Single and ready to mingle; Which province has the highest number of unmarried people?

The recent digital census report includes interesting facts about the number of bachleors in the country. It states that the number of unmarried people in the country has gone up to 42.5 million, increasing by about 5.2 million in the last 6 years since 2017. The number of unmarried people was 37.3 million last time the census was carried out.

The Institute of Statistics reported that the number of unmarried people is the highest in Punjab with 236 lacs, Sindh stands second with 95 lac 86 thousand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is third in the list with 66 lac 72 thousand and Balochistan ranks fourth with 21 lac 81 thousand.

However, the number of unmarried people in Islamabad is 4 lac 86 thousand.

The report reveals that the number of married people in the country is 94.5 million and the number has increased by 1.42 million in six years.

There has been a decrease in the number of divorced and widowed women in the recent census, which shows that the number of divorced women in the country is 4 lac 99 thousand.

While in 2017, the number of divorced women was 5 lac 15 thousand.

The report is compiled based on data of people aged 15 years and above.