Editing Lahore (section)

=== Religion ===
{{Main|Religion in Lahore}}
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[[Islam]]|green|95.26}}
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According to the 2023 Census, the vast majority of Lahore's population are [[Muslims]] (95.26%), up from 94.7% in 2017. Other religions include [[Christians]] (4.64%, slightly less than 5.14% in 2017)<ref name="2023 Census" /> and small numbers of [[Ahmadiyya|Ahmadis]], [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼís]], [[Hindus]], [[Parsis]], and [[Sikhs]]. There is also a small but longstanding [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] community.

Since Lahore contains some of [[Sikhism]]'s holiest sites, it is a major pilgrimage destination for Sikhs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1221210 |title=Sikh pilgrims from India arrive in Lahore |website=Dawn |date=21 November 2015 |location=Pakistan |access-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010040803/https://www.dawn.com/news/1221210|archive-date=10 October 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Lahore's first church was built during the reign of Emperor [[Akbar]] in the late 16th century, but was then levelled by [[Shah Jahan]] in 1632.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chaudhry |first1=Nazir Ahmad|title=Lahore|date=2000|publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications |isbn=969351047X}}</ref> Due to the few numbers of Hindus living in Lahore, the only two functional Hindu temples in the city are the [[Krishna Mandir, Lahore|Shri Krishna Mandir]] and the [[Valmiki Mandir]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1141505|title=Lahore's only functional Hindu temple: Persecution amidst lights|author=Sehyr Mirza |date=31 October 2014|work=Dawn|access-date=14 November 2020|archive-date=2 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202002919/https://www.dawn.com/news/1141505|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|+ Religious groups in Lahore City (1868−2023){{efn|1881–1951: Data for the entirety of the town of Lahore, which included Lahore Municipality and Lahore Cantonment.<ref name="Census1941"/>{{rp|32}}<ref name="Census1951"/>{{rp|13}}|name="LahoreCity1881to1951"}}
! 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>{{efn|Also includes the suburban urban areas/villages of Mian Mir, Muzang, and Ichra, which ultimately became part of the town of Lahore.}}
! 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/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1891-26575632/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1891 GENERAL TABLES BRITISH PROVINCES AND FEUDATORY STATES VOL I|access-date=17 January 2023|archive-date=17 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117090448/https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1891-26575632/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|68}}
! colspan="2" |1901<ref name="Census1901">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1901-26575826/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1901 VOLUME I-A INDIA PART II-TABLES|access-date=17 January 2023|archive-date=17 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117090447/https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1901-26575826/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|44}}
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1911-26575903/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1911 VOLUME XIV PUNJAB PART II TABLES|access-date=17 January 2023|archive-date=7 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007223437/https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1911-26575903/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|20}}
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1921-26575918/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1921 VOLUME XV PUNJAB AND DELHI PART II TABLES|access-date=17 January 2023|archive-date=17 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117090446/https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1921-26575918/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|23}}
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1931-26575928/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1931 VOLUME XVII PUNJAB PART II TABLES|access-date=17 January 2023|archive-date=17 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117090447/https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1931-26575928/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|26}}
! 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 VI PUNJAB|access-date=17 January 2023|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011130147/https://www.jstor.org/site/south-asia-open-archives/saoa/censusofindia1941-28216851/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|32}}
! colspan="2" |1951<ref name="Census1951">{{Cite web |title=India - Population According to Religion, Tables-6, Pakistan - Census 1951 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31311 |access-date=11 February 2025 |website=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>{{rp|13}}
! 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=17 January 2023|archive-date=17 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017214726/https://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/final-results-census-2017|url-status=live}}</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=6 August 2024}}</ref>
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| [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
| 70,974
| {{Percentage | 70974 | 126329 | 2 }}
| 86,413
| {{Percentage | 86413 | 149369 | 2 }}
| 102,280
| {{Percentage | 102280 | 176854 | 2 }}
| 119,601
| {{Percentage | 119601 | 202964 | 2 }}
| 129,801
| {{Percentage | 129801 | 228687 | 2 }}
| 149,044
| {{Percentage | 149044 | 281781 | 2 }}
| 249,315
| {{Percentage | 249315 | 429747 | 2 }}
| 433,170
| {{Percentage | 433170 | 671659 | 2 }}
| 817,236
| {{Percentage | 817236 | 849333 | 2 }}
| 10,530,816
| {{Percentage | 10530816 | 11119985 | 2 }}
| 12,363,149
| {{Percentage | 12363149 | 12978661 | 2 }}
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| [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]{{efn|name=ad-dharmi|1931–1941: Including [[Ad-Dharmi]]s}}
| 40,551
| {{Percentage | 40551 | 126329 | 2 }}
| 53,641
| {{Percentage | 53641 | 149369 | 2 }}
| 62,077
| {{Percentage | 62077 | 176854 | 2 }}
| 70,196
| {{Percentage | 70196 | 202964 | 2 }}
| 77,267
| {{Percentage | 77267 | 228687 | 2 }}
| 107,783
| {{Percentage | 107783 | 281781 | 2 }}
| 139,125
| {{Percentage | 139125 | 429747 | 2 }}
| 179,422
| {{Percentage | 179422 | 671659 | 2 }}
| 1,760
| {{Percentage | 1760 | 849333 | 2 }}
| 2,670
| {{Percentage | 2670 | 11119985 | 2 }}
| 2,811
| {{Percentage | 2811 | 12978661 | 2 }}
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| [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
| 3,520
| {{Percentage | 3520 | 126329 | 2 }}
| 4,627
| {{Percentage | 4627 | 149369 | 2 }}
| 7,306
| {{Percentage | 7306 | 176854 | 2 }}
| 7,023
| {{Percentage | 7023 | 202964 | 2 }}
| 12,877
| {{Percentage | 12877 | 228687 | 2 }}
| 12,833
| {{Percentage | 12833 | 281781 | 2 }}
| 23,477
| {{Percentage | 23477 | 429747 | 2 }}
| 34,021
| {{Percentage | 34021 | 671659 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 715
| {{Percentage | 715 | 12978661 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 529{{efn|Only includes protestant population.<ref name="Census1881"/>{{rp|152}}}}
| {{Percentage | 529 | 149369 | 2 }}
| 4,697
| {{Percentage | 4697 | 176854 | 2 }}
| 5,558
| {{Percentage | 5558 | 202964 | 2 }}
| 8,436
| {{Percentage | 8436 | 228687 | 2 }}
| 11,287
| {{Percentage | 11287 | 281781 | 2 }}
| 16,875
| {{Percentage | 16875 | 429747 | 2 }}
| 21,495
| {{Percentage | 21495 | 671659 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 571,365
| {{Percentage | 571365 | 11119985 | 2 }}
| 602,431
| {{Percentage | 602431 | 12978661 | 2 }}
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| [[Jainism]] [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 227
| {{Percentage | 227 | 149369 | 2 }}
| 339
| {{Percentage | 339 | 176854 | 2 }}
| 420
| {{Percentage | 420 | 202964 | 2 }}
| 467
| {{Percentage | 467 | 228687 | 2 }}
| 474
| {{Percentage | 474 | 281781 | 2 }}
| 791
| {{Percentage | 791 | 429747 | 2 }}
| 1,094
| {{Percentage | 1094 | 671659 | 2 }}
| {{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}}
| 132
| {{Percentage | 132 | 176854 | 2 }}
| 166
| {{Percentage | 166 | 202964 | 2 }}
| 198
| {{Percentage | 198 | 228687 | 2 }}
| 177
| {{Percentage | 177 | 281781 | 2 }}
| 150
| {{Percentage | 150 | 429747 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 77
| {{Percentage | 77 | 12978661 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Judaism]] [[File:Star_of_David.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 14
| {{Percentage | 14 | 176854 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 13
| {{Percentage | 13 | 228687 | 2 }}
| 13
| {{Percentage | 13 | 281781 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 429747 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{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 | 176854 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 202964 | 2 }}
| 128
| {{Percentage | 128 | 228687 | 2 }}
| 170
| {{Percentage | 170 | 281781 | 2 }}
| 14
| {{Percentage | 14 | 429747 | 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}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 13,433
| {{Percentage | 13433 | 11119985 | 2 }}
| 7,139
| {{Percentage | 7139 | 12978661 | 2 }}
|-
| Others
| 11,284
| {{Percentage | 11284 | 126329 | 2 }}
| 3,932
| {{Percentage | 3932 | 149369 | 2 }}
| 9
| {{Percentage | 9 | 176854 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 202964 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 228687 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 281781 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 429747 | 2 }}
| 2,457
| {{Percentage | 2457 | 671659 | 2 }}
| 30,337
| {{Percentage | 30337 | 849333 | 2 }}
| 1,701
| {{Percentage | 1701 | 11119985 | 2 }}
| 2,339
| {{Percentage | 2339 | 12978661 | 2 }}
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! Total population
! 126,329
! {{Percentage | 126329 | 126329 | 2 }}
! 149,369
! {{Percentage | 149369 | 149369 | 2 }}
! 176,854
! {{Percentage | 176854 | 176854 | 2 }}
! 202,964
! {{Percentage | 202964 | 202964 | 2 }}
! 228,687
! {{Percentage | 228687 | 228687 | 2 }}
! 281,781
! {{Percentage | 281781 | 281781 | 2 }}
! 429,747
! {{Percentage | 429747 | 429747 | 2 }}
! 671,659
! {{Percentage | 671659 | 671659 | 2 }}
! 849,333
! {{Percentage | 849333 | 849333 | 2 }}
! 11,119,985
! {{Percentage | 11119985 | 11119985 | 2 }}
! 12,978,661
! {{Percentage | 12978661 | 12978661 | 2 }}
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