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{{Politics of Pakistan}}

The [[administrative units of Pakistan]] contains four provinces, a capital territory, and two administrative territories of the Kashmir region. The four provinces and two administrative territories are subdivided into 36 administrative [[Division (political geography)|divisions]]. These divisions are further subdivided into [[districts of Pakistan|districts]], [[tehsil]]s, and finally [[union councils of Pakistan|union councils]]. These divisions were abolished in 2000, but restored in 2008.

The divisions do not include the [[Islamabad Capital Territory]] or the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]], which were counted at the same level as provinces, but in 2018, the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]] were subsumed into [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province and allocated to neighbouring divisions therein.

==History==

Administrative divisions had formed an integral tier of government from colonial times. The Governor's provinces of [[British Raj|British India]] were subdivided into divisions, which were themselves subdivided into districts. At independence in 1947, the new nation of Pakistan comprised two wings – eastern and western, separated by [[India]]. Three of the provinces of Pakistan were subdivided into ten administrative divisions. The single province in the eastern wing, [[East Bengal]], had four divisions – [[Chittagong Division|Chittagong]], [[Dacca Division|Dacca]], [[Khulna Division|Khulna]] and [[Rajshahi Division|Rajshahi]]. The province of [[West Punjab]] had four divisions – [[Lahore Division|Lahore]], [[Multan Division|Multan]], [[Rawalpindi Division|Rawalpindi]] and [[Sargodha Division|Sargodha]]. The [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North-West Frontier Province]] (as it was then called) had two divisions – [[Dera Ismail Khan Division|Dera Ismail Khan]] and [[Peshawar Division|Peshawar]]. Most of the former [[Sind Province (1936–1955)|Sind Province]] became [[Hyderabad Division]]. Most of the divisions were named after the divisional capitals, with some exceptions.

From 1955 to 1970, the [[One Unit]] policy meant that there were only two provinces – [[East Pakistan|East]] and [[West Pakistan]]. East Pakistan had the same divisions as East Bengal had previously, but West Pakistan gradually gained seven new divisions to add to the original six. The [[Baluchistan States Union]] became [[Kalat Division]], while the former [[Baluchistan (Chief Commissioners Province)|Baluchistan Chief Commissioner's Province]] became [[Quetta Division]].   Princely State of [[Khayrpur (princely state)|Khairpur]] and with some parts of [[Hyderabad Division|Hyderabad division]] were joining  to form [[Sukkur Division|Khairpur Division]]. The former princely state of [[Bahawalpur (princely state)|Bahawalpur]] became [[Bahawalpur Division]], therefore joining West Punjab. The [[Federal Capital Territory (Pakistan)|Federal Capital Territory]] was absorbed into West Pakistan in 1959 and in 1960 merged with the district of [[Las Bela (princely state)|Las Bela]] to form the [[Karachi Division|Karachi-Bela Division]]. In 1969, the princely states of [[Chitral (princely state)|Chitral]], [[Dir (princely state)|Dir]] and [[Swat (princely state)|Swat]] were incorporated into West Pakistan as the division of [[Malakand Division|Malakand]] with Saidu as the divisional headquarters. In 1975, Khairpur division abolished and replace it with [[Sukkur Division]]. In 1980, [[Sukkur Division|Sukkur division]](Formally Khairpur division) was bifurcated to create [[Larkana Division|Larkana division]]. In 1990, [[Mirpur Khas Division|Mirpurkhas division]] created by bifurcation of [[Hyderabad Division|Hyderabad division]].

==New Divisions== 
When West Pakistan was dissolved, the divisions were regrouped into four new provinces. Gradually over the late 1970s, new divisions were formed; [[Hazara Division|Hazara]] and [[Kohat Division|Kohat]] divisions were split from [[Peshawar Division]]; [[Gujranwala Division]] was formed from parts of [[Lahore Division|Lahore]] and [[Rawalpindi Division|Rawalpindi]] divisions; [[Dera Ghazi Khan Division]] was split from [[Multan Division]]; [[Faisalabad Division]] was split from [[Sargodha Division]]; [[Sibi Division]] was formed from parts of [[Kalat Division|Kalat]] and [[Quetta Division|Quetta]] divisions; [[Lasbela District]] was transferred from [[Karachi Division]] to [[Kalat Division]]; [[Makran Division]] split from [[Kalat Division]]. The name of [[Khairpur Division]] was changed to [[Sukkur Division]] and Headquarters of [[Sukkur Division|Khairpur Division]] shifted from [[khairpur]] to [[Sukkur]]. [[Shaheed Benazirabad Division|Shaheed Benazirabad]] is also a new division in Sindh.

During the military rule of General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]], the Advisory Council of Islamize Ideology (headed by Justice Tanzilur Rahman) was tasked with finding ways to Islamic the country. One of its recommendations was that the existing four provinces should be dissolved and the twenty administrative divisions should become new provinces in a federal structure with greater devolution of power, but this proposal was never implemented.

In the recent past (i.e. in last three decades), [[Nasirabad Division|Naseerabad Division]] was split from [[Sibi Division]]; [[Zhob Division]] was split from [[Quetta Division]]; [[Bannu Division]] was split from [[Dera Ismail Khan Division]]; [[Mardan Division]] was split from [[Peshawar Division]]; [[Larkana Division]] were split from [[Sukkur Division]] and [[Shaheed Benazirabad Division]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1108462|title=Shaheed Benazirabad made division|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=25 May 2014}}</ref> [[Mirpur Khas Division]] was split from [[Hyderabad Division]]. [[Sahiwal Division]] was formed from parts of [[Lahore]] and [[Multan Division]]s while [[Sheikhupura|Sheikhupura Division]] was formed from [[Lahore]] and [[Faisalabad Division]]s. The capital of [[Kalat Division]] was moved from [[Kalat, Pakistan|Kalat]] to [[Khuzdar]]. [[Rakhshan Division]] is recently added to [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]] comprising parts of [[Quetta]] and [[Kalat Division]]s with capital at [[Kharan District|Kharan]].

Recently in June 2021, [[Loralai Division]] was added to [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]], by splitting off from [[Zhob Division]].<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2021-06-30 |title=New division, two districts created in Balochistan |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1632216 |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>

== Abolition ==
In August 2000, local government reforms abolished the "Division" as an administrative tier and introduced a system of local government councils, with the first elections held in 2001. Following that there was radical restructuring of the local government system to implement "the principle of [[subsidiarity]], whereby all functions that can be effectively performed at the local level are transferred to that level". This meant devolution of many functions, to districts and tehsils, which were previously handled at the provincial and divisional levels. At abolition, there were twenty-six divisions in Pakistan proper – five in [[Sindh]], six in [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]], seven in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] and eight in [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]]. Abolition did not affect the three divisions of [[Azad Kashmir]], which form the second tier of government.

== Restoration==

In 2008, after the public elections, the new government decided to restore the divisions of all provinces.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/26-Oct-2008/commissionerate-system-restored |title=Commissionerate system restored |date=26 October 2008 |access-date=2010-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109092219/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/26-Oct-2008/Commissionerate-system-restored |archive-date=2010-01-09 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In Sindh after the lapse of the Local Governments Bodies term in 2010 the Divisional Commissioners system was to be restored.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emoiz.com/commissioner-system-to-be-restored-soon-sindh-cm|title=502 Bad Gateway|website=www.emoiz.com|access-date=2010-04-26|archive-date=2018-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226145022/http://www.emoiz.com/win.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/5-26-2009/42856.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731171324/http://www.geo.tv/5-26-2009/42856.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-31 |title=Commissioner system to be restored soon: Durrani }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eproperty.pk/news/2009/07/31/sindh-commissioner-system-may-be-revived-today|title=Sindh: Commissioner system may be revived today|access-date=2010-04-26|archive-date=2019-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106213139/https://eproperty.pk/news/2009/07/31/sindh-commissioner-system-may-be-revived-today|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In July 2011, following excessive violence in the city of Karachi and after the political split between the ruling PPP and the majority party in Sindh, the MQM and after the resignation of the MQM Governor of Sindh, PPP and the Govt. of Sindh decided to restore the commissioner system  in the province. As a consequence, the five divisions of Sindh have been restored namely, Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas and Larkana with their respective districts. One new division was added in Sindh, the Shaheed Benazirabad division.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/12-Jul-2011/commissioners-dcs-posted-in-sindh |title=Commissioners, DCs posted in Sindh |date=12 July 2011 |access-date=2011-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713092405/http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/12-Jul-2011/Commissioners-DCs-posted-in-Sindh |archive-date=2011-07-13 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Karachi district has been de-merged into its 5 original constituent districts namely [[Karachi East District|Karachi East]], [[Karachi West District|Karachi West]], [[Karachi Central District|Karachi Central]], [[Karachi South District|Karachi South]] and [[Malir District|Malir]]. Korangi has been upgraded to the status of a sixth district of Karachi by splitting from [[Karachi East District]]. Recently [[Keamari District]] is formed by bifurcating [[Karachi West District]]. These seven districts form the [[Karachi Division]] now.<ref>{{Cite web |last=anjum |title=Sindh back to 5 divisions after 11 years {{!}} Pakistan Today |date=11 July 2011 |url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/11/sindh-back-to-5-divisions-after-11-years/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Current divisions by administrative units ==
The following tables show the current total 36 divisions of Pakistan with 30 divisions by province i.e., 8 divisions of [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]], 7 divisions of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], 9 divisions of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], amd 6 divisions of [[Sindh]], with their respective populations as of the [[2023 Pakistani census|2023 Census of Pakistan]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Households, Populations, Household Size and Annual Growth Rate {{!}} Balochistan |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/Balochistan.pdf |website=pbs.gov.pk |publisher=[[Pakistan Bureau Statistics]] |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Households, Populations, Household Size and Annual Growth Rate {{!}} Punjab |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/Punjab.pdf |website=pbs.gov.pk |publisher=Pakistan Bureau Statistics |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Households, Populations, Household Size and Annual Growth Rate {{!}} Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/KP.pdf |website=pbs.gov.pk |publisher=Pakistan Bureau Statistics |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Households, Populations, Household Size and Annual Growth Rate {{!}} Sindh |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/Sindh.pdf |website=pbs.gov.pk |publisher=Pakistan Bureau Statistics |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref>and the 6 divisions of Pakistan–administered regions of Kashmir; 3 for [[Azad Kashmir]] and [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] each.

=== Provinces ===

==== Balochistan ====
[[File:Divisions of Balochistan.jpg|thumb|Eight divisions of the Province of Balochistan]]
{{Excerpt|Divisions of Balochistan#List of divisions}}

==== Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ====
[[File:Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan with district names- in 2022 by Vijay Kumar.jpg|thumb|Colours correspond to Divisions of the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
{{Excerpt|Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#List of divisions}}

==== Punjab ====
{{Excerpt|Divisions of Punjab, Pakistan#List of divisions by population over the years}}

==== Sindh ====
{{Excerpt|Divisions of Sindh#List of the Divisions by area, population, density, literacy rate etc.}}

=== Administered territories ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
! colspan="6" | Divisions of [[Azad Kashmir|Azad Jammu & Kashmir]]
|-
!Division||Area (km<sup>2</sup>)||Population<br />1998 Census||Population<br />2017 Census
!Population<br />2023 Census||Capital
|-
|[[Mirpur Division|Mirpur]]||align="right"|4,388||align="right"|1,198,249||align="right"|1,651,018
|N/A||[[Mirpur, Azad Kashmir|Mirpur]]
|-
|[[Muzaffarabad Division|Muzaffarabad]]||align="right"|6,117||align="right"|745,733||align="right"|1,072,150
|N/A||[[Muzaffarabad, Pakistan|Muzaffarabad]]
|-
|[[Poonch Division|Poonch]]||align="right"|2,792||align="right"|1,028,541||align="right"|1,322,198
|N/A||[[Rawalakot]]
|-
! colspan="6" | Divisions of [[Gilgit-Baltistan]]
|-
!Division||Area (km<sup>2</sup>)||Population<br />1998 Census||Population<br />2017 Census
!Population<br />2023 Census||Capital
|-
|[[Gilgit Division|Gilgit]]||-|| N/A|| N/A
|N/A|| [[Gilgit]]
|-
|[[Baltistan Division|Baltistan]]||-|| N/A|| N/A
|N/A||[[Skardu]]
|-
|[[Diamer Division|Diamer]]||-|| N/A|| N/A
|N/A||[[Chilas]]
|}

== List of all divisions by population, area, density, literacy rate etc. ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
|+List of the divisions by population, area, density, literacy rate etc.
! Division 
!Population
(2023)
! Area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>) !! Density/<br />(km<sup>2</sup>)
(2017)
!Literacy
rate
(2023)

<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of the districts of KPK |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_kp_province.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of the districts of Punjab |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_punjab_province.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of the districts of Balochistan |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_balcohistan_province.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of the districts of Sindh |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_sindh_province.pdf}}</ref>
! Capital !! Province
|-
|[[Islamabad Capital Territory|Islamabad]]
|2,363,863
|906
|2214.76
|83.97%
|[[Islamabad Capital Territory|Islamabad]]
|[[Islamabad Capital Territory|Islamabad]]
|-
| [[Dera Ismail Khan Division|Dera Ismail Khan]]
|3,188,779 
|9,005
|224.21
|41.73%
| [[Dera Ismail Khan District|Dera Ismail Khan]]
| rowspan="7" | [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|KPK]]
|-
| [[Bannu Division|Bannu]]
|3,092,078
|4,391 
|465.51
|42.11%
| [[Bannu District|Bannu]]
|-
|[[Kohat Division|Kohat]]
|3,752,436
|7,012
|316.45
|50.89%
|[[Kohat]]
|-
|[[Hazara Division|Hazara]]
|6,188,736
|17,194
|309.7
|60.95%
|[[Abbottabad]]
|-
|[[Malakand Division|Malakand]]
|9,959,399
|29,872
|251.56
|47.51%
|Saidu
|-
|[[Mardan Division|Mardan]]
|4,639,498
|3,046
|1312.43
|56.90%
|[[Mardan]]
|-
|[[Peshawar Division|Peshawar]]
|10,035,171
|4,001
|1850.49
|51.32%
|[[Peshawar]]
|-
| [[Dera Ghazi Khan Division|Dera Ghazi Khan]]
|12,892,465
|38,778
|284.04
|48.00%
| [[Dera Ghazi Khan]]
| rowspan="10" | [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]
|-
| [[Lahore Division|Lahore]]
|22,772,710
|11,727 
|1654.14
|73.63%
| [[Lahore]]
|-
| [[Faisalabad Division|Faisalabad]]
|16,228,526
|17,917
|791.26
|68.80%
| [[Faisalabad]]
|-
| [[Bahawalpur Division|Bahawalpur]]
|13,400,009
|45,588 
|251.47
|52.13%
| [[Bahawalpur]]
|-
| [[Gujranwala Division|Gujranwala]]
|11,416,686
|7,779 
|937.11
|76.41%
| [[Gujranwala]]
|-
|[[Gujrat Division|Gujrat]]
|7,362,182
|9,438
|780.05
|75.30%
|[[Gujrat District|Gujrat]]
|-
| [[Multan Division|Multan]]
|14,085,102
|17,935
|683.87
|59.43%
| [[Multan]]
|-
|[[Rawalpindi Division|Rawalpindi]]
|10,804,250
|18,823
|574.5
|79.90%
|[[Rawalpindi]]
|-
|[[Sargodha Division|Sargodha]]
|9,591,275
|26,360
|310.38
|63.19%
|[[Sargodha]]
|-
| [[Sahiwal Division|Sahiwal]]
|8,533,471
|10,302 
|520.57
|61.02%
| [[Sahiwal]]
|-
| [[Karachi Division|Karachi]]
|20,382,881
|3,528
|4549.75
|75.11%
| [[Karachi]]
| rowspan="6" | [[Sindh]]
|-
| [[Mirpur Khas Division|Mirpur Khas]]
|4,619,624
|28,171 
|150.11
|40.41%
| [[Mirpur Khas]]
|-
| [[Hyderabad Division|Hyderabad]]
|11,659,246
|64,963
|163.06
|45.38%
| [[Hyderabad, Pakistan|Hyderabad]]
|-
| [[Larkana Division|Larkana]]
|7,093,706
|15,543
|398.4
|44.53%
| [[Larkana]]
|-
| [[Shaheed Benazirabad Division|Shaheed Benazirabad]]
|5,930,649
|18,175
|290.63
|49.91%
| [[Nawabshah|Shaheed Benazirabad]]
|-
|[[Sukkur Division|Sukkur]]
|6,010,041
|34,752
|159.37
|49.72%
|[[Sukkur]]
|-
| [[Makran Division|Makran]]
|1,875,872
|52,067
|28.6
|47.69%
| [[Turbat]]
| rowspan="8" | [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]]
|-
| [[Nasirabad Division|Nasirabad]]
|2,044,021
|16,946 
|34.88
|32.59%
| [[Dera Murad Jamali]]
|-
| [[Quetta Division|Quetta]]
|4,259,163
|64,310 
|64.91
|51.68%
| [[Quetta]]
|-
| [[Kalat Division|Kalat]]
|2,721,018
|91,767 
|17.85
|38.72%
| [[Khuzdar]]
|-
| [[Sibi Division|Sibi]]
|1,156,748
|27,055
|38.37
|34.70%
| [[Sibi]]
|-
|[[Rakhshan Division|Rakhshan]]
|1,040,001
|98,596
|...
|36.84%
|[[Kharan, Pakistan|Kharan]]
|-
|[[Zhob Division|Zhob]]
|927,579
|27,128
|34.2
|32.33%
|[[Zhob]]
|-
|[[Loralai Division|Loralai]]
|870,000
|17,260
|50.4
|39.89%
|[[Loralai District|Loralai]]
|-
|[[Mirpur Division|Mirpur]]
|...
|4,388
|...
|...
|[[Mirpur, Azad Kashmir|Mirpur]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Azad Kashmir|AJK]]
|-
|[[Muzaffarabad Division|Muzaffarabad]]
|...
|6,117
|...
|...
|[[Muzaffarabad, Pakistan|Muzaffarabad]]
|-
|[[Poonch Division|Poonch]]
|...
|2,792
|...
|...
|[[Rawalakot]]
|-
|[[Gilgit Division|Gilgit]]
|...
|...
|...
|...
|[[Gilgit]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Gilgit-Baltistan]]
|-
|[[Baltistan Division|Baltistan]]
|...
|...
|...
|...
|[[Skardu]]
|-
|[[Diamer Division|Diamer]]
|...
|...
|...
|...
|[[Chilas]]
|}

== List of all divisions by population over the years ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash" 
|+Data from 2023, 2017, 1998, 1981, 1972 censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Info |url=http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/other/pocket_book2006/2.pdf |website=www.pbs.gov.pk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan Divisions |url=http://www.statoids.com/ypk.html |website=www.statoids.com}}</ref>
! Division 
!Pop.
2023
! Pop.
2017
! Pop.
1998
! Pop.
1981
!Pop.
1972
!Pop.
1961
!Pop.
1951
! Province
|-
|[[Islamabad Capital Territory|Islamabad]]
|2,363,863
|2,006,572
|805,235
|340,286
|...
|...
|...
|[[Islamabad Capital Territory|Islamabad]]
|-
| [[Bahawalpur Division|Bahawalpur]]
|13,400,009 
|11,464,031 
|7,635,591 
|4,068,636 
|...
|...
|...
| rowspan="10" | [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]
|-
| [[Lahore Division|Lahore]]
|22,772,710
|19,398,081
|12,015,649
|7,183,097 
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Dera Ghazi Khan Division|Dera Ghazi Khan]]
|12,892,465
|11,014,398
|6,503,590
|3,746,837 
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Faisalabad Division|Faisalabad]]
|16,228,526
|14,177,081
|9,885,685 
|6,667,425 
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Multan Division|Multan]]
|14,085,102
|12,265,161
|8,447,557 
|5,408,561
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Rawalpindi Division|Rawalpindi]]
|10,804,250
|10,007,821
|6,659,528 
|4,432,729 
|...
|...
|...
|-
|[[Sargodha Division|Sargodha]]
|9,591,275
|8,181,499
|5,679,766
|3,930,628
|...
|...
|...
|-
|[[Sahiwal Division|Sahiwal]]
|8,533,471
|5,362,866
|4,271,247
|...
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Gujranwala Division|Gujranwala]]
|11,416,686
|9,783,183
|6,101,052  
|3,934,861
|3,218,873
|2,587,061
|1,835,178
|-
|[[Gujrat Division|Gujrat]]
|7,362,182
|6,337,678
|4,685,773
|3,264,764
|2,713,675
|1,872,505
|1,626,496
|-
| [[Mirpur Khas Division|Mirpur Khas]]
|4,619,624
|4,228,683 
|2,585,417 
|1,501,882 
|...
|...
|...
| rowspan="6" | [[Sindh]]
|-
| [[Hyderabad Division|Hyderabad]]
|11,659,246
|10,592,635
|6,829,537 
|4,678,290 
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Karachi Division|Karachi]]
|20,382,881
|16,051,521
|9,856,318 
|5,437,984
|...
|...
|...
|-
|[[Larkana Division|Larkana]]
|7,093,706
|6,192,380
|4,210,650
|2,746,201
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Shaheed Benazirabad Division|Shaheed Benazirabad]]
|5,930,649
|5,282,277
|3,510,036 
|2,560,448 
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Sukkur Division|Sukkur]]
|6,010,041
|5,538,555
|3,447,935 
|2,103,861 
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Dera Ismail Khan Division|Dera Ismail Khan]]
|3,188,779
|2,019,017 
|1,091,211 
|635,494 
|...
|...
|...
| rowspan="7" | [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|KPK]]
|-
| [[Bannu Division|Bannu]]
|3,092,078
|2,044,074 
|1,165,692
|710,786
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Kohat Division|Kohat]]
|3,752,436
|2,218,971
|1,307,969 
|758,772 
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Hazara Division|Hazara]]
|6,188,736
|5,325,121 
|3,505,581 
|2,701,257 
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Malakand Division|Malakand]]
|9,959,399
|7,514,694
|4,262,700 
|2,466,767 
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Mardan Division|Mardan]]
|4,639,498
|3,997,677
|2,486,904  
|1,506,500 
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Peshawar Division|Peshawar]]
|10,035,171
|7,403,817
|3,923,588  
|2,281,752
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Kalat Division|Kalat]]
|2,721,018
|2,509,230
|1,457,722 
|1,044,174
|...
|...
|...
| rowspan="8" | [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]]
|-
| [[Nasirabad Division|Nasirabad]]
|2,044,021
|591,144
|1,076,708
|699,669
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Makran Division|Makran]]
|1,875,872
|1,489,015
|832,753 
|652,602
|...
|...
|...
|-
|[[Quetta Division|Quetta]]
|4,259,163
|4,174,562
|1,699,957
|880,618
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Sibi Division|Sibi]]
|1,156,748
|1,038,010
|630,901
|305,768 
|...
|...
|...
|-
| [[Zhob Division|Zhob]]
|927,579
|806,238
|468,695
|361,647 
|171,989
|...
|...
|-
|[[Loralai Division|Loralai]]
|870,000
|736,209
|487,748
|...
|...
|...
|...
|-
|[[Rakhshan Division|Rakhshan]]
|1,040,001
|737,162
|409,473
|...
|...
|...
|...
|-
|[[Mirpur Division|Mirpur]]
|...
|1,651,018
|1,198,249
|...
|...
|...
|...
| rowspan="3" |[[Azad Kashmir|AJK]]
|-
|[[Muzaffarabad Division|Muzaffarabad]]
|...
|1,072,150
|745,733
|...
|...
|...
|...
|-
|[[Poonch Division|Poonch]]
|...
|1,322,198
|1,028,541
|...
|...
|...
|...
|-
|[[Gilgit Division|Gilgit]]
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
| rowspan="3" |[[Gilgit-Baltistan]]
|-
|[[Baltistan Division|Baltistan]]
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|-
|[[Diamer Division|Diamer]]
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|}

== See also ==
** [[Divisions of Balochistan]]
** [[Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
** [[Divisions of Punjab, Pakistan|Divisions of Punjab]]
** [[Divisions of Sindh]]
** [[Divisions of Azad Kashmir]]
** [[Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan]]
* [[Districts of Pakistan]]
** [[List of districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
** [[List of districts in Sindh|Districts of Sindh, Pakistan]]
** [[List of districts in Punjab, Pakistan|Districts of Punjab, Pakistan]]
** [[List of districts in Balochistan|Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan]]
** [[List of districts in Azad Kashmir|Districts of Azad Kashmir]]
** [[List of districts in Gilgit-Baltistan|Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan]]
* [[Former administrative units of Pakistan]]
* [[Local government in Pakistan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060219122332/http://decentralization.org.pk/ Decentralisation Programme]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060213233441/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/ National Reconstruction Bureau]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060227224229/http://www.dtce.org.pk/DTCE/index.htm Devolution Trust of Pakistan]

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[[Category:Subdivisions of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Second-level administrative divisions by country|Pakistan]]