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List of cities in Pakistan by population

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This is a list showing the 100 most populous cities in Pakistan as of the 2023 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]

As of the 2023 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

  •   Provincial capital
  •   Federal capital
  • Divisional capital
Rank City Pop.
(2023 Census)

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Pop.

Growth (2017 - 2023)

Pop.
(2017 Census)[1][2] 		Pop.

Growth (1998 - 2017)

Pop.
(1998 Census) 		Pop.

Growth (1972 - 1998)

Pop.
(1972 Census) 		Province Picture
1 Karachi 18,868,021 +26.49% 14,916,456  Sindh
Karachi
2 Lahore 13,004,135 +16.88% 11,126,285  Punjab
Lahore
3 Faisalabad 3,691,999 +15.20% 3,204,726  Punjab
Faisalabad
4 Rawalpindi 3,357,612 +60.02% 2,098,231  Punjab
Rawalpindi
5 Gujranwala 2,511,118 +23.88% 2,027,001  Punjab
Gujranwala
6 Multan 2,215,381 +18.35% 1,871,843  Punjab
Multan
7 Hyderabad 1,921,275 +10.78% 1,734,309  Sindh
Hyderabad
8 Peshawar 1,905,975 -3.25% 1,970,042  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar
9 Quetta 1,565,546 +56.37% 1,001,205  Balochistan
Quetta
10 Islamabad 1,108,872 +9.81% 1,009,832 Islamabad Capital Territory
Islamabad
11 Sargodha 975,886 +48.26% 658,208  Punjab
Sargodha
12 Sialkot 911,817 +39.03% 655,852  Punjab
Sialkot
13 Bahawalpur 903,795 +18.59% 762,111  Punjab
Bahawalpur
14 Jhang 606,533 +46.46% 414,131  Punjab
Jhang
15 Sheikhupura 591,424 +25.00% 473,129  Punjab
Sheikhupura
16 Gujrat 574,240 +47.04% 390,533  Punjab
Gujrat
17 Sukkur 563,851 +12.79% 499,900  Sindh
18 Larkana 551,716 +12.48% 490,508  Sindh
19 Sahiwal 538,344 +38.18% 389,605  Punjab
20 Okara 533,693 +49.10% 357,935  Punjab
21 Rahim Yar Khan 519,261 +8.84% 477,100  Punjab
22 Kasur 510,875 +42.54% 358,409  Punjab
23 Dera Ghazi Khan 494,464 +23.91% 399,064  Punjab
24 Wah Cantonment 400,733 +5.43% 380,103  Punjab
25 Mardan 368,302 +2.70% 358,604  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
26 Nawabshah 363,138 +30.00% 279,338  Sindh
27 Burewala 361,664 +55.73% 231,797 +52.40% 152,097  Punjab
28 Mingora 361,112 +9.07% 331,091  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
29 Hafizabad 318,621 +29.63% 245,784  Punjab
30 Chiniot 318,165 +14.14% 278,747  Punjab
31 Jhelum 312,426 +63.89% 190,425 +29.20% 147,392  Punjab
32 Kāmoke 292,023 +16.92% 249,767  Punjab
33 Khanewal 281,890 +24.22% 227,059 +69.46% 133,986  Punjab
34 Sadiqabad 274,210 +13.86% 239,677 +65.99% 144,391  Punjab
35 Turbat 268,625 +24.79% 213,557 +211.29% 68,603  Balochistan
36 Mirpur Khas 267,833 +14.48% 233,916 +23.33% 189,671  Sindh
37 Muridke 254,291 +34.60% 166,652 +48.86% 111,951  Punjab
38 Khanpur 247,170 +30.49% 184,793 +53.51% 120,382  Punjab
39 Bahawalnagar 241,873 +39.84% 161,033 +44.67% 111,313  Punjab
40 Kohat 235,880 +3.02% 228,779 +80.67% 126,627  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
41 Muzaffargarh 235,541 +12.35% 209,604 +69.85% 123,404  Punjab
42 Abbottabad 234,395 +12.39% 208,491 +96.50% 106,101  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
43 Mandi Bahauddin 232,361 +17.49% 198,609 +99.62% 99,496  Punjab
44 Daska 228,626 +23.39% 175,170 +70.26% 102,883  Punjab
45 Pakpattan 221,280 +25.30% 176,693 +62.05% 109,033  Punjab
46 Dera Ismail Khan 220,575 +1.42% 217,457 +136.07% 92,114  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
47 Jacobabad 219,315 +14.81% 191,076 +37.68% 138,780  Sindh
48 Chakwal 218,356 +41.56% 138,146 +71.59% 80,508  Punjab
49 Khuzdar 218,112 +19.28% 182,927 +100.89% 91,057  Balochistan
50 Gojra 214,349 +22.78% 174,860 +48.32% 117,892  Punjab
51 Vehari 210,288 +31.75% 145,464 +54.19% 94,343  Punjab
52 Shikarpur 204,938 +4.88% 195,437 +44.89% 134,883  Sindh
53 Ahmedpur East 196,618 +32.25% 133,369 +38.33% 96,415  Punjab
54 Hub 195,661 +11.57% 175,376 +179.43% 62,763  Balochistan
55 Chishtian 192,403 +28.21% 149,939 +46.59% 102,287  Punjab
56 Khairpur 191,044 +4.19% 183,181 +73.41% 105,637  Sindh
57 Dadu 188,317 +10.02% 171,191 +66.93% 102,550  Sindh
58 Samundri 186,371 +16.81% 156,991 +185.92% 54,908  Punjab
59 Ferozwala 177,238 +20.38% 141,405 +155.09% 55,433  Punjab
60 Attock 176,544 +20.64% 146,396 +109.95% 69,729  Punjab
61 Tando Adam 174,291 +14.56% 152,617 +45.48% 104,907  Sindh
62 Tando Allahyar 171,185 +9.36% 156,562 +82.45% 85,812  Sindh
63 Jaranwala 170,872 +12.02% 150,380 +40.56% 106,985  Punjab
64 Muzaffarabad 149,913 +75.41% 85,462  Azad Kashmir
65 Kamalia 166,617 +22.84% 135,641 +39.37% 97,324  Punjab
66 Kot Abdul Malik 162,030 +12.93% 143,434 +125.79% 63,525  Punjab
67 Hasilpur 168,146 +45.28% 115,536 +62.05% 71,295  Punjab
68 Arif Wala 157,063 +39.33% 111,403 +50.19% 74,174  Punjab
69 Gujranwala Cantonment 156,929 +14.27% 137,302 +47.49% 93,093  Punjab
70 Swabi 156,496 +21.26% 123,412 +53.96% 80,157  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
71 Jatoi 155,196 +41.86% 109,424 +180.68% 38,986  Punjab
72 Wazirabad 152,624 +19.33% 128,060 +41.98% 90,197  Punjab
73 Layyah 151,274 +16.57% 126,361 +74.73% 72,319  Punjab
74 Haroonabad 149,679 +38.23% 107,858 +71.54% 62,878  Punjab
75 Jalalpur Jattan 146,743 52.5% 96,210  Punjab
76 Umerkot 144,558 +7.88% 134,052 +276.98% 35,559  Sindh
77 Lodhran 144,512 +22.26% 117,851 +79.92% 65,501  Punjab
78 Kot Addu 142,161 +9.69% 129,703 +60.68% 80,720  Punjab
79 Khushab 139,905 +17.56% 119,384 +35.88% 87,859  Punjab
80 Mansehra 137,278 +7.57% 127,623 +157.65% 49,534  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
81 Taxila 136,900 +12.85% 121,952 +69.66% 71,882  Punjab
82 Mirpur 124,352 +7.53% 115,641  Azad Kashmir
83 Kabal 132,549 +12.93% 118,103 +55.62% 75,891  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
84 Bhakkar 131,658 +16.16% 113,018 +64.04% 68,896  Punjab
85 Narowal 130,692 +21.83% 103,067 +80.65% 57,052  Punjab
86 Chaman 130,139 +5.34% 123,191 +116.92% 56,792  Balochistan
87 Mianwali 129,500 +0.85% 118,883 +48.29% 80,171  Punjab
88 Nowshera 122,953 +2.36% 120,131 +33.76% 89,813  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
89 Lala Musa 121,036 +32.1% 91,566  Punjab
90 Shahdadkot 120,687 +1.04% 118,915 +96.76% 60,436  Sindh
91 Charsadda 120,170 +5.02% 114,565 +31.35% 87,218  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
92 Ghotki 119,879 +7.68% 111,321 +110.74% 52,823  Sindh
93 Sambrial 119,571 +9.17% 109,479 +120.84% 49,574  Punjab
94 Bhalwal 117,982 +17.68% 100,135 +62.76% 61,523  Punjab
95 Badin 117,455 +3.45% 112,420 +78.89% 62,843  Sindh
96 Phoolnagar 114,530 23.3% 92,842  Punjab
97 Tando Muhammad Khan 114,406 +12.96% 101,863 +55.76% 65,396  Sindh
98 Kamber Ali Khan 112,313 +10.68% 101,474 +73.85% 58,369  Sindh
99 Kotri 106,615 +5.27% 101,124 -61.01% 259,358  Sindh
100 Kandhkot 99,155 +1.00% 100,698 +49.04% 67,566  Sindh
101 Kunjah 90,905 +178.7% 32,588  Punjab
102 Daharki 90,177 +4.55% 86,286 +149.3% 34,615  Sindh
103 Mirpur Mathelo 74,651 -0.82% 75,270 +77.4% 42,421  Sindh

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Block Wise Provisional Summary Results of 6th Population & Housing Census-2017 [As on January 03, 2018]". Block Wise Provisional Summary Results of 6th Population & Housing Census-2017 [As on January 03, 2018]. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Statistical Year Book 2019" (PDF). Planning & Development Department. Azad Government of the State of Jammu & Kashmir. 20 February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. ^ "URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  4. ^ "URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  5. ^ "URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  6. ^ "URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
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