Peshawar
Demographics

Peshawar

Section Title: Demographics
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Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%

1941	173,000	—

1951	152,000	−12.1%

1961	218,000	+43.4%

1972	273,000	+25.2%

1981	566,000	+107.3%

1998	982,816	+73.6%

2017	1,970,042	+100.4%

Source: DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017 (PDF) (Report). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

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Peshawar has a population of 1,970,042, according to the 2017 census.

final_sentence: Peshawar has a population of 1,970,042, according to the 2017 census.