Editing Peshawar (section)

=== 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 }}
|-
| [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| 3,379
| {{Percentage | 3379 | 81264 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 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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