List of cities in Pakistan by population

This is a list showing the 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]

Topographical (terrain-based) map of Pakistan

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

City	Pop. (2023 Census) [3][4][5][6]	Pop. Growth (2017 - 2023)	Pop. (2017 Census)[1][2]	Pop. Growth (1998 - 2017)	Pop. (1998 Census)	Pop. Growth (1972 - 1998)	Pop. (1981 Census)	Province	Picture
Karachi	18,868,021	+26.49%	14,916,456					Sindh	Karachi
Lahore	13,004,135	+16.88%	11,126,285					Punjab	Lahore
Faisalabad	3,691,999	+15.20%	3,204,726					Punjab	Faisalabad
Rawalpindi	3,357,612	+60.02%	2,098,231					Punjab	Rawalpindi
Gujranwala	2,511,118	+23.88%	2,027,001					Punjab	Gujranwala
Multan	2,215,381	+18.35%	1,871,843					Punjab	Multan
Hyderabad	1,921,275	+10.78%	1,734,309					Sindh	Hyderabad
Peshawar	1,905,975	-3.25%	1,970,042					Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Peshawar
Quetta	1,565,546	+56.37%	1,001,205					Balochistan	Quetta
Islamabad	1,108,872	+9.81%	1,009,832					Islamabad Capital Territory	Islamabad
Sargodha	975,886	+48.26%	658,208					Punjab	Sargodha
Sialkot	911,817	+39.03%	655,852					Punjab	Sialkot
Bahawalpur	903,795	+18.59%	762,111					Punjab	Bahawalpur
Jhang	606,533	+46.46%	414,131					Punjab	Jhang
Sheikhupura	591,424	+25.00%	473,129					Punjab	Sheikhupura
Gujrat	574,240	+47.04%	390,533					Punjab	Gujrat
Sukkur	563,851	+12.79%	499,900					Sindh
Larkana	551,716	+12.48%	490,508					Sindh
Sahiwal	538,344	+38.18%	389,605					Punjab
Okara	533,693	+49.10%	357,935					Punjab
Rahim Yar Khan	519,261	+8.84%	477,100					Punjab
Kasur	510,875	+42.54%	358,409					Punjab
Dera Ghazi Khan	494,464	+23.91%	399,064					Punjab
Wah Cantonment	400,733	+5.43%	380,103					Punjab
Mardan	368,302	+2.70%	358,604					Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Nawabshah (Benazirabad)	363,138	+30.00%	279,338					Sindh
Burewala	361,664	+55.73%	231,797	+52.40%	152,097			Punjab
Mingora	361,112	+9.07%	331,091					Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Hafizabad	318,621	+29.63%	245,784					Punjab
Chiniot	318,165	+14.14%	278,747					Punjab
Jhelum	312,426	+63.89%	190,425	+29.20%	147,392			Punjab
Kāmoke	292,023	+16.92%	249,767					Punjab
Khanewal	281,890	+24.22%	227,059	+69.46%	133,986			Punjab
Sadiqabad	274,210	+13.86%	239,677	+65.99%	144,391			Punjab
Turbat	268,625	+24.79%	213,557	+211.29%	68,603			Balochistan
Mirpur Khas	267,833	+14.48%	233,916	+23.33%	189,671			Sindh
Muridke	254,291	+34.60%	166,652	+48.86%	111,951			Punjab
Khanpur	247,170	+30.49%	184,793	+53.51%	120,382			Punjab
Bahawalnagar	241,873	+39.84%	161,033	+44.67%	111,313			Punjab
Kohat	235,880	+3.02%	228,779	+80.67%	126,627			Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Muzaffargarh	235,541	+12.35%	209,604	+69.85%	123,404			Punjab
Abbottabad	234,395	+12.39%	208,491	+96.50%	106,101			Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mandi Bahauddin	232,361	+17.49%	198,609	+99.62%	99,496			Punjab
Daska	228,626	+23.39%	175,170	+70.26%	102,883			Punjab
Pakpattan	221,280	+25.30%	176,693	+62.05%	109,033			Punjab
Dera Ismail Khan	220,575	+1.42%	217,457	+136.07%	92,114			Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Jacobabad	219,315	+14.81%	191,076	+37.68%	138,780			Sindh
Chakwal	218,356	+41.56%	138,146	+71.59%	80,508			Punjab
Khuzdar	218,112	+19.28%	182,927	+100.89%	91,057			Balochistan
Gojra	214,349	+22.78%	174,860	+48.32%	117,892			Punjab
Vehari	210,288	+31.75%	145,464	+54.19%	94,343			Punjab
Shikarpur	204,938	+4.88%	195,437	+44.89%	134,883			Sindh
Ahmedpur East	196,618	+32.25%	133,369	+38.33%	96,415			Punjab
Hub	195,661	+11.57%	175,376	+179.43%	62,763			Balochistan
Chishtian	192,403	+28.21%	149,939	+46.59%	102,287			Punjab
Khairpur	191,044	+4.19%	183,181	+73.41%	105,637			Sindh
Dadu	188,317	+10.02%	171,191	+66.93%	102,550			Sindh
Samundri	186,371	+16.81%	156,991	+185.92%	54,908			Punjab
Ferozwala	177,238	+20.38%	141,405	+155.09%	55,433			Punjab
Attock	176,544	+20.64%	146,396	+109.95%	69,729			Punjab
Tando Adam	174,291	+14.56%	152,617	+45.48%	104,907			Sindh
Tando Allahyar	171,185	+9.36%	156,562	+82.45%	85,812			Sindh
Jaranwala	170,872	+12.02%	150,380	+40.56%	106,985			Punjab
Bolhari	169,613	+7.2%	158,239		...		...	Sindh
Muzaffarabad			149,913	+75.41%	85,462			Azad Kashmir
Kamalia	166,617	+22.84%	135,641	+39.37%	97,324			Punjab
Kot Abdul Malik	162,030	+12.93%	143,434	+125.79%	63,525			Punjab
Hasilpur	168,146	+45.28%	115,536	+62.05%	71,295			Punjab
Arif Wala	157,063	+39.33%	111,403	+50.19%	74,174			Punjab
Gujranwala Cantonment	156,929	+14.27%	137,302	+47.49%	93,093			Punjab
Swabi	156,496	+21.26%	123,412	+53.96%	80,157			Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Jampur	155,243		87,857		52,516		27,949	Punjab
Jatoi	155,196	+41.86%	109,424	+180.68%	38,986			Punjab
Wazirabad	152,624	+19.33%	128,060	+41.98%	90,197			Punjab
Shujabad	151,115		80,098		57,409		37,810
Layyah	151,274	+16.57%	126,361	+74.73%	72,319			Punjab
Haroonabad	149,679	+38.23%	107,858	+71.54%	62,878			Punjab
Jalalpur Jattan	146,743	52.5%	96,210					Punjab
Umerkot	144,558	+7.88%	134,052	+276.98%	35,559			Sindh
Lodhran	144,512	+22.26%	117,851	+79.92%	65,501			Punjab
Moro	142,685		95,398		61,033		30,340	Sindh
Kot Addu	142,161	+9.69%	129,703	+60.68%	80,720			Punjab
Mian Channu	140,112		90,157		64,859		40,609
Khushab	139,905	+17.56%	119,384	+35.88%	87,859			Punjab
Rajanpur	137,553		99,097		43,643		18,789
Mansehra	137,278	+7.57%	127,623	+157.65%	49,534			Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Taxila	136,900	+12.85%	121,952	+69.66%	71,882			Punjab
Mirpur			124,352	+7.53%	115,641			Azad Kashmir
Kabal	132,549	+12.93%	118,103	+55.62%	75,891			Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Bhakkar	131,658	+16.16%	113,018	+64.04%	68,896			Punjab
Narowal	130,692	+21.83%	103,067	+80.65%	57,052			Punjab
Chaman	130,139	+5.34%	123,191	+116.92%	56,792			Balochistan
Mianwali	129,500	+8.94%	118,883	+48.29%	80,171			Punjab
Shakargarh	126,742		81,643		50,747		25,484
Mailsi	125,431		82,322		55,434		33,652
Nowshera	122,953	+2.36%	120,131	+33.76%	89,813			Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Dipalpur	122,759		99,753		57,224		25,237
Haveli Lakha	122,389		78,257		52,207		27,633
Lala Musa	121,036	+32.1%	91,566					Punjab
Shahdadkot	120,687	+1.04%	118,915	+96.76%	60,436			Sindh
Charsadda	120,170	+5.02%	114,565	+31.35%	87,218			Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Ghotki	119,879	+7.68%	111,321	+110.74%	52,823			Sindh
Sambrial	119,571	+9.17%	109,479	+120.84%	49,574			Punjab
Bhalwal	117,982	+17.68%	100,135	+62.76%	61,523			Punjab
Badin	117,455	+3.45%	112,420	+78.89%	62,843			Sindh
Taunsa Sharif	115,704		97,193		38,297		19,934
Barikot	115,045	+22.1%	94,245					Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Phool Nagar	114,530	+23.3%	92,842					Punjab
Tando Muhammad Khan	114,406	+12.96%	101,863	+55.76%	65,396			Sindh
Pattoki	113,735		87,757		58,961		34,963	Punjab
Shahdadpur	113,342	+13.7%	99,653	59.0%	62,655	48.8%	42,107	Sindh
Jauharabad	113,188		91,357		40,175		18,742	Punjab
Kamber Ali Khan	112,313	+10.68%	101,474	+73.85%	58,369			Sindh
Chichawatni	112,191		94,733		72,721		50,241	Punjab
Farooqabad	109,717		77,591		59,015		34,995	Punjab
Pishin	107,646	202%	35,577	+55.1%	22,955			Balochistan
Dera Murad Jamali	106,952	+10.7%	96,591	+151.9%	38,341			Balochistan
Kotri	106,615	+5.27%	101,124	-61.01%	259,358			Sindh
Sangla Hill	103,709		61,498		50,368		33,771	Punjab
Gujar Khan	103,284		90,149		57,099		33,920	Punjab
Kharian	103,036		87,569		73,627		51,506	Punjab
Pasrur	102,717		82,457		45,747		26,087	Punjab
Shabqadar	102,340	+11.4%	91,851	+65.7%	55,439			Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kot Radha Kishan	102,057		58,894		39,555		24,969	Punjab
Ludhewala Waraich	100,331		92,020		33,928		...	Punjab
Renala Khurd	100,054		54,160		32,337		18,287	Punjab
Kandhkot	99,155	-1.56%	100,698	49.0%	67,566	111.5%	31,948	Sindh

See also

• List of metropolitan areas in Pakistan
• Demography of Pakistan
  • List of cities in Azad Kashmir by population
  • List of cities in Balochistan, Pakistan 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

References

1. "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. "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.
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