Editing Peshawar (section)

== Demographics ==

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|source={{efn|1891–1941: Data for the entirety of the town of Peshawar, which included Peshawar Municipality and Peshawar Cantonment.<ref name="Census1941"/>{{rp|19}}|name="PeshawarCity1891to1941"}}<ref name="Census1891"/><ref name="Census1901"/><ref name="Census1911"/><ref name="Census1921"/><ref name="Census1931"/><ref name="Census1941"/><ref name="pocketbook2006">{{cite book |last1=Elahi |first1=Asad |year=2006 |chapter=2: Population |chapter-url=http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/other/pocket_book2006/2.pdf |title=Pakistan Statistical Pocket Book 2006 |url=http://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/pakistan-statistical-pocket-book-2006 |publisher=Government of Pakistan: Statistics Division |place=Islamabad, Pakistan |publication-date=2006 |page=28 |access-date=29 March 2018 |archive-date=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330211332/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/pakistan-statistical-pocket-book-2006 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="census2017">{{cite web |url=http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/kp/PESHAWAR_BLOCKWISE.pdf |title=POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (PESHAWAR DISTRICT) |date=3 January 2018 |access-date=23 April 2018 |publisher=[[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]] |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612111509/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/kp/PESHAWAR_BLOCKWISE.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |year=2017 |title=DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017 |url=http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/DISTRICT_WISE_CENSUS_RESULTS_CENSUS_2017.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829164748/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/DISTRICT_WISE_CENSUS_RESULTS_CENSUS_2017.pdf |archive-date=29 August 2017 |publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics |page=13 |access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref><br />Macrotrends (2021)[http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/ideologie/data/CensusIndia/CensusIndia1921/CensusIndia1921IndiaTables.pdf Census of India (1921)]
|1881 |79982
|1891 |84191
|1901 |95147
|1911 |97935
|1921 |104452
|1931 |121866
|1941 |173420
|1951 |151776
|1961 |218000
|1972 |273000
|1981 |555000
|1998 |982816
|2017 |1970042
|2021 |2203003
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=== Population ===
The population of Peshawar district in 1998 was 2,026,851.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peshawar District Demographics |url=http://kp.gov.pk/page/peshawar_district_demographics |publisher=Govt of KPK |access-date=4 April 2017 |archive-date=6 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406020140/http://kp.gov.pk/page/peshawar_district_demographics |url-status=live }}</ref> The city's annual growth rate is estimated at 3.29% per year,<ref>{{cite web |title=About Peshawar: Demographics |url=http://www.epeshawar.com/aboutpeshawar/52-demographics.html |work=epeshawar.com |access-date=13 December 2012 |year=2012 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125844/http://www.epeshawar.com/aboutpeshawar/52-demographics.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the 2016 population of Peshawar district is estimated to be 3,405,414.<ref>{{cite web |title=Development Statistics of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |url=http://kpbos.gov.pk/files/1464939108.pdf |publisher=Bureau of Statistics Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |access-date=4 April 2017 |page=159 |archive-date=9 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709044324/http://kpbos.gov.pk/files/1464939108.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> With a population of 1,970,042 according to the 2017 census, Peshawar is the sixth-largest city of Pakistan.<ref name="Samaa">{{cite web |url=https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2017/08/pakistans-10-populous-cities-revealed/ |title=Pakistan's 10 most populous cities revealed |publisher=[[Samaa TV]] |access-date=28 August 2017 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106221114/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2017/08/pakistans-10-populous-cities-revealed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population|largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], with a population five times higher than the second-largest city in the province.

==== Afghan refugees ====
Peshawar has hosted Afghan refugees since the start of the [[War in Afghanistan (1978–present)|Afghan civil war]] in 1978, though the rate of migration drastically increased following the [[Soviet–Afghan War|Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]] in 1979. By 1980, 100,000 refugees a month were entering the province,<ref name="UNHCR" /> with 25% of all refugees living in Peshawar district in 1981.<ref name="UNHCR" /> The arrival of large numbers of Afghan refugees strained Peshawar's infrastructure,<ref name="murtaza" /> and drastically altered the city's demography.<ref name="murtaza" /> During the 1988 national elections, an estimated 100,000 Afghans refugees were illegally registered to vote in Peshawar.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan Restricts Afghan. Refugees |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/16/world/pakistan-restricts-afghan-refugees.html |access-date=13 December 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=16 November 1988 |first=Donatella |last=Lorch |agency=The New York Times Company |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106221215/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/16/world/pakistan-restricts-afghan-refugees.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

With the influx of Afghan refugees into Peshawar, the city became a hub for Afghan musicians and artists,<ref>{{cite news |title=PESHAWAR: Refugee musicians keep Afghan music alive |url=http://www.dawn.com/2001/12/25/local22.htm |access-date=13 December 2012 |newspaper=DAWN The Internet Edition |date=24 December 2001 |first=Intikhab |last=Amir |agency=DAWN Group of Newspapers |archive-date=9 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109170435/http://www.dawn.com/2001/12/25/local22.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as a major centre of [[Pashto literature]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSFBDAAAQBAJ&q=peshawar+hindko+pashto |title=The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia: A Comprehensive Guide |date=24 May 2016 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-042330-3 |editor1-last=Hock |editor1-first=Hans Henrich |editor1-link=Hans Henrich Hock |pages=299 |access-date=5 April 2017 |editor2-last=Bashir |editor2-first=Elena |editor2-link=Elena Bashir |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307070329/https://books.google.com/books?id=PSFBDAAAQBAJ&q=peshawar+hindko+pashto |url-status=live }}</ref> Some Afghan refugees have established successful businesses in Peshawar, and play an important role in the city's economy.<ref name="tribune.com.pk">{{cite news |title=Fragile economy of Peshawar and policy failure |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1145097/fragile-economy-peshawar-policy-failure/ |access-date=7 April 2017 |work=The Tribune |date=20 July 2016 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106221242/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1145097/fragile-economy-peshawar-policy-failure/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In recent years, Peshawar district hosts up to 20% of all Afghan refugees in Pakistan.<ref name="UNHCR" /> In 2005, Peshawar district was home to 611,501 Afghan refugees — who constituted 19.7% of the district's total population.<ref name="UNHCR">{{cite web |author1=Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit |title=AFGHANS IN PESHAWAR Migration, Settlements and Social Networks |url=http://www.unhcr.org/43e754da2.pdf |website=Collective for Social Science Research |publisher=[[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] |access-date=5 April 2017 |date=January 2006 |archive-date=5 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405172225/http://www.unhcr.org/43e754da2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Peshawar's immediate environs were home to large Afghan refugee camps, with [[Jalozai]] camp hosting up to 300,000 refugees in 2001<ref name="Aljazeera">{{cite news |title=Fearing and fleeing in Pakistan |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/03/fearing-fleeing-pakistan-201434849183800.html |access-date=5 April 2017 |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=5 March 2014 |archive-date=5 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405171610/http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/03/fearing-fleeing-pakistan-201434849183800.html |url-status=live }}</ref> – making it the largest refugee camp in Asia at the time.<ref name="Aljazeera" /> In 2012, it was estimated that Afghans constituted 28% of the city's total population, and that the numbers could be higher.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Alimia |first=Sanaa |title=Refugee cities: how Afghans changed urban Pakistan |date=2022 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-1-5128-2279-3 |edition= |location=Philadelphia |pages=88}}</ref>

Afghan refugees began to be frequently accused of involvement with terrorist attacks that occurred during Pakistan's [[War in North-West Pakistan|war against radical Islamists]].<ref name="PRI" /> By 2015 the Pakistani government adopted a policy to repatriate Afghan refugees, including many who had spent their entire life in Pakistan.<ref name="PRI">{{cite news |title=Pakistan wants millions of Afghan refugees gone. It's a humanitarian crisis waiting to happen. |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-03-30/pakistan-wants-millions-afghan-refugees-gone-its-humanitarian-crisis-waiting |access-date=5 April 2017 |agency=Reuters |publisher=Public Radio International |date=30 March 2017 |archive-date=12 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112100212/https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-03-30/pakistan-wants-millions-afghan-refugees-gone-its-humanitarian-crisis-waiting |url-status=live }}</ref> The policy of repatriation was also encouraged by the government of Afghanistan,<ref name="Constable">{{cite news |last1=Constable |first1=Pamela |author-link=Pamela Constable |title='There is nothing here but dust': What Afghan deportees face after years as refugees in Pakistan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/there-is-nothing-here-but-dust-what-afghan-deportees-face-after-years-as-refugees-in-pakistan/2017/03/19/8fc648a6-03f6-11e7-9d14-9724d48f5666_story.html |access-date=5 April 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=19 March 2017 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106221137/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/there-is-nothing-here-but-dust-what-afghan-deportees-face-after-years-as-refugees-in-pakistan/2017/03/19/8fc648a6-03f6-11e7-9d14-9724d48f5666_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> though many refugees had not registered themselves in Pakistan. Unregistered refugees returning to Afghanistan without their old Afghan identification documents now have no official status in Afghanistan either.<ref name="Constable" />

=== Language ===
{{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Languages by number of speakers in the [[Peshawar district]], 2011<ref name="PBC 2017">{{Cite book|url=https://aryamanarora.github.io/india-census-2011/|title=Languages of South Asia}}</ref>|label1=[[Pashto]]|value1=90.17|color1=green|label2=[[Hindko language|Hindko]]|value2=5.33|color2=maroon|value3=1.96|color3=red|label3=[[Urdu]]|label4=[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]|label5=Others|color5=grey|value4=1.08|value5=1.46}}{{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Languages by number of speakers in the [[Peshawar district]], 1881<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057657|title=Report on the census of the Panjáb taken on the 17th of February 1881
|jstor=saoa.crl.25057657
|last1=Denzil Ibbetson
|first1=Sir
|last2=(India)
|first2=Punjab
|date=1881
|volume=2
}}</ref>|label1=[[Pashto]]|value1=77.2|color1=green|label2=[[Punjabic]]|value2=18.9|color2=maroon|value3=2.1|color3=red|label3=[[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]|label4=[[English Language|English]]|label5=Others|color5=grey|value4=0.7|value5=1.1|color4=blue}}The primary native language spoken in Peshawar is [[Pashto]], while [[Hindko language|Hindko]] is native minority language,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shackle |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Shackle |year=1980 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00137401 |issn=0041-977X |volume=43 |issue=3<!-- |pages=482–510--> |title=Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |pages=496–97 |s2cid=129436200}}</ref> though English is used in the city's educational institutions, while Urdu is understood throughout the city – as the national language of the country.<ref name="Mills">{{cite book |last1=Mills |first1=Margaret Ann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=08R9DujEOfwC&q=peshawar+language&pg=PA307 |title=Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions |date=1994 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9788120811782 |page=307 |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307070314/https://books.google.com/books?id=08R9DujEOfwC&q=peshawar+language&pg=PA307 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The district of Peshawar is overwhelmingly Pashto-speaking, though the [[Hindkowans|Hindko-speaking minority]] is concentrated in Peshawar's old city,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cohen |first1=Stephen |title=The Idea of Pakistan |date=21 September 2004 |publisher=Brookings Institution Press |isbn=978-0-8157-9761-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ideaofpakistan00cohe/page/202 202] |url=https://archive.org/details/ideaofpakistan00cohe |url-access=registration |quote=peshawar hindko pashto. |access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref> Hindko speakers in Peshawar increasingly assimilate elements of Pashto and Urdu into their speech.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSFBDAAAQBAJ&q=peshawar+hindko+pashto |title=The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia: A Comprehensive Guide |date=24 May 2016 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-042330-3 |editor1-last=Hock |editor1-first=Hans Henrich |editor1-link=Hans Henrich Hock |pages=291 |access-date=5 April 2017 |editor2-last=Bashir |editor2-first=Elena |editor2-link=Elena Bashir |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307070323/https://books.google.com/books?id=PSFBDAAAQBAJ&q=peshawar+hindko+pashto |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Religion ===
Peshawar is overwhelmingly Muslim, with Muslims making up 98.5% of the city's population in the 1998 census.<ref name="Pattan">{{cite book |title=Peshawar District: Socio-political Profile |date=2006 |publisher=Pattan Development Organization}}</ref> Christians make up the second largest religious group with around 20,000 adherents, while over 7,000 members of the [[Ahmadiyya Community]] live in Peshawar.<ref name="Pattan" /> [[Hindu]]s and [[Sikh]]s are also found in the city − though most of the city's Hindu and Sikh community migrated ''en masse'' to India following the [[Partition of British India]] in 1947.

Though the city's Sikh population drastically declined after Partition, the Sikh community has been bolstered in Peshawar by the arrival of approximately 4,000 Sikh refugees from conflict in the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]];<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic Gurdwara in Peshawar to Reopen for Worship |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=750961 |work=Outlook India.com |publisher=The Outlook Group |access-date=13 December 2012 |first=M |last=Zulqernain |date=10 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425183548/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=750961 |archive-date=25 April 2013}}</ref> In 2008, the largest Sikh population in Pakistan was located in Peshawar.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan: The Embattled Sikhs in Taliban Territory |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2032514,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206025136/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2032514,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2012 |newspaper=Time World |date=22 November 2010 |first=Rania |last=Abouzeid |agency=Time Inc}}</ref> Sikhs in Peshawar self-identify as Pashtuns and speak [[Pashto language|Pashto]] as their mother tongue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2008/10/the-frontier-singhs/ |title=The Frontier Singhs &#124; News & Politics &#124; Newsline |access-date=17 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411112422/http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2008/10/the-frontier-singhs/ |archive-date=11 April 2013}}</ref> There was a small, but, thriving [[Judaism|Jewish]] community until the late 1940s. After the partition and the emergence of the [[State of Israel]], Jews left for Israel.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/pakistans-jewish-ghosts |title=Where Are Pakistan's Jews Hiding? |date=4 April 2013 |website=Tablet Magazine |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304162054/https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/pakistans-jewish-ghosts |url-status=live }}</ref>

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|+ Religious groups in Peshawar City (1868−2023){{efn|1868–1941: Data for the entirety of the town of Peshawar, which included Peshawar Municipality and Peshawar Cantonment.<ref name="Census1941"/>{{rp|19}}<br><br>2017-2023: Urban population of Peshawar District.<ref name="Census2017B"/><ref name="Census2023B"/>|name="PeshawarCity1868to2023"}}
! rowspan="2" |[[Religion in Pakistan|Religious]]<br>group
! colspan="2" |1868<ref name="Census1868">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057644 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057644 |access-date=7 July 2024 |title=Report on the census of the Punjab taken on 10th January, 1868. |year=1868 |pages=66 |last1=(India) |first1=Punjab }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1881<ref name="Census1881">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057656 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057656 |access-date=14 January 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. I. |year=1881 }}</ref><ref name="Census1881B">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057657 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057657 |access-date=14 January 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II. |year=1881 }}</ref>{{rp|520}}
! colspan="2" |1891<ref name="Census1891">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25318666 |jstor=saoa.crl.25318666 |access-date=30 December 2023 |title=Census of India, 1891. General tables for British provinces and feudatory states. |year=1891 |last1=Baines |first1=Jervoise Athelstane |author2=India Census Commissioner |volume=1 }}</ref>{{rp|68}}
! colspan="2" |1901<ref name="Census1901">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25352838 |jstor=saoa.crl.25352838 |access-date=30 December 2023 |title=Census of India 1901. Vol. 1A, India. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1901}}</ref>{{rp|44}}
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393779 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393779 |access-date=30 December 2023 |title=Census of India, 1911. Vol. 1., Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1911 |last1=Edward Albert Gait |first1=Sir |author2=India Census Commissioner |volume=2 |publisher=Calcutta, Supt. Govt. Print., India, 1913. }}</ref>{{rp|23}}
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25394121 |jstor=saoa.crl.25394121 |access-date=30 December 2023 |title=Census of India 1921. Vol. 1, India. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1921}}</ref>{{rp|25}}
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25793233|jstor=saoa.crl.25793233 |access-date=30 December 2023 |title=Census of India, 1931, vol. XV. North-west frontier province. Part I-Report. Part II-Tables |last1=Mallam |first1=G. L. |last2=Dundas |first2=A. D. F. |year=1933 |publisher=Peshawar, Printed by the manager, Government stationery and printing, 1933. }}</ref>{{rp|258}}
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/south-asia-open-archives/saoa/censusofindia1941-28216851/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME X NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE|access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>{{rp|19}}
! colspan="2" |2017<ref name="Census2017B">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/final-results-census-2017|title=Final Results (Census-2017)|access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2023<ref name="Census2023B">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/digital-census/detailed-results|title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results Table-9 Population by sex, religion and rural/urban|website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics|access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>
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| [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
| 54,977
| {{Percentage | 54977 | 81264 | 2 }}
| 57,378
| {{Percentage | 57378 | 79982 | 2 }}
| 60,269
| {{Percentage | 60269 | 84191 | 2 }}
| 68,352
| {{Percentage | 68352 | 95147 | 2 }}
| 73,198
| {{Percentage | 73198 | 97935 | 2 }}
| 73,882
| {{Percentage | 73882 | 104432 | 2 }}
| 86,369
| {{Percentage | 86369 | 121866 | 2 }}
| 122,972
| {{Percentage | 122972 | 173420 | 2 }}
| 1,942,636
| {{Percentage | 1942636 | 1969823 | 2 }}
| 1,872,113
| {{Percentage | 1872113 | 1899560 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]
| 21,802
| {{Percentage | 21802 | 81264 | 2 }}
| 18,105
| {{Percentage | 18105 | 79982 | 2 }}
| 15,501
| {{Percentage | 15501 | 84191 | 2 }}
| 18,552
| {{Percentage | 18552 | 95147 | 2 }}
| 16,328
| {{Percentage | 16328 | 97935 | 2 }}
| 21,001
| {{Percentage | 21001 | 104432 | 2 }}
| 21,973
| {{Percentage | 21973 | 121866 | 2 }}
| 31,630
| {{Percentage | 31630 | 173420 | 2 }}
| 1,720
| {{Percentage | 1720 | 1969823 | 2 }}
| 1,726
| {{Percentage | 1726 | 1899560 | 2 }}
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| [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| 3,379
| {{Percentage | 3379 | 81264 | 2 }}
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| 3,629
| {{Percentage | 3629 | 84191 | 2 }}
| 3,063
| {{Percentage | 3063 | 95147 | 2 }}
| 3,132
| {{Percentage | 3132 | 97935 | 2 }}
| 3,414
| {{Percentage | 3414 | 104432 | 2 }}
| 4,854
| {{Percentage | 4854 | 121866 | 2 }}
| 2,586
| {{Percentage | 2586 | 173420 | 2 }}
| 22,032
| {{Percentage | 22032 | 1969823 | 2 }}
| 23,638
| {{Percentage | 23638 | 1899560 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
| 994
| {{Percentage | 994 | 81264 | 2 }}
| 1,465
| {{Percentage | 1465 | 79982 | 2 }}
| 4,755
| {{Percentage | 4755 | 84191 | 2 }}
| 5,144
| {{Percentage | 5144 | 95147 | 2 }}
| 5,026
| {{Percentage | 5026 | 97935 | 2 }}
| 6,152
| {{Percentage | 6152 | 104432 | 2 }}
| 8,630
| {{Percentage | 8630 | 121866 | 2 }}
| 14,245
| {{Percentage | 14245 | 173420 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 1,441
| {{Percentage | 1441 | 1899560 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Jainism]] [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 79982 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 84191 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 95147 | 2 }}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 97935 | 2 }}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 104432 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Zoroastrianism]] [[File:Faravahar.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 33
| {{Percentage | 33 | 84191 | 2 }}
| 34
| {{Percentage | 34 | 95147 | 2 }}
| 47
| {{Percentage | 47 | 97935 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 104432 | 2 }}
| 29
| {{Percentage | 29 | 121866 | 2 }}
| 14
| {{Percentage | 14 | 173420 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1899560 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Judaism]] [[File:Star_of_David.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 4
| {{Percentage | 4 | 84191 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 97935 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 104432 | 2 }}
| 11
| {{Percentage | 11 | 121866 | 2 }}
| 70
| {{Percentage | 70 | 173420 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Buddhism]] [[File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 84191 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 95147 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 97935 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 104432 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Ahmadiyya]] [[File:Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 924
| {{Percentage | 924 | 1969823 | 2 }}
| 166
| {{Percentage | 166 | 1899560 | 2 }}
|-
| Others
| 112
| {{Percentage | 112 | 81264 | 2 }}
| 3,031
| {{Percentage | 3031 | 79982 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 84191 | 2 }}
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 95147 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 97935 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 104432 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 121866 | 2 }}
| 1,903
| {{Percentage | 1903 | 173420 | 2 }}
| 2,511
| {{Percentage | 2511 | 1969823 | 2 }}
| 476
| {{Percentage | 476 | 1899560 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 81,264
! {{Percentage | 81264 | 81264 | 2 }}
! 79,982
! {{Percentage | 79982 | 79982 | 2 }}
! 84,191
! {{Percentage | 84191 | 84191 | 2 }}
! 95,147
! {{Percentage | 95147 | 95147 | 2 }}
! 97,935
! {{Percentage | 97935 | 97935 | 2 }}
! 104,432
! {{Percentage | 104432 | 104432 | 2 }}
! 121,866
! {{Percentage | 121866 | 121866 | 2 }}
! 173,420
! {{Percentage | 173420 | 173420 | 2 }}
! 1,969,823
! {{Percentage | 1969823 | 1969823 | 2 }}
! 1,899,560
! {{Percentage | 1899560 | 1899560 | 2 }}
|}
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