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Table 2.1
Sources
of Urban Growth
(in percentage)
|
Period |
Region
|
Natural
Increase |
Re-classification |
Internal
Migration |
Total
Increase |
|
1951 - 61 |
Pakistan |
44.8 |
15.1 |
40.1 |
100.0 |
|
1961 - 72 |
Pakistan |
72.4 |
8.1 |
19.5 |
100.0 |
|
1972 - 81 |
Pakistan |
78.4 |
2.6 |
19.1 |
100.0 |
|
1981 - 98 |
Pakistan |
70.3 |
9.7 |
20.1 |
100.0 |
|
1981 - 98 |
Punjab |
74.2 |
11.3 |
14.5 |
100.0 |
|
1981 - 98 |
Sindh |
70.6 |
4.5 |
24.8 |
100.0 |
|
1981 - 98 |
NWFP |
70.0 |
20.9 |
9.1 |
100.0 |
|
1981 - 98 |
Balochistan |
43.7 |
18.4 |
37.9 |
100.0 |
|
1981 - 98 |
Islamabad |
35.1 |
- |
64.9 |
100.0 |
Source: Iffat Ara
and Arshad Zaman, Asian Urbanization in the New Millenium, Country
Chapter,
Unpublished work,
August 2002
Table 2.2
Migrants
Status of Population in the Urban Areas
of Pakistan and Provinces - 1981-98
(in thousands)
|
Movements of
Immigrants |
Total
|
Punjab |
Sindh |
NWFP |
Balochistan |
Islamabad |
|
Total urban
population |
42,898
(100.0) |
23,019
(100.0) |
14,480
(100.0) |
2,994
(100.0) |
1,516
(100.0) |
529
(100.0) |
|
Non-migrants |
35,990
(83.9) |
19,520
(84.8) |
12,288
(82.8) |
2,612
(87.2) |
1,353
(89.2) |
217
(40.9) |
|
Total migrants |
6,909
(16.1) |
3,499
(15.2) |
2,552
(17.2) |
382
(12.8) |
163
(10.8) |
313
(59.1) |
|
Migrants within
Pakistan |
4,496
(10.5) |
1,747
(9.6) |
1,603
(10.8) |
285
(9.5) |
141
(9.3) |
250
(47.3) |
|
Migrants within
the province
|
2,456
(5.7) |
1,747
(7.6) |
459
(3.1) |
192
(6.4) |
58
(3.8) |
- |
|
Migrants from
other provinces |
1,869
(4.4) |
365
(1.6) |
1,099
(7.4) |
90
(3.0) |
78
(5.1) |
237
(44.8) |
|
Migrants from
AJK and NA |
172
(0.4) |
105
(0.5) |
45
(0.3) |
3
(0.1) |
5
(8.4) |
13
(2.5) |
|
Migrants from
other countries |
1,530
(3.6) |
798
(3.5) |
661
(4.5) |
20
(0.7) |
7
(0.4) |
44
(8.4) |
|
Migrants who did
not report |
882
(2.1) |
484
(2.1) |
288
(1.9) |
77
(2.6) |
16
(1.1) |
18
(3.4) |
Source:
Government of Pakistan, 1998 Provincial Census Reports,
Population Census Organisation, Islamabad, Government of Pakistan,
1998 District Census Report
of Islamabad, Population Census
Organisation, Islamabad, as reproduced in: Iffat Ara and Arshad Zaman
Asian Urbanization in the New Millenium,
Country Chapter,
Unpublished work,
August 2002.
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