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This article deals with the demographics of Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan.
| | This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject , potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral.(May 2025) |
This article deals with the demographics of Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 512,475 | — |
| 1961 | 550,425 | +0.72% |
| 1972 | 834,501 | +3.86% |
| 1981 | 908,977 | +0.95% |
| 1998 | 1,265,097 | +1.96% |
| 2017 | 1,707,575 | +1.59% |
| 2023 | 1,950,954 | +2.25% |
| Sources: [1] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Narowal district had a population of 1,950,954 which is roughly equal to the population of Santa Clara County, California, USA and Huangpu District, Guangzhou, China. There are 281,536 households. The district has a sex ratio of 104.40 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 75.28%: 79.89% for males and 70.49% for females. [2] [3] 494,799 (25.36% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. [4] 349,095 (17.89%) live in urban areas. [2] According to the 2017 census, total population of District Narowal is 1.709 million. Male population is 0.853 m (49.96%) and Female population is 0.855 m (50.04%). According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, Narowal District's population was 1,256,097, of which only 12.11% were urban. [5]
The total area of the district is approximately 2,337 square kilometres. Prior to the creation of Zafarwal Tehsil in July 2009, [6] Narowal Tehsil occupied 1,065 square kilometres while the remaining area (1,272 square kilometres) fell in Shakargarh Tehsil.
| Censuses | Male | Female | Sex ratio | Rural | Rural % | Urban | Urban % | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 [7] | 497,177 | 97.04% | 15,298 | 2.96% | 512,475 | |||
| 1961 | 509,921 | 92.64% | 40,504 | 7.36% | 550,425 | |||
| 1972 | 769,527 | 92.22% | 64,974 | 7.78% | 834,501 | |||
| 1981 | 818,283 | 90.01% | 90,694 | 9.99% | 908,977 | |||
| 1998 | 636,217 | 628,880 | 101.2 | 1,110,711 | 87.79% | 154,386 | 12.21% | 1,265,097 |
| 2017 | 839,934 | 867,472 | 96.82 | 1,450,918 | 84.96% | 256,657 | 15.04% | 1,707,575 |
| 2023 | 996,445 | 954,424 | 104.4 | 1,601,859 | 82.10% | 349,095 | 17.90% | 1,950,954 |
As of 2023, 97.48% of population adheres to Islam whereas 2.22% adheres to Christianity. There is also a small Hindu population in the district. [8]
| Religious group | 1941 [9] : 60 | 2017 [10] | 2023 [8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam  | 296,582 | 53.05% | 1,663,508 | 97.42% | 1,901,645 | 97.48% |
Hinduism  [a] | 170,883 | 30.56% | 657 | 0.04% | 833 | 0.04% |
Sikhism  | 67,267 | 12.03% | — | — | 125 | 0.01% |
Christianity  | 24,127 | 4.32% | 37,910 | 2.22% | 43,421 | 2.23% |
Ahmadiyya  | — | — | 5,430 | 0.32% | 4,491 | 0.23% |
| Others | 244 | 0.04% | 70 | ~0% | 254 | 0.01% |
| Total Population | 559,103 | 100% | 1,707,575 | 100% | 1,950,769 | 100% |
| Note: 1941 census data is for Narowal tehsil of Sialkot district and Shakargarh tehsil of Gurdaspur district, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Narowal district. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941. | ||||||
At the 2023 census, 94.29% of the population spoke Punjabi, 3.05% Urdu and 2.28% Mewati as their first language. [11]