List of cities in Pakistan by population
This is a list of the most populous cities of Pakistan and all are estimated figures because no census has been held after 1998. The next census is expected to be held in 2016/2017.[citation needed] Cities include adjacent cantonments.
| Rank | City | Population (2015)[1] |
Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karachi | 23,000,000[2] | Sindh |
| 2 | Lahore | 10,052,000 | Punjab |
| 3 | Faisalabad | 6,480,675[3] | Punjab |
| 4 | Rawalpindi | 3,510,000 | Punjab |
| 5 | Hyderabad | 3,300,000[4] | Sindh |
| 6 | Peshawar | 3,201,000 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 7 | Multan | 3,117,000[5] | Punjab |
| 8 | Gujranwala | 2,723,009[6] | Punjab |
| 9 | Islamabad | 2,010,000 | Islamabad Capital Territory |
| 10 | Quetta | 1,600,000[7] | Balochistan |
| 11 | Sargodha | 1,500,000[8] | Punjab |
| 12 | Bahawalpur | 1,074,000 | Punjab |
| 13 | Sialkot | 600,440[9] | Punjab |
| 14 | Sukkur | 570,551 | Sindh |
| 15 | Jhang | 523,366 | Punjab |
| 16 | Sheikhupura | 520,263 | Punjab |
| 16 | Larkana | 500,000 | Sindh |
| 18 | Gujrat | 488,792 | Punjab |
| 19 | Mardan | 455,926 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 20 | Kasur | 445,321 | Punjab |
| 21 | Rahim Yar Khan | 433,537 | Punjab |
| 22 | Sahiwal | 398,778 | Punjab |
| 23 | Okara | 377,815 | Punjab |
References
- ^ "Population size and growth of major cities" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 1998.
- ^ http://citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html
- ^ http://phonebookoftheworld.com/faisalabad
- ^ http://www.pap.org.pk/files/statisticalprofile.pdf
- ^ http://pcgip.urbanunit.gov.pk/docs/ADPDocumnets/ConsolidatedMultan_ADP.pdf
- ^ http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/csas/PDF/V_26_No_2_9Dr.%20Asad%20Ali%20Khan.pdf
- ^ https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/commoner/2274401905/in/set-72157623310367321/>
- ^ http://www.urbanunit.gov.pk/PublicationDocs/Punjab%20city%20profiles/Sargodha%20City%20Profile.pdf
- ^ http://www.pakistantravelforum.com/threads/sialkot.45/