<page_title> Peshawar </page_title> <section_title> Demographics </section_title> <table> <cell> 2017 <col_header> Historical population </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> 1941 </col_header> <col_header> 1951 </col_header> <col_header> 1961 </col_header> <col_header> 1972 </col_header> <col_header> 1981 </col_header> <col_header> 1998 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1,970,042 <col_header> Historical population </col_header> <col_header> Pop. </col_header> <row_header> 2017 </row_header> </cell> </table>
Peshawar has a population of 1,970,042, according to the 2017 census.