Urban Resource Centre

Table 9 Socio-Demograhic-Population 1941- 1998
	1941	1951	1961	1972	1981	1998
Total (Urban + Rural) Population
Male	400465	643292	1161990	1992477	2954693	5294083
Intercensal Increase in Numbers		242827	518698	830487	962216	2339390
Per Annum Increase		2.83%	3.54%	3.22%	2.34%	3.49%
Share of Males in Total Population	56.10%	57.32%	56.85%	55.24%	54.33%	53.71%

Female	313435	479014	882059	1614269	2483291	4562447
Intercensal Increase in Numbers		165579	403045	732210	869022	2079156
Per Annum Increase		2.53%	3.66%	3.62%	2.57%	3.64%
Share of Females in Total Population	43.90%	42.68%	43.15%	44.76%	45.67%	46.29%

Total Population	713900	1122306	2044049	3606746	5437984	9856530
Intercensal Increase in Numbers		408406	921743	1562697	1831238	4418546
Intercensal Growth Rate		57.21%	82.13%	76.45%	50.77%	81.25%
Per annum Growth Rate		4.63%	6.18%	5.30%	4.67%	3.56%

Dependents in Total Population in Numbers		475178	924193	1647386	2496910	4140865
Dependents in Total Population		42.34%	45.21%	45.68%	45.92%	42.01%
Index of Ageing for Total Population		11.06	10.52	10.52	10.71	11.70
Sex Ratio (Index) for Total Population	128	134	132	123	119	116
Area In Square Miles	8357	812	1357	1362	3527	3527
Density for Total Population	85	1382	1506	2648	1542	2795

Karachi's Urban Population-Total
Male	DNA	DNA	1087583	1943913	2829610	5017877
Intercensal Increase				856330	885697	2188267
wrt Karachi's Total -Male Population			93.60%	97.56%	95.77%	94.78%

Female	DNA	DNA	825020	1571489	2378522	4321358
Intercensal Increase				746469	807033	1942836
wrt Total -Female Population			93.53%	97.35%	95.78%	94.72%

Total Urban Population	394917	1068459	1912603	3515402	5208132	9339235
Intercensal Increase		673542	844144	1602799	1692730	4131103
Intercensal Growth Rate		170.55%	79.01%	83.80%	48.15%	79.32%
Per annum Growth Rate		10.47%	6.00%	5.69%	4.46%	3.50%
Sex Ratio (Index) for Total Urban Population			132	124	119	116

Karachi's Rural Population-Total
Karachi's Rural-Male Population		31477	74407	48564	125083	276206
Karachi's Rural -Female Population		26481	57039	42780	104769	241089
Total Rural Population	318983	57958	131446	91344	229852	517295
Intercensal Increase in Numbers		-261025	73488	-40102	138508	287443
Intercensal Growth Rate		-82%	127%	-31%	152%	125%
Per annum Growth Rate		-16%	9%	-3%	11%	5%

Less than 15 years of Age	1941	1951	1961	1972	1981	1998
Total (Urban + Rural) Population
Male		222756	437827	772741	1166517	1908808
Intercensal Increase in Numbers			215071	334914	393776	742291
wrt Total -Male Population		34.63%	37.68%	38.78%	39.48%	36.06%

Female		205119	398394	717813	1088898	1798340
Intercensal Increase in Numbers			193275	319419	371085	709442
wrt Total -Female Population		42.82%	45.17%	44.47%	43.85%	39.42%

Total		427875	836221	1490554	2255415	3707148
Intercensal Increase in Numbers			408346	654333	764861	1451733
wrt Total Population		38.12%	40.91%	41.33%	41.48%	37.61%
Sex Ratio (Index)		109	110	108	107	106
Intercensal Growth Rate			95.44%	78.25%	51.31%	64.37%
Per annum Growth Rate			6.93%	5.40%	4.71%	2.97%

Urban (Less than 15 Years of Age)
Male			408588	751240	1111644	1793364
Intercensal Increase				342652	360404	681720
wrt Total Urban-Male Population			37.57%	38.65%	39.29%	35.74%

Female			372082	699027	1038801	1691308
Intercensal Increase				326945	339774	652507
wrt Total Urban-Female Population			45.10%	44.48%	43.67%	39.14%

Total			780670	1450267	2150445	3484672
Intercensal Increase in Numbers				669597	700178	1334227
wrt Total Urban Population			40.82%	41.25%	41.29%	37.31%
Sex Ratio (Index)			110	107	107	106
Intercensal Growth Rate				85.77%	48.28%	62.04%
Per annum Growth Rate				5.79%	4.47%	2.88%

Rural (Less than 15 Years of Age)
Male			29239	21501	54873	115444
			52.63%	53.37%	52.27%	51.89%
Female			26312	18786	50097	107032
			47.37%	46.63%	47.73%	48.11%
Total			55551	40287	104970	222476
			6.64%	2.70%	4.65%	6.00%
Between 15 and 24
Total (Urban + Rural) Population
Male		139945	240345	384403	624309	1148405
Intercensal Increase in Numbers			100400	144058	239906	524096
wrt Total -Male Population		21.75%	20.68%	19.29%	21.13%	21.69%

Female		100812	170649	319296	506350	1004019
Intercensal Increase in Numbers			69837	148647	187054	497669
wrt Total -Female Population		21.05%	19.35%	19.78%	20.39%	22.01%

Total Population		240757	410994	703699	1130659	2152424
Intercensal Increase in Numbers			170237	292705	426960	1021765
wrt Total Population		21.45%	20.11%	19.51%	20.79%	21.84%
	1941	1951	1961	1972	1981	1998
Sex Ratio (Index)		139	141	120	123	114
Intercensal Growth Rate			70.71%	71.22%	60.67%	90.37%
Per annum Growth Rate			5.49%	5.01%	5.41%	3.86%

Between 15 and 24-Urban
Male			226819	376585	602175	1093231
Intercensal Increase				149766	225590	491056
wrt Total Urban-Male Population			20.86%	19.37%	21.28%	21.79%

Female			161471	312818	489127	955156
Intercensal Increase				151347	176309	466029
wrt Total Urban-Female Population			19.57%	19.91%	20.56%	22.10%

Total			388290	689403	1091302	2048387
Intercensal Increase				301113	401899	957085
wrt Total Urban Population			20.30%	19.61%	20.95%	21.93%
Sex Ratio (Index)			140	120	123	114
Intercensal Growth Rate				77.55%	58.30%	87.70%
Per annum Growth Rate				5.36%	5.24%	3.77%

Rural (Between 15 and 24)
Male			13526	7818	22134	55174
Female			9178	6478	17223	48863
Total			22704	14296	39357	104037

Between 25 and 49
Total (Urban + Rural) Population
Male		223409	379338	645868	864191	1701448
Intercensal Increase			155929	266530	218323	837257
wrt Total -Male Population		34.73%	32.65%	32.42%	29.25%	32.14%

Female		127717	235335	445314	683188	1331174
Intercensal Increase in Numbers			107618	209979	237874	647986
wrt Total -Female Population		26.66%	26.68%	27.59%	27.51%	29.18%

Total		351126	614673	1091182	1547379	3032622
Intercensal Increase			263547	476509	456197	1485243
wrt Total Population		31.29%	30.07%	30.25%	28.46%	30.77%
Sex Ratio (Index)		175	161	145	126	128
Intercensal Growth Rate			75.06%	77.52%	41.81%	95.98%
Per annum Growth Rate			5.76%	5.36%	3.96%	4.04%

Urban (Between 25 and 49)
Male			355230	631823	828289	1619986
Intercensal Increase				276593	196466	791697
wrt Total Urban-Male Population			32.66%	32.50%	29.27%	32.28%

Female			219780	432650	654539	1265254
Intercensal Increase				212870	221889	610715
wrt Total Urban-Female Population			26.64%	27.53%	27.52%	29.28%
	1941	1951	1961	1972	1981	1998
Total			575010	1064473	1482828	2885240
Intercensal Increase in Numbers				489463	418355	1402412
wrt Total Urban Population			30.06%	30.28%	28.47%	30.89%
Sex Ratio (Index)			162	146	127	128
Intercensal Growth Rate				85.12%	39.30%	94.58%
Per annum Growth Rate				5.76%	3.75%	3.99%

Rural (Between 25 and 49)
Male			24108	14045	35902	81462
Female			15555	12664	28649	65920
Total			39663	26709	64551	147382

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