List of cities in Balochistan, Pakistan by population

This is a list showing the most populous cities in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan as of the 2023 Census of Pakistan. In the following table, you can find each of the 57 cities and towns in the province with populations higher than 10,000 as of March 1, 2023. City populations found in this list only refer to populations found within the city's defined limits and any adjacent cantonments. The census totals below come from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.^[1]

List

Quetta

Turbat

Khuzdar

Hub, Balochistan

Chaman

Gwadar

Tump

City	District	Population (2023)[2]	Population (2017)[2][1]	Population (1998)[3]	Average Annual Population Growth Rate (2017 - 2023)
Quetta	Quetta	1,565,546	1,001,205[4]	565,137	7.8%
Turbat	Kech	268,625	213,557[5]	68,603	3.9%
Khuzdar	Khuzdar	218,112	182,927[6]	91,057	3.0%
Hub	Hub	195,661	175,376[7]	62,763	1.6%
Panjgur	Panjgur	157,693	80,411	21,297	196.10%
Chaman	Chaman	130,139	123,191[8]	56,792	0.9%
Pishin	Pishin	107,646	35,577[9]	22,955	20.0%
Dera Murad Jamali	Nasirabad	106,952	96,591[10]	38,341	1.8%
Dera Allah Yar	Jaffarabad	98,761	80,908[11]	38,371	3.4%
Kharan	Kharan	80,806	51,388[12]	27,806	7.9%
Sui Town	Dera Bugti	79,567	72,740[13]	N/A A	1.5%
Zehri	Khuzdar	70,910	37,854[6]	13,143	5.7%
Gwadar	Gwadar	70,852	90,762[14]	45,021	4.0%
Sibi	Sibi	69,300	64,427[15]	48,467	1.2%
Buleda	Kech	68,752	39,813[5]	N/A A	9.6%
Tasp	Panjgur	66,030	35,890[16]	N/A A	11.0%
Usta Mohammad	Usta Muhammad	64,632	77,097[11]	38,946	2.9%
Loralai	Loralai	56,613	47,098[17]	25,450	3.1%
Tump	Tump	49,269	48,766[5]	N/A A	0.3%
Nushki	Nushki	48,572	46,386[18]	23,948	0.8%
Nal	Khuzdar	48,481	33,299[6]	N/A A	6.5%
Chitkan	Panjgur	47,034	44,434[16]	21,297	0.9%
Khanozai	Pishin	46,682	40,238[9]	N/A A	2.6%
Saranan	Pishin	46,512	37,927[9]	N/A A	3.5%
Sanjawi	Ziarat	45,539	N/A A	N/A A	N/A A
Washbood	Panjgur	44,629	N/A A	N/A A	N/A A
Machh	Kachhi	44,542	19,152[19]	14,488	15.0%
Qalat	Qalat	44,440	36,864[20]	22,646	3.2%
Zhob	Zhob	44,251	39,914[21]	37,791	1.8%
Pasni	Gwadar	43,494	34,524[14]	29,538	3.9%
Huramzai	Pishin	42,945	29,400[9]	N/A A	6.6%
Washuk	Washuk	41,107	21,872[22]	N/A A	11.0%
Mastung	Mastung	40,374	34,997[23]	24,131	2.4%
Uthal	Lasbela	37,071	29,414[7]	13,319	4.0%
Surab	Shaheed Sikandarabad	36,468	35,594[20]	11,148	0.4%
Qilla Abdullah	Qila Abdullah	35,384	26,151[8]	N/A A	5.2%
Winder	Hub	35,245	29,598[7]	11,569	3.0%
Qilla Saifullah	Qilla Saifullah	35,043	34,865[24]	8,129	0.1%
Bela	Lasbela	29,380	24,603[7]	16,705	3.0%
Muslim Bagh	Qilla Saifullah	29,132	28,066[24]	17,170	0.4%
Dera Bugti	Dera Bugti	28,880	27,625[13]	15,495	0.8%
Awaran	Awaran	28,780	21,848[25]	N/A A	4.8%
Wadh	Khuzdar	26,875	23,056[6]	13,794	3.3%
Jiwani	Gwadar	25,332	18,533[14]	14,072	5.6%
Gandava	Jhal Magsi	24,130	7,815	8,097	21.0%
Dalbandin	Chagai	20,054	16,319[26]	11,948	3.6%
Shahrug	Harnai	19,156	11,257[27]	N/A A	9.3%
Kohlu	Kohlu	18,978	17,426[28]	9,665	1.4%
Bhag	Sibi	18,634	16,608[29]	12,181	2.0%
Gajjar Mashkay	Awaran	18,056	12,493[25]	N/A A	6.4%
Gadani	Hub	17,540	7,679	11,068	15.0%
Dhadar	Kachhi	17,276	15,280[19]	12,818	2.1%
Ormara	Gwadar	16,573	15,631[14]	11,521	1.0%
Musakhel	Musakhel	15,805	14,138[30]	11,589	1.9%
Dureji	Hub	15,688	12,871[7]	N/A A	3.4%
Sohbatpur	Sohbatpur	14,728	12,867[31]	8,206	2.3%
Barkhan	Barkhan	14,425	12,176[32]	7,670	2.9%
Harnai	Harnai	14,277	13,297[27]	9,359	1.2%
Duki	Duki	9,783	[17]	5,109	0.4%

See also

• List of cities in Pakistan by population
  • List of cities in Azad Jammu & Kashmir by population
  • List of cities in Gilgit-Baltistan by population
  • List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population
  • List of cities in Sindh by population
  • List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population
• Tehsils of Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Azad Kashmir
  • Tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan
• Districts of Pakistan
  • Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Districts of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Districts of Azad Kashmir
  • Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan

Notes

A. ^ This city did not exist as a municipality and was not classified as an urban area at the time of the 1998 Pakistan Census.