Peshawar has a population of 4,758,762, making it the 3rd largest place we list in Pakistan. It is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Peshawar holds 1.8% of Pakistan's 259,299,791 people. Lahore, the largest place we list there, is 2.7 times its size.
4,758,762
population
#3
in Pakistan
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Lahore | Punjab | 13,004,135 |
| Karachi | Sindh | 11,624,219 |
| Faisalabad | Punjab | 3,800,193 |
| Rawalpindi | Punjab | 3,357,612 |
| Gujranwala | Punjab | 2,511,118 |
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 UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.