| Sr. No. | Category | Total Districts | Area (km²) | Population (1998) |
| 1 | Balochistan | 32 | 347,190 | 6,566,000 |
| 2 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 25 | 74 521 | 17,744,000 |
| 3 | Punjab | 36 | 205,345 | 73,621,000 |
| 4 | Sindh | 23 | 140,914 | 30,440,000 |
| 5 | Islamabad Capital Territory | 1 | 906 | 805,000 |
| 6 | Federally Administered Tribal Areas | 7 tribal agencies and 6 frontier regions | 27,220 | 3,176,000 |
| 7 | Azad Jammu & Kashmir | 10 | 13,297 | 2,972,500 |
| 8 | Gilgit Baltistan | 9 | 72,971 | 35,00,000 |