Editing Demographics of Pakistan (section)

=== Recent changes and detailed demographic data ===

[[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]] released religious data of Pakistan Census 2017 on 19 May 2021.<ref name="pbk2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1624375/pakistans-population-is-20768m-shows-2017-census-result|title=Pakistan's population is 207.68m, shows 2017 census result|date=19 May 2021 }}</ref> 96.47% are Muslims, followed by 2.174% Hindus, 1.27% Christians, 0.09% Ahmadis and 0.02% others.

The 2017 census showed marginal increase in the share of [[Hindus]].The census also recorded Pakistan's first Hindu-majority district, called [[Umerkot District]].

On the other hand, [[Christianity]] in Pakistan, while increasing in raw numbers, has fallen significantly in percentage terms since the last census. Christians are concentrated in the most developed parts of Pakistan, [[Lahore District]] (over 5% Christian), [[Islamabad Capital Territory]] (over 4% Christian), and Northern Punjab.

The [[Ahmadiyya]] movement shrunk in size (both raw numbers and percentage) between 1998 and 2017, while remaining concentrated in [[Lalian Tehsil]], [[Chiniot District]], where approximately 13% of the population is Ahmadiyya.
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|header=Here are some maps of [[Pakistan]]'s religious minority groups as of the 2017 census by district:

|image1=Hindu Proportion by Pakistani District - 2017 Census.svg
|caption1=Hindu Proportion of each Pakistani District of each Pakistani District as of the [[2017 Pakistan Census]]
|image3=Christian Proportion by Pakistani District - 2017 Census.svg
|caption3=Christian Proportion of each Pakistani District of each Pakistani District as of the [[2017 Pakistan Census]]
|image2=Qadiani Proportion by Pakistani District - 2017 Census.svg
|caption2=Ahmadiyya Proportion of each Pakistani District of each Pakistani District as of the [[2017 Pakistan Census]]

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|footer=Virtually all people not belonging to one of these minority groups were Sunni or Shia Muslim, with the most religiously homogeneous areas found in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]].
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