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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 tho