Provinces guide

Pakistan’s provinces and territories

Pakistan’s four provinces, the Islamabad Capital Territory, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, one by one: their economies and main sectors, their links with the United States, and the key figures behind them. Every figure names its source and the year it refers to.

Province
Territory
Jammu and Kashmir (disputed territory)
Line of Control
Capital

Hover over or tap a province or territory for a summary; select it to open its profile.

Compare

Figures side by side, as profiles are published. Each value will show the year it refers to and its source; a dash means no sourced figure has been published yet.

Province or territory	Type	Capital	Population	Area	Literacy rate
Punjab	Province	Lahore	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet
Sindh	Province	Karachi	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Province	Peshawar	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet
Balochistan	Province	Quetta	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet
Gilgit-Baltistan	Administrative territory	Gilgit	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet
Azad Jammu and Kashmir	Administrative territory	Muzaffarabad	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet
Islamabad Capital Territory	Federal territory	Islamabad	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet	— no sourced figure yet

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About this guide

What the guide covers

The guide profiles each of the seven units shown on the map: the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, the Islamabad Capital Territory, and Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Each profile has an overview, key figures, a note on the economy and its main sectors, the unit's links with the United States, and the related work the Center for US-Pakistan Affairs has published.

Sources and figures

Every figure on these pages carries the year it refers to and a link to its source, preferably official statistics (national and provincial statistics bureaus, the census, ministries) or international institutions. Figures from different sources or years are not always directly comparable, so the comparison table shows each value with its year and a numbered source. Where no sourced figure is available yet, the table shows a dash.

When a profile appears

A profile is published once it has an overview and at least one sourced figure; until then its page is marked “In preparation”. Each profile shows the date it was last updated.

Map notes

Boundaries are from Natural Earth (public domain), 1:10m scale. The provinces and territories come from its first-level administrative divisions; the neighbouring countries from its edition that follows Pakistan’s official boundaries, the same one the site’s Issue Map uses.
The former Federally Administered Tribal Areas are shown as part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with which they merged in 2018.
Jammu and Kashmir is shown as disputed territory, hatched, with the Line of Control as a dashed line: its final status is to be decided in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir lie within it.
Dots mark each unit’s capital (Natural Earth populated places; Muzaffarabad, which that layer lacks, was placed by hand). Rivers: the Indus and its Punjab tributaries.
Projection: equirectangular, standard parallel 30°N. Borders are simplified for display and are not an authoritative depiction; names and boundaries are not an endorsement of any claim beyond Pakistan’s stated position.