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🌆 Largest Cities in Pakistan

The 100 most populous Pakistani cities at the 2023 census.

📅 2023📏 people100 entries🇵🇰 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 73,531,299 (100 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank. The smallest 60 are merged into one grey tile.
1
KarachiSindh
18,868,021
2
LahorePunjab
13,004,135
3
FaisalabadPunjab
3,691,999
4
RawalpindiPunjab
3,357,612
5
GujranwalaPunjab
2,511,118
6
MultanPunjab
2,215,381
7
HyderabadSindh
1,921,275
8
PeshawarKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
1,905,975
9
QuettaBalochistan
1,565,546
10
IslamabadIslamabad Capital Territory
1,108,872
11
SargodhaPunjab
975,886
12
SialkotPunjab
911,817
13
BahawalpurPunjab
903,795
14
JhangPunjab
606,533
15
SheikhupuraPunjab
591,424
16
GujratPunjab
574,240
17
SukkurSindh
563,851
18
LarkanaSindh
551,716
19
SahiwalPunjab
538,344
20
OkaraPunjab
533,693
21
Rahim Yar KhanPunjab
519,261
22
KasurPunjab
510,875
23
Dera Ghazi KhanPunjab
494,464
24
Wah CantonmentPunjab
400,733
25
MardanKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
368,302
26
NawabshahSindh
363,138
27
BurewalaPunjab
361,664
28
MingoraKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
361,112
29
HafizabadPunjab
318,621
30
ChiniotPunjab
318,165
31
JhelumPunjab
312,426
32
KāmokePunjab
292,023
33
KhanewalPunjab
281,890
34
SadiqabadPunjab
274,210
35
TurbatBalochistan
268,625
36
Mirpur KhasSindh
267,833
37
MuridkePunjab
254,291
38
KhanpurPunjab
247,170
39
BahawalnagarPunjab
241,873
40
KohatKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
235,880
41
MuzaffargarhPunjab
235,541
42
AbbottabadKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
234,395
43
Mandi BahauddinPunjab
232,361
44
DaskaPunjab
228,626
45
PakpattanPunjab
221,280
46
Dera Ismail KhanKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
220,575
47
JacobabadSindh
219,315
48
ChakwalPunjab
218,356
49
KhuzdarBalochistan
218,112
50
GojraPunjab
214,349
51
VehariPunjab
210,288
52
ShikarpurSindh
204,938
53
Ahmedpur EastPunjab
196,618
54
HubBalochistan
195,661
55
ChishtianPunjab
192,403
56
KhairpurSindh
191,044
57
DaduSindh
188,317
58
SamundriPunjab
186,371
59
FerozwalaPunjab
177,238
60
AttockPunjab
176,544
61
Tando AdamSindh
174,291
62
Tando AllahyarSindh
171,185
63
JaranwalaPunjab
170,872
64
BholariSindh
169,613
65
HasilpurPunjab
168,146
66
KamaliaPunjab
166,617
67
Kot Abdul MalikPunjab
162,030
68
PanjgurBalochistan
157,693
69
Arif WalaPunjab
157,063
70
Gujranwala CantonmentPunjab
156,929
71
SwabiKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
156,496
72
JampurPunjab
155,243
73
JatoiPunjab
155,196
74
WazirabadPunjab
152,624
75
LayyahPunjab
151,274
76
ShujabadPunjab
151,115
77
HaroonabadPunjab
149,679
78
Jalalpur JattanPunjab
146,743
79
UmerkotSindh
144,558
80
LodhranPunjab
144,512
81
MoroSindh
142,685
82
Kot AdduPunjab
142,161
83
Mian ChannuPunjab
140,112
84
KhushabPunjab
139,905
85
RajanpurPunjab
137,553
86
MansehraKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
137,278
87
TaxilaPunjab
136,900
88
KabalKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
132,549
89
BhakkarPunjab
131,658
90
NarowalPunjab
130,692
91
ChamanBalochistan
130,139
92
MianwaliPunjab
129,500
93
ShakargarhPunjab
126,742
94
MailsiPunjab
125,431
95
NowsheraKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
122,953
96
DipalpurPunjab
122,759
97
Haveli LakhaPunjab
122,389
98
Lala MusaPunjab
121,036
99
ShahdadkotSindh
120,687
100
CharsaddaKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
120,170

Highlights

Within Pakistan, Karachi ranks first in 2023 with 18,868,021, followed by Lahore (13,004,135) and Faisalabad (3,691,999).

Across 100 entries, values run from 18,868,021 (Karachi) to 120,170 (Charsadda), with a median of 212,319.

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, 2023 census (via Wikipedia), 2023. Unit: people.

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, 2023 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026