Currently, Sindh Government planning to bifurcate Karachi Division to create new Malir Division with the districts of Malir, Korangi, 2 new districts Gadap and Bin Qasim at Gharo.

The East India Company occupied Sindh in 1843 and created Karachi District.

[7][8] Recently, the Sindh government renamed the four existing districts to their famous areas names.

In the 2023 Pakistani census, Karachi Division had a population of 20.3 millions (total 20,357,474) consists of 10,787,338 males & females 9,567,463.

At the time of the 2023 Pakistani census, 10,315,905 spoke Urdu, 2,752,148 Pashto, 1,645,282 Punjabi, 2,264,189 Sindhi, 753,903 Saraiki, 808,352 Balochi, 653,727 Hindko, 50,982 Kashmiri, 75,993 Brahui, 21,860 Shina, 26,906 Balti, 30,375 Mewati, 614 Kalasha, 14,073 Koshistani, 943,165 others, as their first language of total 20,357,474.