Editing Sialkot (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations|1951|156,378|1961|167,294|1972|203,650|1981|302,009|1998|421,502|2017|655,852|2023|911,817|align=left|percentages=pagr|footnote=Sources:<ref>{{cite web |title=Population by administrative units 1951-1998 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/1998/administrative_units.pdf |publisher = [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>}}

=== Religion ===
{{bar box|width=300px|barwidth=200px|cellpadding="0"|title=Religion in Sialkot <ref name="2023 census">{{cite web|title=District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)|url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_9.pdf |website=www.pbscensus.gov.pk|publisher=[[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>|titlebar=#Fcd116|left1=Religion|right1=Percent|float=right|bars={{bar percent|
[[Islam]]|green|96}}
{{bar percent|Christianity|blue|3.77}}
{{bar percent|Others|grey|0.23}}}}Sialkot is a religiously homogenous city with 96 percent of its population being [[Muslims|Muslim]] and following [[Islam]]. The principal minority is Christians who make up 3.77 percent of the population.<ref>{{cite web |title=District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023) |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_9.pdf |website=www.pbscensus.gov.pk |publisher=[[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>  During the 13th century, [[Imam Ali-ul-Haq]], Sialkot's most revered [[Sufism|Sufi]] warrior-saint,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hasan |first=Masudul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J_wbAAAAMAAJ&q=Imam+Ali-ul-Haq+premier+saint |title=Hand Book of Important Places in West Pakistan |date=1965 |publisher=Pakistan Social Service Foundation}}</ref> arrived from [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]], and began his [[Dawah]] in the region that successfully converted large numbers of the native population to Islam, thereby transforming Sialkot into a largely Muslim city.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSRuAAAAMAAJ&q=Imam+Ali+sialkot+convert |title=Pakistan Pictorial |date=1986 |publisher=Pakistan Publications}}</ref> The saint later died in battle, and is revered as a [[Shahid]] by the locals.<ref name=":122">{{Cite book |last=Afsos |first=Sher ʻAlī Jaʻfarī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HlQIAAAAQAAJ&q=sialkot+jehangir&pg=PA129 |title=The Arāīs̲h-i-maḥfil: Or, The Ornament of the Assembly |date=1882 |publisher=J. W. Thomas, Baptist Mission Press}}</ref> 

[[File:Shrine Of Allo Mahar sharif.jpg|thumb|Shrine Of [[List of Naqshbandi saints from Allo Mahar|Islamic Naqshbandi saints of Allo Mahar Sharif, Sialkot]] ]]
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|+ Religious groups in Sialkot City (1868−2023){{efn|1881-1941: Data for the entirety of the town of Sialkot, which included Sialkot Municipality and Sialkot Cantonment.<ref name="Census1941"/>{{rp|32}}<br><br>2017-2023: Urban population of Sialkot Tehsil.|name="SialkotCity1881to2023"}}
! rowspan="2" |[[Religion in Pakistan|Religious]]<br>group
! colspan="2" |1868<ref name="Census1868">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057644 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057644 |access-date=7 July 2024 |title=Report on the census of the Punjab taken on 10th January, 1868. |year=1868 |pages=66 |last1=(India) |first1=Punjab }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1881<ref name="Census1881">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057656 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057656 |access-date=31 March 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. I. |year=1881 }}</ref><ref name="Census1881B">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057657 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057657 |access-date=31 March 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II. |year=1881 |pages=520 }}</ref><ref name="Census1881C">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057658 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057658 |access-date=31 March 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. III. |year=1881 |pages=250 }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1891<ref name="Census1891">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1891-26575632/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1891 GENERAL TABLES BRITISH PROVINCES AND FEUDATORY STATES VOL I|access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>{{rp|68}}
! colspan="2" |1901<ref name="Census1901">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1901-26575826/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1901 VOLUME I-A INDIA PART II-TABLES|access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>{{rp|44}}
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1911-26575903/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1911 VOLUME XIV PUNJAB PART II TABLES|access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>{{rp|20}}
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1921-26575918/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1921 VOLUME XV PUNJAB AND DELHI PART II TABLES|access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>{{rp|23}}
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/CensusReports-1931-26575928/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1931 VOLUME XVII PUNJAB PART II TABLES|access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>{{rp|26}}
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/south-asia-open-archives/saoa/censusofindia1941-28216851/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB|access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>{{rp|32}}
! colspan="2" |2017<ref name="Census2017B">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/final-results-census-2017|title=Final Results (Census-2017)|access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2023<ref name="Census2023B">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/digital-census/detailed-results|title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results Table-9 Population by sex, religion and rural/urban|website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics|access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>
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| [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
| 16,580
| {{Percentage | 16580 | 25337 | 2 }}
| 28,865
| {{Percentage | 28865 | 45762 | 2 }}
| 31,920
| {{Percentage | 31920 | 55087 | 2 }}
| 39,350
| {{Percentage | 39350 | 57956 | 2 }}
| 40,613
| {{Percentage | 40613 | 64869 | 2 }}
| 44,846
| {{Percentage | 44846 | 70619 | 2 }}
| 69,700
| {{Percentage | 69700 | 100973 | 2 }}
| 90,706
| {{Percentage | 90706 | 138708 | 2 }}
| 653,346
| {{Percentage | 653346 | 680864 | 2 }}
| 885,336
| {{Percentage | 885336 | 922349 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]{{efn|name=ad-dharmi|1931-1941: Including [[Ad-Dharmi]]s}}
| 6,148
| {{Percentage | 6148 | 25337 | 2 }}
| 12,751
| {{Percentage | 12751 | 45762 | 2 }}
| 17,978
| {{Percentage | 17978 | 55087 | 2 }}
| 13,433
| {{Percentage | 13433 | 57956 | 2 }}
| 15,417
| {{Percentage | 15417 | 64869 | 2 }}
| 15,808
| {{Percentage | 15808 | 70619 | 2 }}
| 18,670
| {{Percentage | 18670 | 100973 | 2 }}
| 29,661
| {{Percentage | 29661 | 138708 | 2 }}
| 1,102
| {{Percentage | 1102 | 680864 | 2 }}
| 1,347
| {{Percentage | 1347 | 922349 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
| 1,295
| {{Percentage | 1295 | 25337 | 2 }}
| 1,942
| {{Percentage | 1942 | 45762 | 2 }}
| 1,797
| {{Percentage | 1797 | 55087 | 2 }}
| 2,236
| {{Percentage | 2236 | 57956 | 2 }}
| 4,290
| {{Percentage | 4290 | 64869 | 2 }}
| 3,433
| {{Percentage | 3433 | 70619 | 2 }}
| 4,931
| {{Percentage | 4931 | 100973 | 2 }}
| 8,431
| {{Percentage | 8431 | 138708 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 66
| {{Percentage | 66 | 922349 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| 13
| {{Percentage | 13 | 25337 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 2,283
| {{Percentage | 2283 | 55087 | 2 }}
| 1,650
| {{Percentage | 1650 | 57956 | 2 }}
| 3,222
| {{Percentage | 3222 | 64869 | 2 }}
| 5,033
| {{Percentage | 5033 | 70619 | 2 }}
| 6,095
| {{Percentage | 6095 | 100973 | 2 }}
| 5,157
| {{Percentage | 5157 | 138708 | 2 }}
| 25,433
| {{Percentage | 25433 | 680864 | 2 }}
| 34,811
| {{Percentage | 34811 | 922349 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Jainism]] [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 876
| {{Percentage | 876 | 45762 | 2 }}
| 1,105
| {{Percentage | 1105 | 55087 | 2 }}
| 1,272
| {{Percentage | 1272 | 57956 | 2 }}
| 1,310
| {{Percentage | 1310 | 64869 | 2 }}
| 1,472
| {{Percentage | 1472 | 70619 | 2 }}
| 1,570
| {{Percentage | 1570 | 100973 | 2 }}
| 2,790
| {{Percentage | 2790 | 138708 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Zoroastrianism]] [[File:Faravahar.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 4
| {{Percentage | 4 | 55087 | 2 }}
| 9
| {{Percentage | 9 | 57956 | 2 }}
| 17
| {{Percentage | 17 | 64869 | 2 }}
| 27
| {{Percentage | 27 | 70619 | 2 }}
| 7
| {{Percentage | 7 | 100973 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 922349 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Buddhism]] [[File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 55087 | 2 }}
| 6
| {{Percentage | 6 | 57956 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 64869 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 70619 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 100973 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Ahmadiyya]] [[File:Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 958
| {{Percentage | 958 | 680864 | 2 }}
| 339
| {{Percentage | 339 | 922349 | 2 }}
|-
| Others
| 1,301
| {{Percentage | 1301 | 25337 | 2 }}
| 1,328
| {{Percentage | 1328 | 45762 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 55087 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 57956 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 64869 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 70619 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 100973 | 2 }}
| 1,963
| {{Percentage | 1963 | 138708 | 2 }}
| 25
| {{Percentage | 25 | 680864 | 2 }}
| 450
| {{Percentage | 450 | 922349 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 25,337
! {{Percentage | 25337 | 25337 | 2 }}
! 45,762
! {{Percentage | 45762 | 45762 | 2 }}
! 55,087
! {{Percentage | 55087 | 55087 | 2 }}
! 57,956
! {{Percentage | 57956 | 57956 | 2 }}
! 64,869
! {{Percentage | 64869 | 64869 | 2 }}
! 70,619
! {{Percentage | 70619 | 70619 | 2 }}
! 100,973
! {{Percentage | 100973 | 100973 | 2 }}
! 138,708
! {{Percentage | 138708 | 138708 | 2 }}
! 680,864
! {{Percentage | 680864 | 680864 | 2 }}
! 922,349
! {{Percentage | 922349 | 922349 | 2 }}
|}
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