Pakistan: cities by population
Pakistan has a population of 212,215,030, with Islamabad as its capital. The 50 largest of its 533 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lahore | Punjab | 13,004,135 |
| 2 | Karachi | Sindh | 11,624,219 |
| 3 | Peshawar | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 4,758,762 |
| 4 | Faisalabad | Punjab | 3,800,193 |
| 5 | Rawalpindi | Punjab | 3,357,612 |
| 6 | Gujranwala | Punjab | 2,511,118 |
| 7 | Multan | Punjab | 2,169,915 |
| 8 | Hyderabad | Sindh | 1,921,275 |
| 9 | Quetta | Balochistan | 1,565,546 |
| 10 | Bannu | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 1,357,890 |
| 11 | Sargodha | Punjab | 975,886 |
| 12 | Sialkot | Punjab | 911,817 |
| 13 | Bahawalpur | Punjab | 903,795 |
| 14 | Arifwala | Punjab | 854,462 |
| 15 | Dera Ismail Khan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 763,195 |
| 16 | Muzaffarābād | Azad Kashmir | 725,000 |
| 17 | Battagram | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 700,000 |
| 18 | Chunian | Punjab | 634,236 |
| 19 | Jhang Sadr | Punjab | 606,533 |
| 20 | Islamabad | Islamabad | 601,600 |
| 21 | Shekhupura | Punjab | 591,424 |
| 22 | Gujrat | Punjab | 574,240 |
| 23 | Sukkur | Sindh | 563,851 |
| 24 | Sahiwal | Punjab | 538,344 |
| 25 | Sahiwal | Punjab | 538,344 |
| 26 | Okara | Punjab | 533,693 |
| 27 | Rahim Yar Khan | Punjab | 517,000 |
| 28 | Kasur | Punjab | 510,875 |
| 29 | Jalalpur Pirwala | Punjab | 500,000 |
| 30 | Dera Ghazi Khan | Punjab | 494,464 |
| 31 | Pindi Bhattian | Punjab | 493,222 |
| 32 | Tando Bago | Sindh | 426,535 |
| 33 | Tando Allahyar | Sindh | 421,923 |
| 34 | Chak Jhumra | Punjab | 385,169 |
| 35 | Bhawana | Punjab | 373,841 |
| 36 | Larkana | Sindh | 364,033 |
| 37 | Nawabshah | Sindh | 363,138 |
| 38 | Burewala | Punjab | 361,664 |
| 39 | Mingora | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 361,112 |
| 40 | Sinjhoro | Sindh | 354,709 |
| 41 | Hafizabad | Punjab | 318,621 |
| 42 | Chiniot | Punjab | 318,165 |
| 43 | Mardan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 300,424 |
| 44 | Kamoke | Punjab | 292,023 |
| 45 | Abbottabad | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 275,890 |
| 46 | Saddiqabad | Punjab | 274,210 |
| 47 | Mirpur Khas | Sindh | 267,833 |
| 48 | Skardu | Gilgit-Baltistan | 260,000 |
| 49 | Muridke | Punjab | 254,291 |
| 50 | Shahkot | Punjab | 244,868 |
Twenty years earlier: Pakistan in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 160,166,742.