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Some estimates of the number of people that migrated range up to 14.5 million.
The 1951 census indicated that Pakistan's population was about 33 million.
Wiki suggests that about 7 million refugees settled in Pakistani Punjab and Sindh, and an equivalent number of refugees migrated to India. Pakistan's population in 1941 (the census that indicates a higher number of non-muslims in Pakistan) was likely lower than that in 1951 (33 million) so the impact of the Muslim refugees coming in and the non-Muslims leaving, on the proportion of non-Muslims in West Pakistan, can be clearly extrapolated from this data.
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The 14.5 million figure is grossly inflated.
Total Muslim population of west pakistan (1951 census) = 28 million
Total Muslim population of west pakistan (1941 census) = 22 million
Growth rate of West Pakistan = approx. 2% per annum
10 years will see a 120% increase
Expected Muslim population in 1951 = 26.2 million.
Actual minus expected = 28 million -26.2 million = 1.8 million immigrants.. Total West Pak pop (1951) = 29 million
So percentage of immigrants from India (majority from East Punjab) = 1.8/29 = 6.2%.
Source for figures - BHARAT RAKSHAK MONITOR - Volume 6(2) September October 2003