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| <tr><td>Rank</td><td>Language</td><td>1998 census</td><td>Speakers</td><td>1981 census</td><td>Speakers</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>1</td><td>Urdu</td><td>48.52%</td><td>4,497,747</td><td>54.34%</td><td>2,830,098</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>2</td><td>Punjabi</td><td>13.94%</td><td>1,292,335</td><td>13.64%</td><td>710,389</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>3</td><td>Pashto</td><td>11.42%</td><td>1,058,650</td><td>8.71%</td><td>453,628</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>4</td><td>Sindhi</td><td>7.22%</td><td>669,340</td><td>6.29%</td><td>327,591</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>5</td><td>Balochi</td><td>4.34%</td><td>402,386</td><td>4.39%</td><td>228,636</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>6</td><td>Saraiki</td><td>2.12%</td><td>195,681</td><td>0.35%</td><td>18,228</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>7</td><td>Others</td><td>12.44%</td><td>1,153,126</td><td>12.27%</td><td>639,560</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>All</td><td>100%</td><td>9,269,265</td><td>100%</td><td>5,208,132</td></tr> | |
| </table> | |