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Pakistan GIS data sources

Region
Southern Asia
ISO 3166
PK · PAK
Sources
13
Themes
10
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Pakistan: 13 sources across 10 themes, led by UN OCHA and Survey of Pakistan. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 5 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Pakistan

Boundaries & admin 3

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Survey of Pakistan (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Paid

    Survey of Pakistan

    National mapping agency; topographic maps are sold rather than open.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    surveyofpakistan.gov.pk

    Verified

  • Pakistan - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of subnational administrative boundaries with P-codes; source: World Food Programme SDI.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    File geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoJSON, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Land cover 1

Land cover datasets for every country

  • Land cover of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (RLCMS) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    ICIMOD · Hindu Kush Himalaya region

    Annual 30 m Landsat-based land cover from ICIMOD's Regional Land Cover Monitoring System; free ICIMOD RDS login needed to download.

    • Land cover
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    rds.icimod.org

    Verified

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Pakistan (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HDX)

    OpenStreetMap building footprints exported by HOT and refreshed regularly.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, GeoParquet, Shapefile, GeoJSON, PMTiles
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

Population 2

Gridded population data for every country

  • Pakistan - Subnational Population Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Division, Ministry of Statistics, Government of Pakistan.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop population data – Pakistan (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 2

Census and statistics data for every country

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • Pakistan Meteorological Department (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Pakistan Meteorological Department

    Weather, climate summaries, flood forecasting and seismic information.

    • Climate & weather
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    pmd.gov.pk

    Verified

Natural hazards 1

Natural hazard data for every country

Geology 1

Geology data for every country

Global datasets that cover Pakistan

Worldwide and continental layers that include Pakistan, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
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Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather
Natural hazards
Geology

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