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This is a list of the most populous metropolitan areas in Pakistan. These twenty areas are home to about 35.3 million people or about 20% of the population of Pakistan.

According to Demographia.com, population estimates are not considered reliable. Census data were reported for Karachi for 2011 in the Indian press, but there is no indication of such results from the Pakistani census authorities. No other data was reported. The last complete census was in 1998 and recent estimates have not been identified.[1]

Karachi is the largest metropolitan area of Pakistan and 5th largest in the world.

List

Rank City Image Province Population Metropolitan area
km2 (sqmi)
1 Karachi Sindh 24,300,000[2][3] 1,455 (561.8)[4]
2 Lahore Punjab 10,052,000[5] 426 (164.5)
3 Rawalpindi-Islamabad Punjab 4,700,000[6][7] 475 (183.4)
4 Faisalabad Punjab 4,075,000[8] 163 (62.9)
5 Hyderabad Sindh 3,490,000[9] 155 (59.8)
6 Multan Punjab 3,100,000[10] 133 (51.4)
7 Gujranwala Punjab 2,700,000[11] 88 (34.0)
8 Peshawar KPK 1,785,000[12] 75 (29.0)
9 Sargodha Punjab 1,550,000[13] 61 (23.6)
10 Quetta Balochistan 1,140,000[14] 66 (25.5)
11 Bahawalpur Punjab 960,000[15] 48 (18.5)
12 Sukkur Sindh 585,000[16] 47 (18.1)
13 Sialkot Punjab 580,000 47 (18.1)
14 Sheikhupura Punjab 540,000 37 (14.3)
15 Larkana Sindh 520,000 33 (12.7)
16 Jhang Punjab 372,645 38 (14.7)
17 Rahim Yar Khan Punjab 353,112 22 (8.5)
18 Mardan KPK 352,135 23 (8.9)
20 Gujrat Punjab 336,727 26 (10.0)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Population Size and Growth of Major Cities" (PDF). Demographia.com.
  2. ^ Brinkhoff, Thomas. "The Principal Agglomerations of the World". citypopulation.de. City Population. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Population explosion: Put an embargo on industrialisation in Karachi". http://tribune.com.pk. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Geography & Demography". City District Government of Karachi. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  5. ^ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
  6. ^ Frantzeskakis, J. M. "Islamabad, a town planning example for a sustainable city" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Islamabad's population touches two-million mark". The Dawn News. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  8. ^ http://citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html
  9. ^ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
  10. ^ http://pcgip.urbanunit.gov.pk/docs/ADPDocumnets/ConsolidatedMultan_ADP.pdf
  11. ^ http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/csas/PDF/V_26_No_2_9Dr.%20Asad%20Ali%20Khan.pdf
  12. ^ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
  13. ^ http://www.urbanunit.gov.pk/PublicationDocs/Punjab%20city%20profiles/Sargodha%20City%20Profile.pdf
  14. ^ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
  15. ^ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
  16. ^ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
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