Table 1 Population, intercensal increase, and growth rates of Lahore-Pakistan, 1901–2009

1901

202,964

–

–

1911

228,687

12.67

1.20

1921

281,781

23.22

2.11

1931

429,747

52.51

4.31

1941

671,659

56.29

4.57

1951

849,476

26.47

2.38

1961

1,296,477

52.62

4.32

1972

2,169,742

67.36

4.79

1981

2,952,689

36.08

3.48

1998

5,143,495

74.20

3.32

2009^a

8,462,000

23.51

2.37