Editing Demographics of Pakistan (section)

====Regional fertility rates====

Many of the surveys above also recorded [[Total fertility rate|fertility rate]] data broken down by each of Pakistan's administrative units, while many more surveys have been taken explicitly focusing on a specific province or territory. The fertility rate data recorded in these surveys is displayed in the table below.

{|class="wikitable" style=text-align:right 
|+
|-class=static-row-header style=vertical-align:bottom
! width="200" |Survey
! width="60" |[[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]
! width="60" |[[Sindh]]
! width="60" |[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|KPK]]
! width="60" |[[Balochistan]]
! width="60" |[[Islamabad Capital Territory|ICT]]
! width="60" |[[Azad Kashmir|AJK]]
! width="60" |[[Gilgit-Baltistan|G-B]]
! width="90" |Pakistan
|-
! style=text-align:left |DHS 2006–07<ref name="DHS 2006-07" />
 |3.9
 |4.3
 |{{abbr|4.3|Figure does not include former [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas|FATA]]}}
 |4.1
 |—
 |—
 |—
 !4.08
|-
! style=text-align:left |[[Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys|MICS]] Punjab 2011<ref name="MICS Punjab 2011">{{cite web |title=Untitled |url=https://mics-surveys-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/MICS4/South%20Asia/Pakistan%20%28Punjab%29/2011/Final/Pakistan%20%28Punjab%29%202011%20MICS_English.zip |website=Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) Punjab 2011 |publisher=UNICEF MICS |access-date=6 June 2022 |date=2 September 2012}}</ref>
 |3.6
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 !—
|-
! style=text-align:left |DHS 2012–13<ref name="DHS 2012-13" />
 |3.8
 |3.9
 |{{abbr|3.9|Figure does not include former [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas|FATA]]}}
 |4.2
 |3.0
 |—
 |3.8
 !3.84
|-
! style=text-align:left |MICS Punjab 2014<ref name="MICS Punjab 2014" />
 |3.5
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 !—
|-
! style=text-align:left |MICS Sindh 2014<ref name="MICS Sindh 2014">{{cite web |title=Sindh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014 Final Report |url=https://mics-surveys-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/MICS5/South%20Asia/Pakistan%20%28Sindh%29/2014/Final/Pakistan%20%28Sindh%29%202014%20MICS_English.pdf |website=Pakistan (Sindh) 2014 MICS_English.pdf |publisher=UNICEF MICS |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180120/https://mics-surveys-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/MICS5/South%20Asia/Pakistan%20(Sindh)/2014/Final/Pakistan%20(Sindh)%202014%20MICS_English.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2021 |date=December 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 |—
 |4.0
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 !—
|-
! style=text-align:left |MICS KPK 2016–17<ref name="MICS KPK 2016-17">{{cite web |title=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2016–17 Final Report |url=https://mics-surveys-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/MICS5/South%20Asia/Pakistan%20%28Punjab%29/2014/Final/Pakistan%20%28Punjab%29%202014%20MICS_English.pdf |website=Pakistan 2016-17 MICS (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Final Report_English.pdf |publisher=UNICEF MICS |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606005748/https://mics-surveys-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/MICS5/South%20Asia/Pakistan%20%28Khyber%20Pakhtunkhwa%29/2016-2017/Final/Pakistan%202016-17%20MICS%20%28Khyber%20Pakhtunkhwa%29%20Final%20Report_English.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2022 |date=June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 |—
 |—
 |{{abbr|4.0|Figure does not include former [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas|FATA]]}}
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 !—
|-
! style=text-align:left |MICS G-B 2016–17<ref name="MICS G-B 2016-17">{{cite web |title=Gilgit-Baltistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2016–17 Final Report |url=https://mics-surveys-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/MICS5/South%20Asia/Pakistan%20%28Gilgit-Baltistan%29/2016-2017/Final/Pakistan%202016-17%20MICS%20%28Gilgit-Baltistan%29_English.pdf |website=Microsoft Word - 001A. Gilgit-Baltistan MICS 2016-17_26102017.docx |publisher=UNICEF MICS |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618040540/https://mics-surveys-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/MICS5/South%20Asia/Pakistan%20%28Gilgit-Baltistan%29/2016-2017/Final/Pakistan%202016-17%20MICS%20%28Gilgit-Baltistan%29_English.pdf |archive-date=18 June 2020 |date=September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |4.6
 !—
|-
! style=text-align:left |DHS 2017–18<ref name="DHS 2017-18" />
 |3.4
 |3.6
 |{{abbr|4.1|Survey taken before [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas|FATA]] was merged in KPK. The 4.8 figure in former FATA and the 4.0 figure in pre-merger KPK were averaged together (adjusting for relative populations)}}
 |4.0
 |3.0
 |3.5
 |4.7
 !3.56
|-
! style=text-align:left |MICS Punjab 2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |3.7
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 !—
|-
! style=text-align:left |MICS Sindh 2018–19<ref name="MICS Sindh 2018-19" />
 |—
 |3.7
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 !—
|-
! style=text-align:left |MICS KPK 2019<ref name="MICS KPK 2019" />
 |—
 |—
 |4.0
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 !—
|-
! style=text-align:left |MICS Balochistan 2019-20<ref name="MICS Balochistan 2019-20">{{cite web |title=Balochistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019-20 Survey Findings Report |url=https://mics-surveys-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/MICS6/South%20Asia/Pakistan%20%28Balochistan%29/2019-2020/Survey%20findings/Pakistan%202019-20%20MICS%20%28Balochistan%29_English.pdf |website=MICS6 Survey Findings Report |publisher=UNICEF MICS |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930231446/https://mics-surveys-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/MICS6/South%20Asia/Pakistan%20%28Balochistan%29/2019-2020/Survey%20findings/Pakistan%202019-20%20MICS%20%28Balochistan%29_English.pdf |archive-date=30 September 2022 |date=August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |4.0
 |—
 |—
 |—
 !—
|-
! style=text-align:left |MICS AJK 2020–21<ref name="MICS AJK 2020-21">{{cite web |title=Azad Jammu and Kashmir Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2020–21 Survey Findings Report |url=https://mics-surveys-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/MICS6/South%20Asia/Pakistan%20%28Azad%20Jammu%20and%20Kashmir%29/2020-2021/Survey%20findings/Pakistan%202020-21%20MICS%20%28AJ%26K%29_English.pdf |website=Untitled-1 |publisher=UNICEF MICS |access-date=6 June 2022 |date=December 2021 |archive-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606011717/https://mics-surveys-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/MICS6/South%20Asia/Pakistan%20%28Azad%20Jammu%20and%20Kashmir%29/2020-2021/Survey%20findings/Pakistan%202020-21%20MICS%20%28AJ%26K%29_English.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |—
 |3.4
 |—
 !—
|}

The MICS surveys above also provide data on [[Districts of Pakistan|the district level]], although they come with a far higher margin of error. This margin of error is lessened for larger districts from where larger sample sizes were utilised. In the chart below, the latest fertility rate data for each Pakistani district with a population of over 2 million as of the 2017 census can be found. Although the table is originally ranked by district population size, clicking the headers will allow the reader to sort the table.

{{Static row numbers}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers" style=text-align:right 
|+
|-class=static-row-header style=vertical-align:bottom
! width="100" |[[Districts of Pakistan|District]]
! width="100" |Province
! width="130" |Total fertility rate
! width="130" |{{abbr|Margin of error|Margin of error refers to the difference between confidence limits and estimated Total fertility rate (found in the last few pages of the document)}}
! width="130" |Year of survey
! width="130" |[[2017 Pakistani census|2017]] Population
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Lahore District|Lahore]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.1
 |±0.2
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |11,119,985
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Faisalabad District|Faisalabad]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.3
 |±0.2
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |7,882,444
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Rawalpindi District|Rawalpindi]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.2
 |±0.2
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |5,402,380
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Gujranwala District|Gujranwala]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.4
 |±0.2
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |5,011,066
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Rahim Yar Khan District|Rahim Yar Khan]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |4.6
 |±0.4
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |4,807,762
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Multan District|Multan]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.6
 |±0.3
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |4,746,166
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Peshawar District|Peshawar]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|name=KPK}}
 |4.0
 |±0.5
 |2019<ref name="MICS KPK 2019" />
 |4,331,959
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Muzaffargarh District|Muzaffargarh]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |4.7
 |±0.3
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |4,328,549
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Karachi West District|Karachi West]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Sindh}}
 |{{abbr|2.2|This data includes the area now comprising Kemari District, which was split off after the survey was taken}}
 |±0.3
 |2018–19<ref name="MICS Sindh 2018-19" />
 |{{abbr|3,907,065|This data includes the area now comprising Kemari District, which was split off after the survey was taken}}
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Sialkot District|Sialkot]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.5
 |±0.3
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |3,894,938
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Sargodha District|Sargodha]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.6
 |±0.3
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |3,696,212
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Bahawalpur District|Bahawalpur]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.9
 |±0.4
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |3,669,176
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Sheikhupura District|Sheikhupura]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.7
 |±0.3
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |3,460,004
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Qasur District|Qasur]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |4.3
 |±0.3
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |3,454,881
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Okara District|Okara]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |4.3
 |±0.4
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |3,040,826
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Bahawalnagar District|Bahawalnagar]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.7
 |±0.3
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |2,975,656
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Karachi Central District|Karachi Central]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Sindh}}
 |2.2
 |±0.3
 |2018–19<ref name="MICS Sindh 2018-19" />
 |2,971,382
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Khanewal District|Khanewal]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |4.0
 |±0.4
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |2,920,233
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Vehari District|Vehari]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.8
 |±0.3
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |2,902,081
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Karachi East District|Karachi East]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Sindh}}
 |3.2
 |±0.4
 |2018–19<ref name="MICS Sindh 2018-19" />
 |2,875,315
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Dera Ghazi Khan District|Dera Ghazi Khan]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |5.4
 |±0.5
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |2,872,631
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Gujrat District|Gujrat]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.1
 |±0.2
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |2,756,289
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Jhang District|Jhang]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |4.3
 |±0.4
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |2,742,633
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Korangi District|Korangi]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Sindh}}
 |2.5
 |±0.3
 |2018–19<ref name="MICS Sindh 2018-19" />
 |2,577,556
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Sahiwal District|Sahiwal]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.6
 |±0.4
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |2,513,011
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Khairpur District|Khairpur]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Sindh}}
 |4.8
 |±0.8
 |2018–19<ref name="MICS Sindh 2018-19" />
 |2,405,190
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Mardan District|Mardan]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|name=KPK}}
 |4.0
 |±0.3
 |2019<ref name="MICS KPK 2019" />
 |2,373,399
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Swat District|Swat]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|name=KPK}}
 |4.5
 |±0.5
 |2019<ref name="MICS KPK 2019" />
 |2,308,624
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Quetta District|Quetta]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Balochistan, Pakistan|name=Balochistan}}
 |4.7
 |±0.3
 |2019-20<ref name="MICS Balochistan 2019-20" />
 |2,269,473
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Hyderabad District, Sindh|Hyderabad]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Sindh}}
 |3.0
 |±0.4
 |2018–19<ref name="MICS Sindh 2018-19" />
 |2,199,928
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Toba Tek Singh District|Toba Tek Singh]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |3.5
 |±0.3
 |2017–18<ref name="MICS Punjab 2017-18" />
 |2,191,495
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Sanghar District|Sanghar]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Sindh}}
 |4.2
 |±0.4
 |2018–19<ref name="MICS Sindh 2018-19" />
 |2,049,873
|-
| style=text-align:left |[[Islamabad Capital Territory|Islamabad]]
| style=text-align:left |{{Flag|Islamabad|name=ICT}}
 |3.0
 |±0.3
 |2017–18<ref name="DHS 2017-18" />
 |2,003,368
|}