_id	Province/division/ district	Population ( in '1000' ) in 1951	Population ( in '1000' ) in 1961	Population ( in '1000' ) in 1972	Population ( in '1000' ) in 1981	Population ( in '1000' ) in 1998	Population ( in '1000' ) in 2017	Average annual growth rate (%) in 1961	Average annual growth rate (%) in  1972	Average annual growth rate (%) in  1981	Average annual growth rate (%) in  1998	Average annual growth rate (%) in  2017
1	PUNJAB	20,541	25,464	37,607	47,292	73,621	109,990	2.19	3.41	2.75	2.64	2.13
2	Bahawalpur Division	1,823	2,574	3,544	4,669	7,636	11,453	3.54	2.79	3.32	2.93	2.15
3	Bahawalnagar	630	823	1,074	1,374	2,061	2,976	2.72	2.32	2.96	2.41	1.95
4	Bahawalpur	528	736	1,071	1,453	2,433	3,669	3.40	3.29	3.68	3.08	2.18
5	Rahim Yar Khan	664	1,016	1,399	1,841	3,141	4,808	4.37	2.79	3.31	3.19	2.26
6	D.G.Khan Division	1,379	1,766	2,707	3,747	6,504	11,021	2.53	3.74	3.92	3.29	2.81
7	D.G.Khan	384	480	691	944	1,643	2,873	2.27	3.20	3.75	3.31	2.98
8	Layyah	162	273	496	667	1,121	1,824	5.40	5.26	3.57	3.10	2.59
9	Muzaffargarh	589	717	1,069	1,498	2,636	4,329	2.00	3.50	4.07	3.38	2.64
10	Rajanpur	244	297	451	639	1,104	1,996	2.02	3.66	4.21	3.27	3.16
11	Faisalabad Division	3,028	3,763	5,803	6,667	9,886	14,185	2.21	3.80	1.66	2.34	1.92
12	Faisalabad	1,549	1,990	3,164	3,562	5,430	7,882	2.56	4.07	1.41	2.51	1.98
13	Jhang	546	682	990	1,277	1,869	2,743	2.27	3.26	3.05	2.27	2.03
14	Chiniot	330	397	571	694	965	1,369	1.89	3.17	2.34	1.96	1.85
15	T.T.Singh	604	694	1,078	1,135	1,622	2,191	1.41	3.87	0.61	2.12	1.59
16	Gujranwala Division	3,679	4,214	6,303	7,642	11,431	16,121	1.38	3.52	2.31	2.40	1.82
17	Gujranwala	795	1,000	1,616	2,108	3,401	5,011	2.34	4.21	3.20	2.85	2.06
18	Gujrat	743	835	1,177	1,409	2,048	2,756	1.19	3.00	2.14	2.22	1.57
19	Hafizabad	252	292	444	568	833	1,157	1.50	3.67	2.95	2.28	1.74
20	Mandi Baha-ud-Din	415	491	722	846	1,161	1,594	1.71	3.37	1.89	1.88	1.68
21	Narowal	512	550	835	909	1,265	1,708	0.72	3.66	1.01	1.96	1.59
22	Sialkot	962	1,046	1,510	1,803	2,723	3,895	0.85	3.21	2.12	2.46	1.90
23	Lahore Division	2,818	3,560	5,431	7,183	12,016	19,390	2.38	3.70	3.36	3.07	2.55
24	Kasur	760	854	1,186	1,528	2,355	3,455	1.18	2.87	3.04	2.57	2.03
25	Lahore	1,135	1,626	2,588	3,545	6,340	11,120	3.69	4.08	3.80	3.48	3.00
26	Nankana sahib	411	481	737	938	1,045	1,355	1.60	3.74	2.90	0.63	1.37
27	Sheikhupura	512	599	920	1,172	2,276	3,460	1.59	3.76	2.90	3.98	2.22
28	Sahiwal Division	1,715	2,011	2,684	3,612	5,363	7,378	1.62	2.51	3.58	2.35	1.69
29	Okara	730	827	1,124	1,487	2,233	3,041	1.26	2.67	3.37	2.42	1.64
30	Pakpattan	381	440	616	844	1,287	1,824	1.46	2.94	3.79	2.51	1.85
31	Sahiwal	604	744	945	1,282	1,843	2,513	2.12	2.08	3.68	2.16	1.64
32	Multan Division	2,208	2,825	4,160	5,409	8,448	12,268	2.52	3.39	3.15	2.66	1.98
33	Khanewal	635	775	1,068	1,370	2,068	2,920	2.02	2.80	2.99	2.45	1.83
34	Lodhran	289	363	558	740	1,172	1,700	2.32	3.77	3.40	2.74	1.97
35	Multan	725	984	1,506	1,970	3,117	4,746	3.12	3.73	3.23	2.73	2.23
36	Vehari	559	703	1,027	1,329	2,090	2,902	2.35	3.32	3.09	2.70	1.74
37	Rawalpindi Division	2,180	2,535	3,779	4,433	6,660	10,007	1.53	3.49	1.91	2.42	2.16
38	Attock	481	528	741	877	1,275	1,886	0.93	2.97	2.01	2.23	2.08
39	Chakwal	460	507	700	776	1,084	1,495	1.00	2.82	1.21	1.99	1.71
40	Jhelum	368	415	592	659	937	1,222	1.22	3.11	1.28	2.09	1.41
41	Rawalpindi	872	1,086	1,745	2,121	3,364	5,402	2.24	4.17	2.34	2.75	2.52
42	Sargodha Division	1,711	2,214	3,197	3,931	5,680	8,167	2.63	3.21	2.48	2.19	1.93
43	Bhakkar	234	333	500	666	1,051	1,648	3.63	3.57	3.44	2.72	2.39
44	Khushab	271	363	548	641	906	1,280	3.00	3.59	1.89	2.05	1.84
45	Mianwali	316	414	595	712	1,057	1,543	2.76	3.18	2.14	2.35	2.01
46	Sargodha	890	1,104	1,553	1,912	2,666	3,696	2.19	2.98	2.49	1.97	1.73