Editing Quetta (section)

==Demographics==
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|source      = <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=dead }}</ref><ref name="census2017" />
|1941 |65000
|1951 |84000
|1961 |107000
|1972 |158000
|1981 |286000
|1998 |565137
|2017 |1001205
|2023|1,565,546}}

According to the [[2023 Pakistani census|2023 Census of Pakistan]], the population of the city was a total of 1,565,546.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/cities/ |access-date=31 August 2024 |website=www.citypopulation.de |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210633/https://www.citypopulation.de/Pakistan-100T.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This makes it the largest city in Balochistan province and one of the major cities of Pakistan. Quetta is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the country.<ref name="The Pashtun Question">{{cite book |author=Abubakar Siddique |title=The Pashtun Question: The Unresolved Key to the Future of Pakistan and Afghanistan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PkVeBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA22 |year=2014 |publisher=Hurst |isbn=978-1-84904-292-5 |page=22 }}</ref> The city has a [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] plurality followed by [[Baloch people|Balochs]], [[Hazara people|Hazaras]], [[Brahui people|Brahui]], [[Punjabi people|Punjabis]] and [[Muhajir (Urdu-speaking people)|Muhajir people]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bianchi |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dzQCwAAQBAJ |title=Guests of God: Pilgrimage and Politics in the Islamic World |date=25 March 2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-971183-3 |page=92 |language=en |quote=The largest communities are Pashtuns, Punjabis, and muhajirs, but no group is a majority. Quetta is one of the few districts in all Pakistan where no linguistic group can claim dominance, either numerically or politically. Aside from occasional clashes with Shi‘ite protesters encouraged by proximity to Iran, Quetta seems like a model of tolerance compared with the carnage ravaging the much larger melting pot of Karachi. |archive-date=19 February 2025 |access-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219204702/https://books.google.com/books?id=6dzQCwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Jonah Blank|Christopher Clary|Brian Nichiporuk|2014}}<ref name="Paksitan & The Karakoram Highway">{{cite book |author=Sarina Singh |title=Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zn8I4qEew9oC&pg=PA142 |year=2008 |publisher=Lonely Planet |isbn=978-1-74104-542-0 |page=142 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Fair |first1=C. Christine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FW4Cx75_7usC&dq=Quetta+punjabis+pashtuns&pg=PA12 |title=Pakistan: Can the United States Secure an Insecure State? |last2=Crane |first2=Keith |last3=Chivvis |first3=Christopher S. |last4=Puri |first4=Samir |last5=Spirtas |first5=Michael |date=13 April 2010 |publisher=Rand Corporation |isbn=978-0-8330-4870-7 |pages=12 |language=en |archive-date=19 February 2025 |access-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219204634/https://books.google.com/books?id=FW4Cx75_7usC&dq=Quetta+punjabis+pashtuns&pg=PA12 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Urdu]] being the national language is used and understood by all the residents and serves as a [[lingua franca]].

According to [[Reuters]] and the [[BBC]], there are as many as 500,000-600,000 [[Hazaras]] living in Quetta and its surrounding areas.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-shooting/two-killed-in-sectarian-attack-in-southwestern-pakistan-idUSKBN1HT0N2 |title=Two killed in sectarian attack in southwestern Pakistan |work=Reuters |date=22 April 2018 |archive-date=22 April 2018 |access-date=22 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422170948/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-shooting/two-killed-in-sectarian-attack-in-southwestern-pakistan-idUSKBN1HT0N2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42219669 |title=The community caged in its own city |work=BBC News |date=12 December 2017 |last1=Kermani |first1=Secunder |author-link1=Secunder Kermani |archive-date=26 July 2018 |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726200108/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42219669 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in Quetta City (1891–2023){{efn|1891–1941: Data for the entirety of the town of Quetta, which included Quetta Municipality and Quetta Cantonment.<ref name="Census1941"/>{{rp|13–14}}<br>2017 & 2023: Urban population of Quetta District.|name="QuettaCity1891to2023"}}
! rowspan="2" |[[Religion in Pakistan|Religious]]<br />group
! colspan="2" |1891<ref name="Census1891">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25318666 |jstor=saoa.crl.25318666 |access-date=8 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1891. General tables for British provinces and feudatory states. |year=1891 |pages=70 |last1=Baines |first1=Jervoise Athelstane |author2=India Census Commissioner |volume=1 |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531191628/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25318666 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215993 |jstor=saoa.crl.28215993 |access-date=27 January 2023 |title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan |year=1942 |volume=14 |author1=India Census Commissioner |pages=13–14 |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129064900/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215993 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 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=27 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><ref name="Census2017C">{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2017/results/12309.pdf |title=District Wise Results / Tables (Census – 2017) TABLE 9 – POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN |access-date=27 January 2023 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127110235/https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2017/results/12309.pdf |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 |archive-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203030321/https://www.pbs.gov.pk/digital-census/detailed-results |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]
| 7,180
| {{Percentage | 7180 | 16967 | 2 }}
| 24,010
| {{Percentage | 24010 | 64476 | 2 }}
| 6,112
| {{Percentage | 6112 | 999385 | 2 }}
| 5,366
| {{Percentage | 5366 | 1291856 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
| 6,281
| {{Percentage | 6281 | 16967 | 2 }}
| 27,935
| {{Percentage | 27935 | 64476 | 2 }}
| 975,815
| {{Percentage | 975815 | 999385 | 2 }}
| 1,264,791
| {{Percentage | 1264791 | 1291856 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| 2,650
| {{Percentage | 2650 | 16967 | 2 }}
| 5,024
| {{Percentage | 5024 | 64476 | 2 }}
| 16,842
| {{Percentage | 16842 | 999385 | 2 }}
| 20,897
| {{Percentage | 20897 | 1291856 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
| 807
| {{Percentage | 807 | 16967 | 2 }}
| 7,364
| {{Percentage | 7364 | 64476 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 123
| {{Percentage | 123 | 1291856 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Zoroastrianism]] [[File:Faravahar.svg|15px]]
| 31
| {{Percentage | 31 | 16967 | 2 }}
| 73
| {{Percentage | 73 | 64476 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 46
| {{Percentage | 46 | 1291856 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Judaism]] [[File:Star of David.svg|15px]]
| 16
| {{Percentage | 16 | 16967 | 2 }}
| 11
| {{Percentage | 11 | 64476 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Buddhism]] [[File:Dharma Wheel (2).svg|15px]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 16967 | 2 }}
| 42
| {{Percentage | 42 | 64476 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Jainism]] [[File:Jain Prateek Chihna.svg|15px]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 16967 | 2 }}
| 6
| {{Percentage | 6 | 64476 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Tribal religions in India|Tribal]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 16967 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 64476 | 2 }}
| {{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}}
| 363
| {{Percentage | 363 | 999385 | 2 }}
| 127
| {{Percentage | 127 | 1291856 | 2 }}
|-
| Others
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 16967 | 2 }}
| 11
| {{Percentage | 11 | 64476 | 2 }}
| 253
| {{Percentage | 253 | 999385 | 2 }}
| 506
| {{Percentage | 506 | 1291856 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 16,967
! {{Percentage | 16967 | 16967 | 2 }}
! 64,476
! {{Percentage | 64476 | 64476 | 2 }}
! 999,385
! {{Percentage | 999385 | 999385 | 2 }}
! 1,291,856
! {{Percentage | 1291856 | 1291856 | 2 }}
|}