List of cities in Pakistan by population

This is a list showing the 100 most populous cities in Pakistan as of the 2017 Census of Pakistan. City populations found in this list only refer to the population found within the city's defined limits and any adjacent cantonment, if exists (except for Gujranwala and Okara). The census totals below come from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics[1] for the four provinces of Pakistan and the Islamabad Capital Territory, and from the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Planning & Development Department (PND AJK) for cities inside Azad Kashmir.[2]

Map showing all the cities in Pakistan with a population over 300,000 as of the 2017 census' provisional results

As of the 2017 Census, there are two megacities, ten million-plus cities, and 100 cities having a population of 100,000 or more. Of these 100 cities, 58 are located in the country's most populous province, Punjab, 22 in Sindh, 11 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, six in Balochistan, two in Azad Kashmir, and one in Islamabad Capital Territory. It is unknown whether Gilgit-Baltistan has any city with over 100,000 people or not, as Gilgit-Baltistan has not yet publicly released any 2017 census results. As in the previous census in 1998, the largest city of Gilgit-Baltistan was Gilgit, with 56,701 inhabitants.

List

Karachi
Lahore
Faisalabad
Rawalpindi
Gujranwala
Peshawar
Multan
Hyderabad
Islamabad
Quetta
Bahawalpur
Sargodha
Sialkot
Sukkur
Rahim Yar Khan
Sheikhupura
  •   Provincial capital
  •   Federal capital
  • Divisional capital
RankCityPopulation
(2017 Census)[1][2][3]
Population
(1998 Census)[1][4][3]
ChangeProvince
1Karachi14,916,4569,339,023+59.72%  Sindh
2Lahore11,126,2855,209,088+113.59%  Punjab
3Faisalabad3,204,7262,008,861+59.53%  Punjab
4Rawalpindi2,098,2311,409,768+48.84%  Punjab
5Gujranwala2,027,0011,132,509+78.98%  Punjab
6Peshawar1,970,042982,816+100.45%  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
7Multan1,871,8431,197,384+56.33%  Punjab
8Hyderabad1,734,3091,166,894+48.63%  Sindh
9Islamabad1,009,832529,180+90.83%Islamabad Capital Territory
10Quetta1,001,205565,137+77.16%  Balochistan
11Bahawalpur762,111408,395+86.61%  Punjab
12Sargodha659,862458,440+43.94%  Punjab
13Sialkot655,852421,502+55.60%  Punjab
14Sukkur499,900335,551+48.98%  Sindh
15Larkana490,508270,283+81.48%  Sindh
16Rahim Yar Khan477,100233,537+104.29%  Punjab
17Sheikhupura473,129280,263+68.82%  Punjab
18Jhang414,131293,366+41.17%  Punjab
19Dera Ghazi Khan399,064190,542+109.44%  Punjab
20Gujrat390,533251,792+55.10%  Punjab
21Sahiwal389,605208,778+86.61%  Punjab
22Wah Cantonment380,103198,891+91.11%  Punjab
23Mardan358,604245,926+45.82%  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
24Kasur358,409245,321+46.10%  Punjab
25Okara357,935201,815+77.36%  Punjab
26Mingora331,091173,868+90.43%  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
27Nawabshah279,338189,244+47.61%  Sindh
28Chiniot278,747172,522+61.57%  Punjab
29Kotri259,35862,085+317.75%  Sindh
30Kāmoke249,767152,288+64.01%  Punjab
31Hafizabad245,784133,678+83.86%  Punjab
32Sadiqabad239,677144,391+65.99%  Punjab
33Mirpur Khas233,916189,671+23.33%  Sindh
34Burewala231,797152,097+52.40%  Punjab
35Kohat228,779126,627+80.67%  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
36Khanewal227,059133,986+69.46%  Punjab
37Dera Ismail Khan217,45792,114+136.07%  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
38Turbat213,55768,603+211.29%  Balochistan
39Muzaffargarh209,604123,404+69.85%  Punjab
40Abbottabad208,491106,101+96.50%  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
41Mandi Bahauddin198,60999,496+99.62%  Punjab
42Shikarpur195,437134,883+44.89%  Sindh
43Jacobabad191,076138,780+37.68%  Sindh
44Jhelum190,425147,392+29.20%  Punjab
45Khanpur184,793120,382+53.51%  Punjab
47Khairpur183,181105,637+73.41%  Sindh
48Khuzdar182,92791,057+100.89%  Balochistan
49Pakpattan176,693109,033+62.05%  Punjab
50Hub175,37662,763+179.43%  Balochistan
51Daska175,170102,883+70.26%  Punjab
52Gojra174,860117,892+48.32%  Punjab
53Dadu171,191102,550+66.93%  Sindh
54Muridke166,652111,951+48.86%  Punjab
55Bahawalnagar161,033111,313+44.67%  Punjab
56Samundri156,99154,908+185.92%  Punjab
57Tando Allahyar156,56285,812+82.45%  Sindh
58Tando Adam152,617104,907+45.48%  Sindh
59Jaranwala150,380106,985+40.56%  Punjab
60Chishtian149,939102,287+46.59%  Punjab
61Muzaffarabad149,91385,462+75.41%  Azad Kashmir
62Attock146,39669,729+109.95%  Punjab
63Vehari145,46494,343+54.19%  Punjab
64Kot Abdul Malik143,43463,525+125.79%  Punjab
65Ferozwala141,40555,433+155.09%  Punjab
66Chakwal138,14680,508+71.59%  Punjab
67Gujranwala Cantonment137,30293,093+47.49%  Punjab
68Kamalia135,64197,324+39.37%  Punjab
69Umerkot134,05235,559+276.98%  Sindh
70Ahmedpur East133,36996,415+38.33%  Punjab
71Kot Addu129,70380,720+60.68%  Punjab
72Wazirabad128,06090,197+41.98%  Punjab
73Mansehra127,62349,534+157.65%  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
74Layyah126,36172,319+74.73%  Punjab
75Mirpur124,352115,641+7.53%  Azad Kashmir
76Swabi123,41280,157+53.96%  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
77Chaman123,19156,792+116.92%  Balochistan
78Taxila121,95271,882+69.66%  Punjab
79Nowshera120,13189,813+33.76%  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
80Khushab119,38487,859+35.88%  Punjab
81Shahdadkot118,91560,436+96.76%  Sindh
82Mianwali118,88380,171+48.29%  Punjab
83Kabal118,10375,891+55.62%  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
84Lodhran117,85165,501+79.92%  Punjab
85Hasilpur115,53671,295+62.05%  Punjab
86Charsadda114,56587,218+31.35%  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
87Bhakkar113,01868,896+64.04%  Punjab
88Badin112,42062,843+78.89%  Sindh
89Arif Wala111,40374,174+50.19%  Punjab
90Ghotki111,32152,823+110.74%  Sindh
91Sambrial109,47949,574+120.84%  Punjab
92Jatoi109,42438,986+180.68%  Punjab
93Haroonabad107,85862,878+71.54%  Punjab
94Daharki103,55734,615+199.17%  Sindh
95Narowal103,06757,052+80.65%  Punjab
96Tando Muhammad Khan101,86365,396+55.76%  Sindh
97Kamber Ali Khan101,47458,369+73.85%  Sindh
98Mirpur Mathelo100,76042,421+137.52%  Sindh
99Kandhkot100,69867,566+49.04%  Sindh
100Bhalwal100,13561,523+62.76%  Punjab
Total59,905,84334,666,35357.87%

See also

References

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