List of cities in Pakistan by population facts for kids
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 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.
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.
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| Rank | City | Population (2017 Census) |
Population (1998 Census) |
Change | Province |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karachi | 14,916,456 | 9,339,023 | +59.72% |  Sindh |
| 2 | Lahore | 11,126,285 | 5,209,088 | +113.59% |  Punjab |
| 3 | Faisalabad | 3,204,726 | 2,008,861 | +59.53% | Punjab |
| 4 | Rawalpindi | 2,098,231 | 1,409,768 | +48.84% | Punjab |
| 5 | Gujranwala | 2,027,001 | 1,132,509 | +78.98% | Punjab |
| 6 | Peshawar | 1,970,042 | 982,816 | +100.45% |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 7 | Multan | 1,871,843 | 1,197,384 | +56.33% | Punjab |
| 8 | Hyderabad | 1,734,309 | 1,166,894 | +48.63% | Sindh |
| 9 | Islamabad | 1,009,832 | 529,180 | +90.83% |  Islamabad |
| 10 | Quetta | 1,001,205 | 565,137 | +77.16% |  Balochistan |
| 11 | Bahawalpur | 762,111 | 408,395 | +86.61% | Punjab |
| 12 | Sargodha | 659,862 | 458,440 | +43.94% | Punjab |
| 13 | Sialkot | 655,852 | 421,502 | +55.60% | Punjab |
| 14 | Sukkur | 499,900 | 335,551 | +48.98% | Sindh |
| 15 | Larkana | 490,508 | 270,283 | +81.48% | Sindh |
| 16 | Rahim Yar Khan | 477,100 | 233,537 | +104.29% | Punjab |
| 17 | Sheikhupura | 473,129 | 280,263 | +68.82% | Punjab |
| 18 | Jhang | 414,131 | 293,366 | +41.17% | Punjab |
| 19 | Talagang | 401,607 | 284,795 | +41.02% | Punjab |
| 20 | Dera Ghazi Khan | 399,064 | 190,542 | +109.44% | Punjab |
| 21 | Gujrat | 390,533 | 251,792 | +55.10% | Punjab |
| 22 | Sahiwal | 389,605 | 208,778 | +86.61% | Punjab |
| 23 | Wah Cantonment | 380,103 | 198,891 | +91.11% | Punjab |
| 24 | Mardan | 358,604 | 245,926 | +45.82% | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 25 | Kasur | 358,409 | 245,321 | +46.10% | Punjab |
| 26 | Okara | 357,935 | 201,815 | +77.36% | Punjab |
| 27 | Mingora | 331,091 | 173,868 | +90.43% | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 28 | Nawabshah | 279,688 | 189,244 | +47.79% | Sindh |
| 29 | Chiniot | 278,747 | 172,522 | +61.57% | Punjab |
| 30 | Kotri | 259,358 | 62,085 | +317.75% | Sindh |
| 31 | Kāmoke | 249,767 | 152,288 | +64.01% | Punjab |
| 32 | Hafizabad | 245,784 | 133,678 | +83.86% | Punjab |
| 33 | Sadiqabad | 239,677 | 144,391 | +65.99% | Punjab |
| 34 | Mirpur Khas | 233,916 | 189,671 | +23.33% | Sindh |
| 35 | Burewala | 231,797 | 152,097 | +52.40% | Punjab |
| 36 | Kohat | 228,779 | 126,627 | +80.67% | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 37 | Khanewal | 227,059 | 133,986 | +69.46% | Punjab |
| 38 | Dera Ismail Khan | 217,457 | 92,114 | +136.07% | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 39 | Turbat | 213,557 | 68,603 | +211.29% | Balochistan |
| 40 | Muzaffargarh | 209,604 | 123,404 | +69.85% | Punjab |
| 41 | Abbotabad | 208,491 | 106,101 | +96.50% | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 42 | Mandi Bahauddin | 198,609 | 99,496 | +99.62% | Punjab |
| 43 | Shikarpur | 195,437 | 134,883 | +44.89% | Sindh |
| 44 | Jacobabad | 191,076 | 138,780 | +37.68% | Sindh |
| 45 | Jhelum | 190,425 | 147,392 | +29.20% | Punjab |
| 46 | Khanpur | 184,793 | 120,382 | +53.51% | Punjab |
| 47 | Khairpur | 183,181 | 105,637 | +73.41% | Sindh |
| 48 | Khuzdar | 182,927 | 91,057 | +100.89% | Balochistan |
| 49 | Pakpattan | 176,693 | 109,033 | +62.05% | Punjab |
| 50 | Hub | 175,376 | 62,763 | +179.43% | Balochistan |
| 51 | Daska | 175,170 | 102,883 | +70.26% | Punjab |
| 52 | Gojra | 174,860 | 117,892 | +48.32% | Punjab |
| 53 | Dadu | 171,191 | 102,550 | +66.93% | Sindh |
| 54 | Muridke | 166,652 | 111,951 | +48.86% | Punjab |
| 55 | Bahawalnagar | 161,033 | 111,313 | +44.67% | Punjab |
| 56 | Samundri | 156,991 | 54,908 | +185.92% | Punjab |
| 57 | Tando Allahyar | 156,562 | 85,812 | +82.45% | Sindh |
| 58 | Tando Adam | 152,617 | 104,907 | +45.48% | Sindh |
| 59 | Jaranwala | 150,380 | 106,985 | +40.56% | Punjab |
| 60 | Chishtian | 149,939 | 102,287 | +46.59% | Punjab |
| 61 | Muzaffarabad | 149,913 | 85,462 | +75.41% |  Azad Kashmir |
| 62 | Attock | 146,396 | 69,729 | +109.95% | Punjab |
| 63 | Vehari | 145,464 | 94,343 | +54.19% | Punjab |
| 64 | Kot Abdul Malik | 143,434 | 63,525 | +125.79% | Punjab |
| 65 | Ferozwala | 141,405 | 55,433 | +155.09% | Punjab |
| 66 | Chakwal | 138,146 | 80,508 | +71.59% | Punjab |
| 67 | Gujranwala Cantonment | 137,302 | 93,093 | +47.49% | Punjab |
| 68 | Kamalia | 135,641 | 97,324 | +39.37% | Punjab |
| 69 | Umerkot | 134,052 | 35,559 | +276.98% | Sindh |
| 70 | Ahmedpur East | 133,369 | 96,415 | +38.33% | Punjab |
| 71 | Kot Addu | 129,703 | 80,720 | +60.68% | Punjab |
| 72 | Wazirabad | 128,060 | 90,197 | +41.98% | Punjab |
| 73 | Mansehra | 127,623 | 49,534 | +157.65% | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 74 | Layyah | 126,361 | 72,319 | +74.73% | Punjab |
| 75 | Mirpur | 124,352 | 115,641 | +7.53% | Azad Kashmir |
| 76 | Swabi | 123,412 | 80,157 | +53.96% | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 77 | Chaman | 123,191 | 56,792 | +116.92% | Balochistan |
| 78 | Taxila | 121,952 | 71,882 | +69.66% | Punjab |
| 79 | Nowshera | 120,131 | 89,813 | +33.76% | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 80 | Khushab | 119,384 | 87,859 | +35.88% | Punjab |
| 81 | Shahdadkot | 118,915 | 60,436 | +96.76% | Sindh |
| 82 | Mianwali | 118,883 | 80,171 | +48.29% | Punjab |
| 83 | Kabal | 118,103 | 75,891 | +55.62% | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 84 | Lodhran | 117,851 | 65,501 | +79.92% | Punjab |
| 85 | Hasilpur | 115,536 | 71,295 | +62.05% | Punjab |
| 86 | Charsadda | 114,565 | 87,218 | +31.35% | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 87 | Bhakkar | 113,018 | 68,896 | +64.04% | Punjab |
| 88 | Badin | 112,420 | 62,843 | +78.89% | Sindh |
| 89 | Arif Wala | 111,403 | 74,174 | +50.19% | Punjab |
| 90 | Ghotki | 111,321 | 52,823 | +110.74% | Sindh |
| 91 | Sambrial | 109,479 | 49,574 | +120.84% | Punjab |
| 92 | Jatoi | 109,424 | 38,986 | +180.68% | Punjab |
| 93 | Haroonabad | 107,858 | 62,878 | +71.54% | Punjab |
| 94 | Daharki | 103,557 | 34,615 | +199.17% | Sindh |
| 95 | Narowal | 103,067 | 57,052 | +80.65% | Punjab |
| 96 | Tando Muhammad Khan | 101,863 | 65,396 | +55.76% | Sindh |
| 97 | Kamber Ali Khan | 101,474 | 58,369 | +73.85% | Sindh |
| 98 | Mirpur Mathelo | 100,760 | 42,421 | +137.52% | Sindh |
| 99 | Kandhkot | 100,698 | 67,566 | +49.04% | Sindh |
| 100 | Bhalwal | 100,135 | 61,523 | +62.76% | Punjab |
| – | Total | 59,905,843 | 34,666,353 | 57.87% |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Ciudades de Pakistán por población para niños
- List of metropolitan areas in Pakistan
- Demography of Pakistan
- 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
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