| Sr. No. | Subdivision | Districts | Area (km²) | Population (1998) | Density (people/km²) |
| 1 | Balochistan | 33 | 347,190 | 6,566,000 | 18.9 |
| 2 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 35 | 74 521 | 17,744,000 | 238.1 |
| 3 | Punjab | 36 | 205,345 | 73,621,000 | 358.52 |
| 4 | Sindh | 30 | 140,914 | 30,440,000 | 216.02 |
| 5 | Islamabad Capital Territory | 1 | 906 | 805,000 | 880.8 |
| 6 | Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) | 7 tribal agencies and 6 frontier regions | 27,220 | 3,176,000 | 116.7 |
| 7 | Azad Kashmir | 10 | 13,297 | 2,972,500 | 258 |
| 8 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 14 | 72,971 | 1,800,000 | 24.8 |