Population Census

3 mn readA milestone in the history of Pakistan, with the help of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), a countrywide first-ever digital census, was conducted from Mar 01 to May 15, 2023. After gaining independence in 1947 from British India, likewise many other countries in the world, Pakistan was determined to conduct a census every 10 years. The first census was held in 1951, four years after independence. The first four censuses from 1951 to 1981 were conducted on time, but the fifth (in 1998) and sixth (in 2017) censuses were delayed due to different reasons.