Pakistan — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Pakistan had an estimated population of 160,166,742 in 2005, with 475 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.
For current figures: Pakistan today — population now 259,299,791, against 160,166,742 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 160,166,742 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 175,453,212 | 259,299,791 | +48% |
The two sources differ by 9% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rawalpindi | 2,940,500 |
| 2 | Gujranwala | 2,119,612 |
| 3 | Hyderabad | 1,459,540 |
Cities and towns, 2005 (top 300 of 475)
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karāchi | Sind | 11,624,219 | 11,624,219 now |
| 2 | Lahore | Punjab | 6,310,888 | 13,004,135 now |
| 3 | Faisalābād | Punjab | 2,506,595 | 3,800,193 now |
| 4 | Rāwalpindi | Punjab | 1,743,101 | 3,357,612 now |
| 5 | Multān | Punjab | 1,437,230 | 2,169,915 now |
| 6 | Hyderabad | Sind | 1,386,330 | 1,921,275 now |
| 7 | Gujrānwāla | Punjab | 1,384,471 | 2,511,118 now |
| 8 | Peshāwar | North-West Frontier | 1,218,773 | — |
| 9 | Islāmābād | Federal Capital Area | 755,935 | 601,600 now |
| 10 | Quetta | Baluchistan | 733,675 | 1,565,546 now |
| 11 | Bahāwalpur | Punjab | 552,607 | 903,795 now |
| 12 | Sargodha | Punjab | 542,603 | 975,886 now |
| 13 | Siālkot | Punjab | 477,396 | 911,817 now |
| 14 | Sukkur | Sind | 417,767 | 563,851 now |
| 15 | Lārkāna | Sind | 364,033 | 364,033 now |
| 16 | Shekhūpura | Punjab | 361,303 | 591,424 now |
| 17 | Jhang | Punjab | 341,210 | — |
| 18 | Gujrāt | Punjab | 301,506 | 574,240 now |
| 19 | Mardān | North-West Frontier | 300,424 | 300,424 now |
| 20 | Rahīm Yār Khān | Punjab | 299,763 | 517,000 now |
| 21 | Kasūr | Punjab | 290,643 | 510,875 now |
| 22 | Wāh | Punjab | 237,515 | — |
| 23 | Dera Ghāzi Khān | Punjab | 236,093 | 494,464 now |
| 24 | Sāhīwāl | Punjab | 235,695 | 538,344 now |
| 25 | Nawābshāh | Sind | 229,504 | 363,138 now |
| 26 | Mingāora | North-West Frontier | 227,331 | — |
| 27 | Okāra | Punjab | 223,648 | 533,693 now |
| 28 | Mīrpur Khās | Sind | 215,657 | 267,833 now |
| 29 | Chiniot | Punjab | 201,781 | 318,165 now |
| 30 | Kāmoke | Punjab | 199,531 | 292,023 now |
| 31 | Sādiqābād | Punjab | 189,876 | — |
| 32 | Būrewāla | Punjab | 183,915 | 361,664 now |
| 33 | Jacobābād | Sind | 170,588 | — |
| 34 | Muzaffargarh | Punjab | 165,192 | — |
| 35 | Murīdke | Punjab | 164,246 | 254,291 now |
| 36 | Jhelum | Punjab | 164,080 | — |
| 37 | Shikārpur | Sind | 156,901 | — |
| 38 | Khānewāl | Punjab | 154,362 | — |
| 39 | Hāfizābād | Punjab | 153,656 | 318,621 now |
| 40 | Kohāt | North-West Frontier | 151,427 | — |
| 41 | Khānpur | Punjab | 142,426 | — |
| 42 | Khuzdar | Baluchistan | 141,227 | — |
| 43 | Dādu | Sind | 139,784 | — |
| 44 | Gojra | Punjab | 139,726 | — |
| 45 | Mandi Bahāuddīn | Punjab | 129,733 | — |
| 46 | Abottābād | North-West Frontier | 127,898 | — |
| 47 | Tando Allāh Yār | Sind | 127,202 | — |
| 48 | Daska | Punjab | 126,924 | — |
| 49 | Pākpattan | Punjab | 126,706 | — |
| 50 | Bahāwalnagar | Punjab | 126,617 | — |
| 51 | Tando Ādam | Sind | 125,598 | — |
| 52 | Khairpur | Sind | 124,602 | — |
| 53 | Chishtiān Mandi | Punjab | 122,199 | — |
| 54 | Jarānwāla | Punjab | 119,785 | — |
| 55 | Ahmadpur East | Punjab | 116,579 | — |
| 56 | Vihāri | Punjab | 112,840 | — |
| 57 | Kamālia | Punjab | 112,426 | — |
| 58 | Kot Addu | Punjab | 104,217 | — |
| 59 | Khushāb | Punjab | 102,793 | — |
| 60 | Wazīrābād | Punjab | 102,444 | — |
| 61 | Dera Īsmāil Khān | North-West Frontier | 101,616 | — |
| 62 | Chakwāl | Punjab | 101,200 | — |
| 63 | Swābi | North-West Frontier | 97,363 | — |
| 64 | Lodhran | Punjab | 97,249 | — |
| 65 | Nowshera | North-West Frontier | 96,766 | — |
| 66 | Chārsadda | North-West Frontier | 95,319 | — |
| 67 | Jalālpur Jattan | Punjab | 93,883 | — |
| 68 | Taxila | Punjab | 90,520 | — |
| 69 | Miānwāli | Punjab | 89,570 | — |
| 70 | Chaman | Baluchistan | 88,568 | — |
| 71 | Khandh Kot | Sind | 88,468 | — |
| 72 | Hāsilpur | Punjab | 88,031 | — |
| 73 | Ārifwāla | Punjab | 87,360 | — |
| 74 | Attock | Punjab | 85,479 | — |
| 75 | Chīchāwatni | Punjab | 82,762 | — |
| 76 | Bhakkar | Punjab | 81,950 | — |
| 77 | Khāriān | Punjab | 81,435 | — |
| 78 | Lieah | Punjab | 78,954 | — |
| 79 | Kambar | Sind | 77,481 | — |
| 80 | Moro | Sind | 76,765 | — |
| 81 | Miān Channūn | Punjab | 76,226 | — |
| 82 | Turbat | Baluchistan | 75,694 | — |
| 83 | Hub | Baluchistan | 75,463 | — |
| 84 | Shāhdādkot | Sind | 75,411 | — |
| 85 | Bhalwal | Punjab | 74,744 | — |
| 86 | Dīpālpur | Punjab | 74,640 | — |
| 87 | Badīn | Sind | 73,569 | — |
| 88 | Pāno Āqil | Sind | 72,881 | — |
| 89 | Kotri | Sind | 72,672 | — |
| 90 | Tando Muhammad Khān | Sind | 72,659 | — |
| 91 | Hārūnābād | Punjab | 72,432 | — |
| 92 | Pattoki | Punjab | 70,436 | — |
| 93 | Kahror Pakka | Punjab | 69,743 | — |
| 94 | Gūjar Khān | Punjab | 69,374 | — |
| 95 | Kot Abdul Malik | Punjab | 69,359 | — |
| 96 | Chūhar Kāna | Punjab | 69,321 | — |
| 97 | Toba Tek Singh | Punjab | 69,064 | — |
| 98 | Nārowāl | Punjab | 68,291 | — |
| 99 | Bai Pheru | Punjab | 68,269 | — |
| 100 | Shorkot | North-West Frontier | 67,439 | — |
| 101 | Shahdadpur | Sind | 67,249 | — |
| 102 | Sammundri | Punjab | 66,652 | — |
| 103 | Shabqadar | North-West Frontier | 66,541 | — |
| 104 | Mānsehra | North-West Frontier | 66,486 | — |
| 105 | Shujāābād | Punjab | 65,952 | — |
| 106 | Haveli | Punjab | 65,289 | — |
| 107 | Lalamūsa | Punjab | 65,197 | — |
| 108 | Mailsi | Punjab | 64,545 | — |
| 109 | Shakargarh | Punjab | 64,304 | — |
| 110 | Ghotki | Sind | 64,295 | — |
| 111 | Sibi | Baluchistan | 64,069 | — |
| 112 | Ferozwala | Punjab | 63,931 | — |
| 113 | Jampur | Punjab | 63,791 | — |
| 114 | Sambrial | Punjab | 62,874 | — |
| 115 | Sānghar | Sind | 62,033 | — |
| 116 | Hujra Shāh Muqīm | Punjab | 61,546 | — |
| 117 | Kabirwala | Punjab | 60,782 | — |
| 118 | Takhat Bhai | North-West Frontier | 59,367 | — |
| 119 | Chūniān | Punjab | 57,312 | — |
| 120 | Sangala Hill | Punjab | 57,002 | — |
| 121 | Harīpur | North-West Frontier | 56,977 | — |
| 122 | Nankāna Sahib | Punjab | 56,366 | — |
| 123 | Ghakar | Punjab | 54,613 | — |
| 124 | Pasrūr | Punjab | 53,364 | — |
| 125 | Timargara | North-West Frontier | 52,772 | — |
| 126 | Gwādar | Baluchistan | 51,901 | — |
| 127 | Rajanpur | Punjab | 50,682 | — |
| 128 | Rohri | Sind | 50,649 | — |
| 129 | Zhob | Baluchistan | 50,537 | — |
| 130 | Mātli | Sind | 50,398 | — |
| 131 | Rabwāh | Punjab | 50,192 | — |
| 132 | Hadāli | Punjab | 49,663 | — |
| 133 | Mīrpur Māthelo | Sind | 49,311 | — |
| 134 | Alipur Chatha | Punjab | 49,130 | — |
| 135 | Bannu | North-West Frontier | 49,008 | — |
| 136 | Qila Disār Singh | Punjab | 48,882 | — |
| 137 | Dullewāla | Punjab | 48,682 | — |
| 138 | Shāhkot | Punjab | 47,929 | — |
| 139 | Hāla | Sind | 47,915 | — |
| 140 | Ratodero | Sind | 47,819 | — |
| 141 | Jatoi | Punjab | 47,144 | — |
| 142 | Jauharabad | Punjab | 46,545 | — |
| 143 | ʿAbdul Hakīm | Punjab | 46,494 | — |
| 144 | Dīna | Punjab | 46,291 | — |
| 145 | Bat Khela | North-West Frontier | 46,079 | — |
| 146 | Kot Radha Kishan | Punjab | 45,938 | — |
| 147 | Kāhna Nau | Punjab | 45,888 | — |
| 148 | Mustafābād | Punjab | 45,795 | — |
| 149 | Hasan Abdāl | Punjab | 45,665 | — |
| 150 | Talagang | Punjab | 44,960 | — |
| 151 | Taunsa | Punjab | 44,869 | — |
| 152 | Dera Murad Jamali | Baluchistan | 44,700 | — |
| 153 | Thatta | Sind | 44,302 | — |
| 154 | Sarāi Ālamgīr | Punjab | 44,120 | — |
| 155 | Dera Allāh Yār | Baluchistan | 44,106 | — |
| 156 | Usta Muhammad | Baluchistan | 43,983 | — |
| 157 | Kamra | Punjab | 43,779 | — |
| 158 | Umarkot | Sind | 42,074 | — |
| 159 | Basīrpur | Punjab | 41,617 | — |
| 160 | Sehwān | Sind | 41,150 | — |
| 161 | Nowshera Virkan | Punjab | 40,853 | — |
| 162 | Fort Abbās | Punjab | 40,626 | — |
| 163 | Haveliān | North-West Frontier | 40,481 | — |
| 164 | Daharki | Sind | 40,083 | — |
| 165 | Dinga | Punjab | 39,784 | — |
| 166 | Ludhewala Waraich | Punjab | 39,757 | — |
| 167 | Khalabat | North-West Frontier | 39,148 | — |
| 168 | Bādāh | Sind | 38,855 | — |
| 169 | Tānk | North-West Frontier | 38,488 | — |
| 170 | Kot Moman | Punjab | 38,355 | — |
| 171 | Tāndliānwāla | Punjab | 38,285 | — |
| 172 | Chak Āzam Sahu | Punjab | 38,216 | — |
| 173 | Loralai | Baluchistan | 37,787 | — |
| 174 | Jahangira | North-West Frontier | 37,539 | — |
| 175 | Jalalpur Pirwala | Punjab | 37,393 | — |
| 176 | Pabbi | North-West Frontier | 37,307 | — |
| 177 | Chak Jhumra | Punjab | 37,214 | — |
| 178 | Sāhīwāl | Punjab | 37,186 | — |
| 179 | Liāqatpur | Punjab | 37,136 | — |
| 180 | Renāla Khurd | Punjab | 37,111 | — |
| 181 | Risālpur | North-West Frontier | 37,084 | — |
| 182 | Lakki Marwat | North-West Frontier | 36,391 | — |
| 183 | Topi | North-West Frontier | 36,340 | — |
| 184 | Hangu | North-West Frontier | 36,150 | — |
| 185 | Chitral | North-West Frontier | 36,094 | — |
| 186 | Pīrjo Goth | Sind | 35,537 | — |
| 187 | Kundian | Punjab | 35,406 | — |
| 188 | Pirmahal | Punjab | 35,343 | — |
| 189 | Khurianwala | Punjab | 35,292 | — |
| 190 | Mehrābpur | Sind | 35,263 | — |
| 191 | Pindi Bhattiān | Punjab | 35,088 | — |
| 192 | Narang | Punjab | 34,778 | — |
| 193 | Malakwāl | Punjab | 34,589 | — |
| 194 | Thul | Sind | 34,472 | — |
| 195 | Pindi Gheb | Punjab | 34,301 | — |
| 196 | Zāhir Pīr | Punjab | 34,121 | — |
| 197 | Dunyāpur | Punjab | 34,044 | — |
| 198 | Gambat | Sind | 34,005 | — |
| 199 | Kashmor | Sind | 33,732 | — |
| 200 | Alīpur | Punjab | 33,601 | — |
| 201 | Naudero | Sind | 33,455 | — |
| 202 | Tordher | North-West Frontier | 33,242 | — |
| 203 | Pasni | Baluchistan | 33,110 | — |
| 204 | Sukheke | Punjab | 32,836 | — |
| 205 | Sethārja | Sind | 32,651 | — |
| 206 | Khewra | Punjab | 32,620 | — |
| 207 | Karak | North-West Frontier | 32,585 | — |
| 208 | Māmu Kānjan | Punjab | 31,914 | — |
| 209 | Sharqpur | Punjab | 31,855 | — |
| 210 | Digri | Sind | 31,842 | — |
| 211 | Bhera | Punjab | 31,781 | — |
| 212 | Sakrand | Sind | 31,630 | — |
| 213 | Tando Jam | Sind | 31,612 | — |
| 214 | Rāiwind | Punjab | 31,592 | — |
| 215 | Lāliān | Punjab | 31,355 | — |
| 216 | Khairpur Tamewali | Punjab | 30,967 | — |
| 217 | Kharan | Baluchistan | 30,841 | — |
| 218 | Chak Sarwar Shahid | Punjab | 30,659 | — |
| 219 | Khundiān | Punjab | 30,526 | — |
| 220 | Mehar | Sind | 30,429 | — |
| 221 | Khāngāh Dogrān | Punjab | 30,314 | — |
| 222 | Khairpur Nathan Shāh | Sind | 30,286 | — |
| 223 | Dir | North-West Frontier | 29,869 | — |
| 224 | Ghauspur | Sind | 29,767 | — |
| 225 | Fateh Jang | Punjab | 29,444 | — |
| 226 | Tangi | North-West Frontier | 29,444 | — |
| 227 | Utmānzai | North-West Frontier | 29,423 | — |
| 228 | Tall | North-West Frontier | 29,331 | — |
| 229 | Minchinābād | Punjab | 29,253 | — |
| 230 | Garh Mahārāja | Punjab | 29,153 | — |
| 231 | Jahānian | Punjab | 29,095 | — |
| 232 | Mastung | Baluchistan | 29,082 | — |
| 233 | Guddu | Sind | 28,890 | — |
| 234 | Khipro | Sind | 28,729 | — |
| 235 | Mānānwāla Jodh Singh | Punjab | 28,432 | — |
| 236 | Fazalpur | Punjab | 28,213 | — |
| 237 | Tulamba | Punjab | 28,151 | — |
| 238 | Kunjah | Punjab | 28,103 | — |
| 239 | Jhawāriān | Punjab | 27,893 | — |
| 240 | Nasīrābād | Sind | 27,809 | — |
| 241 | Nushki | Baluchistan | 27,680 | — |
| 242 | Sujāwal | Sind | 27,598 | — |
| 243 | Sīta Road | Sind | 27,587 | — |
| 244 | Dijkot | Punjab | 27,469 | — |
| 245 | Sillānwāli | Punjab | 27,023 | — |
| 246 | Kandiāro | Sind | 26,807 | — |
| 247 | Zaida | North-West Frontier | 26,787 | — |
| 248 | Kunri | Sind | 26,773 | — |
| 249 | Kalāt | Baluchistan | 26,701 | — |
| 250 | Dāūd Khel | Punjab | 26,395 | — |
| 251 | Mitha Tiwāna | Punjab | 26,390 | — |
| 252 | Liāqatabad | Punjab | 26,366 | — |
| 253 | Hazro | Punjab | 26,309 | — |
| 254 | Jhudo | Sind | 25,908 | — |
| 255 | Dunga Bunga | Punjab | 25,893 | — |
| 256 | Amangarh | North-West Frontier | 25,723 | — |
| 257 | Karor Lal Esan | Punjab | 25,634 | — |
| 258 | Kot Diji | Sind | 25,616 | — |
| 259 | Kalūr Kot | Punjab | 25,574 | — |
| 260 | Murree | Punjab | 25,247 | — |
| 261 | Faqīrwāli | Punjab | 25,186 | — |
| 262 | Ahmadpur Siāl | Punjab | 24,889 | — |
| 263 | Phālia | Punjab | 24,789 | — |
| 264 | Jalalpur Bhattian | Punjab | 24,743 | — |
| 265 | Trinda Sawai Khan | North-West Frontier | 24,593 | — |
| 266 | Yazmān | Punjab | 24,580 | — |
| 267 | Rāja Jang | Punjab | 24,407 | — |
| 268 | Samasatta | Punjab | 24,363 | — |
| 269 | Warburton | Punjab | 24,295 | — |
| 270 | Pishīn | Baluchistan | 24,239 | — |
| 271 | Kamīr | Punjab | 24,053 | — |
| 272 | Ūch | Punjab | 23,993 | — |
| 273 | Nawan Shehr | North-West Frontier | 23,779 | — |
| 274 | Jamke Chīma | Punjab | 23,739 | — |
| 275 | Safdarabad | Punjab | 23,656 | — |
| 276 | Chawinda | Punjab | 23,599 | — |
| 277 | Ubauro | Sind | 23,462 | — |
| 278 | Chitkan | Baluchistan | 23,454 | — |
| 279 | Mithi | Sind | 23,431 | — |
| 280 | Akora | North-West Frontier | 23,288 | — |
| 281 | Zafarwal | Punjab | 23,078 | — |
| 282 | Kot Samāba | Punjab | 22,953 | — |
| 283 | Ther I | Sind | 22,779 | — |
| 284 | Eminābād | Punjab | 22,679 | — |
| 285 | Kahuta | Punjab | 22,551 | — |
| 286 | Ranipur | Sind | 22,495 | — |
| 287 | Kulachi | North-West Frontier | 22,376 | — |
| 288 | Khanpur | Sind | 22,273 | — |
| 289 | Hingorja | Sind | 22,263 | — |
| 290 | Naukot | Sind | 22,081 | — |
| 291 | Pind Dadan Khan | Punjab | 22,001 | — |
| 292 | Kanganpur | Punjab | 21,788 | — |
| 293 | Faruka | Punjab | 21,747 | — |
| 294 | Kotli Lohārān | Punjab | 21,463 | — |
| 295 | Shāhpur Chākar | Sind | 21,446 | — |
| 296 | Talhar | Sind | 21,154 | — |
| 297 | Nawan Killi | North-West Frontier | 21,063 | — |
| 298 | Padidan | Sind | 20,919 | — |
| 299 | Kot Ghulam Mohammad | Sind | 20,897 | — |
| 300 | Shadiwal | Punjab | 20,578 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punjab | 85,579,866 |
| 2 | Sind | 35,992,288 |
| 3 | North-West Frontier | 21,163,422 |
| 4 | Baluchistan | 7,706,478 |
| 5 | Azad Kashmir | 3,865,612 |
| 6 | Federally administered Tribal Areas | 3,645,919 |
| 7 | Federal Capital Area | 1,115,396 |
| 8 | Northern Areas | 1,097,761 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.