The 1998 Census of Pakistan was the fifth
Pakistani national census. It provided a detailed enumeration of the population of
Pakistan
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at the time it was conducted under the authority of the
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics usman
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics ( ur, , abbreviated as PBS) is a federal agency under the Government of Pakistan commissioned the national statistical services and to provide solid and comprehensive statistical research. Results co ...
, an agency of the Government of Pakistan. According to the 1998 census, the population of Pakistan proper (excluding Kashmir, disputed territories) stood at 130,857,717 people. With the inclusion of the population of Azad Kashmir, Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, Gilgit−Baltistan, the population stood at 134,714,017 people. Despite being mandated by the Constitution of Pakistan to be held every 10 years, this was the first census to take place in Pakistan after the Census in Pakistan, 1981 census that took place 17 years earlier, and the next census would not be held for another 19 years, 2017 Census of Pakistan, until 2017. The inconsistencies in Pakistan's national elections are due in part to Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts, political turmoil and Military coups in Pakistan, instability within the country.
City Results
This is the list of population of cities of Pakistan in 1998 census vs 2017 census.
See also
* Census in Pakistan
References
1998 Demographic Indicators – 1998 Census, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
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Censuses in Pakistan
Demographics of Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif administration
1998 in Pakistan
1998 censuses, Pakistan