A consolidated migration profile for Pakistan:
who arrives, who leaves, how many people are hosted or displaced, and the national context behind those numbers.
Every figure below is a reported value from an official source — nothing is estimated or filled in.
CapitalIslamabad
RegionSouth Asia
SubregionMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Population255,219,554
Refugees hosted1,159,038People protected here
Refugees from here—Fled abroad
Migrants living here4,175,958Foreign-born stock
Net migration-1,235,336Net outflow
Asylum-seekers119,502Awaiting a decision
Reporting year2025Most recent data
Latest figures · 2025
Key migration numbers
The headline counts for the most recent reporting year. Refugees hosted are people this country protects; asylum-seekers are still awaiting a decision; applications are new asylum claims lodged during the year.
2025Reporting year
1,159,038Refugees hosted
119,502Asylum-seekers
363Applications (year)
Migration balance
Incoming vs outgoing
Annual estimates
Net migration is arrivals minus departures over the year. Positive means more people moved in than out. Migrant stock is the total foreign-born people living here now.
Net migration (year)-1,235,336Net outflow
Migrants living here4,175,958Migrant stock
Missing / dead migrants
No data available
IOM Missing Migrants Project
Historical series
Statistics
Recorded migrant, refugee and asylum populations over time. Each line is one category; gaps mean a year the source did not report a figure (the line bridges the gap rather than dropping to zero).
Population profile
Sex, age, religion & more
How the population breaks down across reported dimensions, grouped by the year each figure was reported (most recent first). Bars show each group’s share of the total; where only headcounts were published, the raw number is shown instead.
Religion
Religious make-up over time
National shares
Share of the population by faith across the recorded years. Each line is a stored national value; nothing is estimated.
Displaced population by age cohort for the most recent reported year. Age is summed across sexes in the source data, so this is a single series per cohort — not a male/female split.
Displaced population by sex over the reported years, stacked so the top line reads as the total.
Sex
Female49.0%
Male51.0%
Age
0-43.8%
12-175.7%
18-5916.1%
5-119.6%
60+1.3%
Sex
Female30.4%
Male33.3%
Unknown36.3%
Age
0-44.7%
12-176.3%
18-5919.6%
5-1110.1%
60+1.5%
Sex
Female28.5%
Male30.9%
Unknown40.6%
Age
0-45.9%
12-176.2%
18-5920.5%
5-1111.5%
60+1.7%
Sex
Female29.1%
Male31.9%
Unknown39.0%
Age
0-47.4%
12-177.3%
18-5923.3%
5-1112.0%
60+2.0%
Sex
Female25.9%
Male30.9%
Unknown43.2%
Age
0-49.1%
12-177.2%
18-5922.6%
5-1112.2%
60+2.0%
Sex
Female46.4%
Male53.6%
Age
0-47.9%
12-1715.6%
18-5950.2%
5-1121.3%
60+5.0%
Sex
Female46.4%
Male53.6%
Age
0-49.8%
12-1715.0%
18-5948.4%
5-1121.9%
60+4.8%
Sex
Female46.4%
Male53.6%
Age
0-412.3%
12-1714.8%
18-5946.4%
5-1121.7%
60+4.8%
Sex
Female46.3%
Male53.7%
Age
0-414.9%
12-1714.6%
18-5944.5%
5-1121.2%
60+4.7%
Sex
Female46.7%
Male53.3%
Age
0-414.5%
12-1714.6%
18-5944.1%
5-1122.3%
60+4.5%
Sex
Female46.5%
Male53.5%
Age
0-413.0%
12-1715.2%
18-5944.2%
5-1123.8%
60+3.8%
Sex
Female47.0%
Male53.0%
Age
0-412.6%
12-1715.9%
18-5944.8%
5-1123.3%
60+3.3%
Sex
Female46.6%
Male53.4%
Age
0-411.8%
12-1716.4%
18-5944.7%
5-1123.5%
60+3.5%
Sex
Female45.6%
Male52.1%
Unknown2.3%
Age
0-413.9%
12-1715.0%
18-5942.9%
5-1122.5%
60+3.5%
Sex
Female29.8%
Male33.4%
Unknown36.8%
Age
0-410.2%
12-1710.2%
18-5926.2%
5-1114.3%
60+2.3%
Sex
Female23.2%
Male26.5%
Unknown50.3%
Age
0-46.7%
12-177.7%
18-5922.0%
5-1111.7%
60+1.7%
Sex
Female26.6%
Male29.4%
Unknown44.0%
Age
0-41.0%
12-172.6%
18-597.5%
5-114.3%
60+0.6%
Sex
Female22.2%
Male25.4%
Unknown52.4%
Age
0-44.8%
12-177.7%
18-5921.0%
5-1112.5%
60+1.6%
Sex
Female20.1%
Male23.4%
Unknown56.5%
Age
0-44.0%
12-177.1%
18-5919.7%
5-1111.2%
60+1.6%
Sex
Female49.8%
Male50.2%
Age
0-40.0%
12-170.1%
18-590.1%
5-110.1%
60+0.0%
Sex
Female48.9%
Male50.9%
Age
0-40.0%
12-170.0%
18-590.1%
5-110.0%
60+0.0%
Sex
Female39.1%
Male34.8%
Unknown26.1%
Age
0-412.0%
12-1714.6%
18-5927.4%
5-1117.0%
60+2.9%
Sex
Female52.3%
Male46.5%
Unknown1.2%
Age
0-416.0%
12-1719.4%
18-5936.9%
5-1122.6%
60+3.9%
Sex
Female52.8%
Male47.0%
Age
0-416.2%
12-1719.8%
18-5937.2%
5-1123.2%
60+3.5%
Sex
Female36.3%
Male32.3%
Unknown31.4%
Age
0-411.1%
12-1713.6%
18-5925.7%
5-1115.9%
60+2.4%
Country context
National indicators
Economy
GDP (current US$)407,307,214,476.22 USD2025GDP per capita (current US$)1,595.91 USD2025Unemployment (% of labour force)5.42 %2025Personal remittances received (US$)40,478,000,000.00 USD2025Personal remittances received (% of GDP)9.94 %2025
Returned refugees558,359.00 people2025Naturalisations6.00 people1997Returned IDPs3,439.00 people2025
Other
Gini index33.50 2024Life expectancy at birth, total (years)67.80 years2024Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (% of population)23.00 %2024Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)74.14 %2024Current health expenditure (% of GDP)2.52 %2023
Context
Migration & quality of life
These charts place migration next to quality-of-life indicators over time. Correlation is not causation — a relationship here does not prove migration caused the change, or that a change caused the migration.
Economy
Gross domestic product
World Bank
GDP (current US$)
$407.31B
Reported 2025
GDP per capita (current US$)
$1,596
Reported 2025
Migrant stock as a share of the population (left axis, in percent) shown against life expectancy (right axis, in years) over the years.
Each point is one year: migrant share of population (x, in percent) versus life expectancy (y, in years).
Public safety
Recorded crime
Not migrant offending
National crime figures for context only — they describe the whole resident population and are not a measure of migrant offending.
Recorded crime by type
rate / 100k where available
Crime
Rate / 100k
1,534.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
1,054.00
Homicide
4.33
Crime
Rate / 100k
630.00
Homicide
4.08
Crime
Rate / 100k
416.00
Homicide
3.79
Crime
Rate / 100k
373.00
Homicide
3.55
Crime
Rate / 100k
267.00
Homicide
3.47
Crime
Rate / 100k
228.00
Homicide
3.63
Crime
Rate / 100k
701.00
Homicide
3.69
Crime
Rate / 100k
796.00
Homicide
3.87
Crime
Rate / 100k
2,126.00
Homicide
4.37
Crime
Rate / 100k
3,154.00
Homicide
6.20
Crime
Rate / 100k
1,817.00
Homicide
6.60
Crime
Rate / 100k
3,018.00
Homicide
6.67
Crime
Rate / 100k
2,863.00
Homicide
6.80
Crime
Rate / 100k
6,077.00
Homicide
6.62
Crime
Rate / 100k
6,916.00
Homicide
6.43
Crime
Rate / 100k
3,538.00
Homicide
6.36
Crime
Rate / 100k
759.00
Homicide
5.72
Crime
Rate / 100k
419.00
Homicide
5.59
Crime
Rate / 100k
110.00
Homicide
5.58
Crime
Rate / 100k
359.00
Homicide
5.61
Crime
Rate / 100k
175.00
Homicide
5.59
Crime
Rate / 100k
148.00
Homicide
5.80
Crime
Rate / 100k
36.00
Homicide
6.02
Crime
Rate / 100k
116.00
Homicide
5.75
Crime
Rate / 100k
32.00
Homicide
6.20
Crime
Rate / 100k
52.00
Homicide
6.99
Crime
Rate / 100k
45.00
Homicide
6.53
Crime
Rate / 100k
47.00
Homicide
6.54
Crime
Rate / 100k
69.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
74.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
0.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
27.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
73.00
Homicide
7.07
Public expenditure
Expenses
Migration-related public spending only — Official Development Assistance received and provided (which, for donor countries, includes in-donor refugee costs), in US dollars, stacked so the top line reads as the combined total for each year.
Year
Amount (USD)
Category
2023
$3,963,701,660
ODA received
2022
$1,733,554,077
ODA received
2021
$2,924,211,670
ODA received
2020
$2,593,080,078
ODA received
2019
$2,010,312,378
ODA received
2018
$1,386,938,721
ODA received
2017
$2,364,291,504
ODA received
2016
$2,961,087,646
ODA received
2015
$3,764,020,264
ODA received
2014
$3,615,822,266
ODA received
2013
$2,194,469,971
ODA received
2012
$2,017,402,710
ODA received
2011
$3,714,356,689
ODA received
2010
$2,658,189,941
ODA received
2009
$2,532,872,559
ODA received
2008
$1,060,077,515
ODA received
2007
$2,003,903,442
ODA received
2006
$2,059,508,057
ODA received
2005
$1,476,695,068
ODA received
2004
$1,327,512,207
ODA received
2003
$1,043,203,247
ODA received
2002
$1,951,550,049
ODA received
2001
$1,785,151,489
ODA received
2000
$549,624,207
ODA received
1999
$613,634,216
ODA received
1998
$825,550,781
ODA received
1997
$682,229,980
ODA received
1996
$687,250,000
ODA received
1995
$500,640,015
ODA received
1994
$1,187,180,054
ODA received
1993
$826,059,998
ODA received
1992
$846,729,980
ODA received
1991
$1,143,030,029
ODA received
1990
$908,590,027
ODA received
1989
$1,193,520,020
ODA received
1988
$1,164,949,951
ODA received
1987
$667,159,973
ODA received
1986
$808,070,007
ODA received
1985
$668,070,007
ODA received
1984
$624,659,973
ODA received
1983
$662,840,027
ODA received
1982
$869,419,983
ODA received
1981
$802,309,998
ODA received
1980
$1,160,219,971
ODA received
1979
$702,380,005
ODA received
1978
$631,669,983
ODA received
1977
$593,270,020
ODA received
1976
$1,008,239,990
ODA received
1975
$731,070,007
ODA received
1974
$468,519,989
ODA received
1973
$282,350,006
ODA received
1972
$304,730,011
ODA received
1971
$426,040,009
ODA received
1970
$420,829,987
ODA received
1969
$327,910,004
ODA received
1968
$390,660,004
ODA received
1967
$485,019,989
ODA received
1966
$375,859,985
ODA received
1965
$498,859,985
ODA received
1964
$510,320,007
ODA received
1963
$485,779,999
ODA received
1962
$379,790,009
ODA received
1961
$252,740,005
ODA received
1960
$253,559,998
ODA received
Sources & notes
Figures are consolidated from the UNHCR Refugee Data Finder and the World Bank / UNODC. Only reported values are shown — blanks mean a source did not publish a figure, never a fabricated estimate. Statistics describe recorded populations and movements and should not be read as causal relationships.