the capital city of Pakistan, its population was about 450,000 inhabitants and was capital of Sindh province.

However, the population rapidly grew with large migrations of Muslim refugees after independence in 1947. Immediately following independence of Pakistan, the city’s population increased dramatically with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees from India. The city experienced rapid economic growth following independence, attracting migrants from throughout Pakistan and South Asia, with the city hosting over 1 million Bangladeshi migrants, 1 million Afghans, and up to 400,000 Rohingyas from Myanmar. By 1951, the city population had crossed one million mark. In the following decade, the rate of growth of Karachi was over 80 percent. Today, the city has grown 60 times its size in 1947 when it became the country’s first capital. Although, Islamabad remains the nation’s capital since the 1960s, the city’s population continues to grow at about 5% per annum, largely thanks to its strong economic base.

At the end of the 19th century, Karachi had an estimated population of 105,000. By the dawn of Pakistan's independence in 1947, the city had an estimated population of 400,000. The city's population grew dramatically with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees from the newly independent Republic of India. Rapid economic growth following independence attracted further migrants from throughout Pakistan and South Asia.

Pakistan has not conducted a census since 1998, so figures regarding Karachi's populations are estimates. Estimates are disputed, but vary between 15 and 23.5 million, with Pakistan's National Database and Registration Authority assuming a 3.7% rate of annual growth since 1998. The city's expansive metro region has a population density estimated at more than 6,000 people per square kilometre (15,500 per square mile). Karachi is now the second-largest city in the Muslim world,[31] and is thought to be the world's 7th most populous urban agglomeration. The city is also one of the fastest growing cities, with an estimated 45,000 new migrants settling in the city every month.

Talking about population, in order to check out the population of Karachi in 2017, we need to have a look at the population of the past 5 years. They are as per the following:

1. 2012 – 15 million
2. 2013 – 15.35 million
3. 2014 – 15.55 million
4. 2015 – 15.8 million
5. 2016 – 16 million

The population of Karachi in 2017 is estimated to be 16 million + 0.21 million = 16.21 million. So, the population of Karachi in the year 2017 as per estimated data = 16.21 million.