Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities (original) (raw)
Provinces
The population of the provinces and the capital territory of Pakistan according to census results.
| Name | Abbr. | Status | Capital | AreaA (km²) | PopulationCensus (C)1972-09-16 | PopulationCensus (C)1981-03-01 | PopulationCensus (C)1998-03-01 | PopulationCensus (Cf)2017-03-15 | PopulationCensus (C)2023-03-01 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balochistān | BAL | Prov | Quetta | 347,190 | 2,428,678 | 4,332,376 | 6,565,885 | 12,335,129 | 14,894,402 | 34719000 | → |
| Islāmābād | ICA | Cap | Islāmābād | 906 | 237,549 | 340,286 | 805,235 | 2,003,368 | 2,363,863 | 90600 | → |
| Khyber Pakhtūnkhwā (North-West Frontier) [incl. FATA] | KHY | Prov | Peshāwar | 101,741 | 10,879,781 | 13,259,875 | 20,919,976 | 35,519,927 | 40,856,097 | 10174100 | → |
| Punjāb | PUN | Prov | Lāhore | 205,345 | 37,607,423 | 47,292,441 | 73,621,290 | 109,989,655 | 127,688,922 | 20534500 | → |
| Sindh | SIN | Prov | Karāchi | 140,914 | 14,155,909 | 19,028,666 | 30,439,893 | 47,854,510 | 55,696,147 | 14091400 | → |
| Pakistan | PAK | Islāmābād | 796,096 | 65,309,340 | 84,253,644 | 132,352,279 | 207,684,626 | 241,499,431 | → |
- The Pakistani-administered parts of Kashmir are not tabulated. Population does not include Afghan refugees living in refugee villages.
- Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Major Cities
| | Name | Adm. | PopulationCensus (C)2023-03-01 | | | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------ | ---------- | | 1 | Karāchi | SIN | 18,868,021 | | 2 | Lāhore | PUN | 13,004,135 | | 3 | Faisalābād | PUN | 3,691,999 | | 4 | Rāwalpindi | PUN | 3,357,612 | | 5 | Gujrānwāla | PUN | 2,511,118 | | 6 | Multān | PUN | 2,215,381 | | 7 | Hyderābād | SIN | 1,921,275 | | 8 | Peshāwar | KHY | 1,905,975 | | 9 | Quetta | BAL | 1,565,546 | | 10 | Islāmābād | ICA | 1,108,872 |
Contents: Cities & Municipalities
The population of all Pakistani cities and municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants according to census results.
| Name | Adm. | PopulationCensus (C)1972-09-16 | PopulationCensus (C)1981-03-01 | PopulationCensus (C)1998-03-01 | PopulationCensus (Cf)2017-03-15 | PopulationCensus (C)2023-03-01 | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbottābad (incl. Abbottābad Cantonment) | KHY | 46,719 | 65,996 | 106,101 | 207,989 | 234,395 | 0 | → |
| Ahmadpur East | PUN | 43,312 | 56,979 | 96,415 | 133,426 | 196,618 | 0 | → |
| Alīpur (incl. Ghalwan) | PUN | 8,106 | 17,592 | 28,601 | 44,504 | 123,232 | 0 | → |
| Arifwāla | PUN | 28,171 | 43,654 | 74,174 | 112,306 | 157,063 | 0 | → |
| Attock (incl. Attock Cantonment) | PUN | 29,172 | 39,986 | 69,729 | 146,783 | 176,544 | 0 | → |
| Badīn | SIN | 21,939 | 23,657 | 62,843 | 112,393 | 117,455 | 0 | → |
| Bahāwalnagar | PUN | 50,991 | 74,533 | 111,313 | 160,883 | 241,873 | 0 | → |
| Bahāwalpur (incl. Bahāwalpur Cantonment) | PUN | 133,782 | 180,263 | 408,395 | 762,774 | 903,795 | 0 | → |
| Barikot | KHY | ... | ... | ... | 94,019 | 115,045 | 0 | → |
| Bhakkar | PUN | 34,638 | 41,934 | 68,896 | 112,807 | 131,658 | 0 | → |
| Bhalwāl | PUN | 13,093 | 35,434 | 61,523 | 99,762 | 117,982 | 0 | → |
| Bolhari | SIN | ... | ... | ... | 158,239 | 169,613 | 0 | → |
| Būrewāla | PUN | 57,741 | 86,311 | 152,097 | 232,030 | 361,664 | 0 | → |
| Chakwāl | PUN | 29,143 | 43,670 | 80,508 | 138,214 | 218,356 | 0 | → |
| Chaman | BAL | 20,702 | 29,793 | 56,792 | 123,206 | 130,139 | 0 | → |
| Chārsadda | KHY | 45,555 | 62,530 | 87,218 | 114,558 | 120,170 | 0 | → |
| Chīchāwatni | PUN | 34,064 | 50,241 | 72,721 | 94,733 | 112,191 | 0 | → |
| Chinīot | PUN | 70,108 | 105,559 | 172,522 | 278,528 | 318,165 | 0 | → |
| Chishtiān | PUN | 38,496 | 61,959 | 102,287 | 149,424 | 192,403 | 0 | → |
| Dādu | SIN | 30,184 | 39,298 | 102,550 | 171,319 | 188,317 | 0 | → |
| Daska | PUN | 34,487 | 55,555 | 102,883 | 175,416 | 228,626 | 0 | → |
| Dera Ghāzi Khān | PUN | 72,343 | 102,007 | 190,542 | 397,362 | 494,464 | 0 | → |
| Dera Ismāil Khān (incl. Dera Ismāil Khān Cantonment) | KHY | 58,778 | 68,145 | 92,114 | 218,018 | 220,575 | 0 | → |
| Dera Murād Jamāli | BAL | ... | 9,133 | 38,431 | 96,316 | 106,952 | 0 | → |
| Dīpālpur (Depalpur) | PUN | 13,933 | 25,237 | 57,224 | 99,753 | 122,759 | 0 | → |
| Faisalābād (Lyallpur) [Faisalabad] | PUN | 823,343 | 1,104,209 | 2,008,861 | 3,210,158 | 3,691,999 | 0 | → |
| Fārūqābād (Chūhar Kāna) [Farooqabad] | PUN | 15,146 | 34,995 | 59,015 | 77,591 | 109,717 | 0 | → |
| Fīrozwāla (Ferozewala) | PUN | ... | ... | 55,433 | 141,181 | 177,238 | 0 | → |
| Ghotki | SIN | 19,275 | 28,837 | 52,823 | 111,398 | 119,879 | 0 | → |
| Gojra | PUN | 41,975 | 68,000 | 117,892 | 174,831 | 214,349 | 0 | → |
| Gūjar Khān | PUN | 24,121 | 33,920 | 57,099 | 90,149 | 103,284 | 0 | → |
| Gujrānwāla [Gujranwala] | PUN | 323,880 | 600,993 | 1,132,509 | 2,028,421 | 2,511,118 | 0 | → |
| Gujrānwāla Cantonment | PUN | 36,598 | 57,760 | 93,093 | 136,919 | 156,929 | 0 | → |
| Gujrāt | PUN | 100,333 | 155,058 | 251,792 | 390,758 | 574,240 | 0 | → |
| Hāfizābād | PUN | 61,597 | 83,464 | 133,678 | 245,751 | 318,621 | 0 | → |
| Hārūnābād [Haroonabad] | PUN | 35,189 | 42,590 | 62,878 | 107,680 | 149,679 | 0 | → |
| Hāsilpur | PUN | 15,742 | 37,026 | 71,295 | 115,613 | 168,146 | 0 | → |
| Haveli Lakha (Haveli L. Wasawewala) | PUN | 18,276 | 27,633 | 52,207 | 78,257 | 122,389 | 0 | → |
| Hub | BAL | ... | 4,249 | 62,763 | 177,823 | 195,661 | 0 | → |
| Hyderābād (incl. Hyderābād Cantonment, Qasimabad) [Hyderabad] | SIN | 628,631 | 751,529 | 1,166,894 | 1,733,622 | 1,921,275 | 0 | → |
| Islāmābād | ICA | 76,641 | 204,364 | 529,180 | 1,009,003 | 1,108,872 | 0 | → |
| Jacobābād | SIN | 57,596 | 79,365 | 138,780 | 191,098 | 219,315 | 0 | → |
| Jalālpur Jattān | PUN | 23,459 | 29,590 | 69,395 | 96,210 | 146,743 | 0 | → |
| Jāmpur | PUN | 19,944 | 27,949 | 52,516 | 87,857 | 155,243 | 0 | → |
| Jarānwāla | PUN | 46,494 | 69,459 | 106,985 | 150,699 | 170,872 | 0 | → |
| Jatoi | PUN | 8,068 | 21,422 | 38,986 | 109,538 | 155,196 | 0 | → |
| Jauharābād | PUN | 14,681 | 18,742 | 40,175 | 91,357 | 113,188 | 0 | → |
| Jhang | PUN | 131,843 | 195,558 | 293,366 | 414,309 | 606,533 | 0 | → |
| Jhelum (incl. Jhelum Cantonment) | PUN | 70,157 | 106,462 | 147,392 | 190,471 | 312,426 | 0 | → |
| Kabal | KHY | ... | ... | ... | 117,973 | 132,549 | 0 | → |
| Kamālia | PUN | 50,934 | 61,107 | 97,324 | 135,674 | 166,617 | 0 | → |
| Kambar Ali Khān | SIN | 18,476 | 25,885 | 58,369 | 100,970 | 112,313 | 0 | → |
| Kāmoke | PUN | 50,257 | 71,097 | 152,288 | 248,814 | 292,023 | 0 | → |
| Karāchi (incl. cantonments) [Karachi] | SIN | 3,515,402 | 5,208,132 | 9,339,023 | 14,884,402 | 18,868,021 | 0 | → |
| Kasūr | PUN | 101,295 | 155,523 | 245,321 | 358,296 | 510,875 | 0 | → |
| Khaīrpur | SIN | 48,299 | 61,447 | 105,637 | 183,120 | 191,044 | 0 | → |
| Khānewāl | PUN | 67,746 | 89,090 | 133,986 | 249,916 | 281,890 | 0 | → |
| Khānpur | PUN | 49,235 | 70,589 | 120,382 | 184,374 | 247,170 | 0 | → |
| Khāriān (incl. Khāriān Cantonment) | PUN | 21,306 | 51,506 | 73,627 | 87,569 | 103,036 | 0 | → |
| Khushāb | PUN | 43,391 | 56,274 | 87,859 | 119,426 | 139,905 | 0 | → |
| Khuzdār | BAL | 3,362 | 30,887 | 91,057 | 182,444 | 218,112 | 0 | → |
| Kohāt (incl. Kohāt Cantonment) | KHY | 65,202 | 77,604 | 126,627 | 228,555 | 235,880 | 0 | → |
| Kot Abdul Malik | PUN | ... | ... | 63,525 | 143,099 | 162,030 | 0 | → |
| Kot Addu | PUN | 21,409 | 37,479 | 80,720 | 129,859 | 142,161 | 0 | → |
| Kot Rādha Kishan | PUN | 14,468 | 24,969 | 39,555 | 58,894 | 102,057 | 0 | → |
| Kotri | SIN | 29,746 | 39,390 | 62,085 | 101,124 | 106,615 | 0 | → |
| Lāhore (incl. cantonments, Kahna Nau, Raiwind) [Lahore] | PUN | 2,198,890 | 2,988,486 | 5,209,088 | 11,119,985 | 13,004,135 | 0 | → |
| Lāla Mūsa | PUN | 35,430 | 46,626 | 59,996 | 91,566 | 121,036 | 0 | → |
| Lārkāna | SIN | 71,893 | 123,890 | 270,283 | 488,006 | 551,716 | 0 | → |
| Layyah (Leiah) | PUN | 33,549 | 51,482 | 72,319 | 126,055 | 151,274 | 0 | → |
| Lodhrān | PUN | 14,232 | 21,791 | 65,501 | 117,762 | 144,512 | 0 | → |
| Ludhewāla Warāich | PUN | ... | ... | 33,928 | 92,020 | 100,331 | 0 | → |
| Mailsi | PUN | 21,318 | 33,652 | 55,434 | 82,322 | 125,431 | 0 | → |
| Mandi Bahāuddīn | PUN | 36,172 | 44,796 | 99,496 | 198,643 | 232,361 | 0 | → |
| Mānsehra | KHY | 19,865 | 27,843 | 49,534 | 127,645 | 137,278 | 0 | → |
| Mardān (incl. Mardān Cantonment) | KHY | 115,194 | 147,977 | 245,926 | 359,024 | 368,302 | 0 | → |
| Miān Channū | PUN | 31,935 | 40,609 | 64,859 | 90,157 | 140,112 | 0 | → |
| Miānwāli | PUN | 48,304 | 59,159 | 80,171 | 118,865 | 129,500 | 0 | → |
| Mingora (Mingawara) | KHY | 51,117 | 88,078 | 173,868 | 331,377 | 361,112 | 0 | → |
| Mīrpur Khās | SIN | 81,965 | 124,371 | 189,671 | 234,133 | 267,833 | 0 | → |
| Moro | SIN | 19,132 | 30,340 | 61,033 | 95,448 | 142,685 | 0 | → |
| Multān (incl. Multān Cantonment) [Multan] | PUN | 538,949 | 732,070 | 1,197,384 | 1,872,641 | 2,215,381 | 0 | → |
| Murīdke | PUN | 18,507 | 35,419 | 111,951 | 167,082 | 254,291 | 0 | → |
| Muzaffargarh | PUN | 24,736 | 53,192 | 123,404 | 209,902 | 235,541 | 0 | → |
| Nārowāl | PUN | 22,174 | 35,125 | 57,052 | 103,128 | 130,692 | 0 | → |
| Nawābshāh | SIN | 81,045 | 102,139 | 189,244 | 279,338 | 363,138 | 0 | → |
| Nowshera (incl. Nowshera Kalān, Nowshera Cantonment) | KHY | 55,916 | 74,913 | 89,813 | 120,275 | 122,953 | 0 | → |
| Okāra | PUN | 84,334 | 127,455 | 201,815 | 358,146 | 533,693 | 0 | → |
| Pākpattan | PUN | 42,028 | 69,820 | 109,033 | 176,686 | 221,280 | 0 | → |
| Panjgur (incl. Chitkān, Tasp, Washbood) | BAL | 9,879 | 9,495 | 21,297 | 80,411 | 157,693 | 0 | → |
| Pasrūr | PUN | 19,647 | 26,087 | 45,747 | 82,457 | 102,717 | 0 | → |
| Pattoki | PUN | 20,006 | 34,963 | 58,961 | 87,757 | 113,735 | 0 | → |
| Peshāwar (incl. Peshāwar Cantonment, Peshāwar University) [Peshawar] | KHY | 272,697 | 566,248 | 982,816 | 1,969,823 | 1,905,975 | 0 | → |
| Phūlnagar (Bhāi Pheru) [Phool Nagar] | PUN | 19,404 | 30,140 | 56,113 | 92,842 | 114,530 | 0 | → |
| Pishīn | BAL | 10,068 | 14,715 | 22,955 | 35,547 | 107,646 | 0 | → |
| Quetta | BAL | 158,026 | 285,719 | 565,137 | 999,385 | 1,565,546 | 0 | → |
| Rahīmyār Khān | PUN | 74,262 | 119,036 | 233,537 | 420,963 | 519,261 | 0 | → |
| Rājanpur | PUN | 10,011 | 18,789 | 43,643 | 99,097 | 137,553 | 0 | → |
| Rāwalpindi (incl. Rāwalpindi Cantonment) [Rawalpindi] | PUN | 614,809 | 794,843 | 1,409,768 | 2,097,824 | 3,357,612 | 0 | → |
| Renāla Khurd | PUN | 11,799 | 18,287 | 32,337 | 54,160 | 100,054 | 0 | → |
| Sādiqābād | PUN | 37,121 | 63,935 | 144,391 | 238,313 | 274,210 | 0 | → |
| Sāhīwal | PUN | 106,648 | 150,954 | 208,778 | 388,795 | 538,344 | 0 | → |
| Sambriāl | PUN | 14,300 | 24,432 | 49,574 | 109,438 | 119,571 | 0 | → |
| Samundri | PUN | 13,642 | 30,849 | 54,908 | 156,938 | 186,371 | 0 | → |
| Sāngla Hill | PUN | 25,411 | 33,771 | 50,368 | 61,498 | 103,709 | 0 | → |
| Sargodha (incl. Sargodha Cantonment) | PUN | 200,460 | 291,362 | 458,440 | 658,208 | 975,886 | 0 | → |
| Shabqadar | KHY | 25,630 | 30,881 | 55,439 | 91,490 | 102,340 | 0 | → |
| Shāhdādkot | SIN | 24,323 | 32,888 | 60,436 | 118,935 | 120,687 | 0 | → |
| Shāhdādpur | SIN | 29,180 | 42,107 | 62,655 | 99,667 | 113,342 | 0 | → |
| Shakargarh | PUN | 20,201 | 25,484 | 50,747 | 81,643 | 126,742 | 0 | → |
| Sheikhūpura | PUN | 80,560 | 141,168 | 280,263 | 473,269 | 591,424 | 0 | → |
| Shikārpur | SIN | 70,924 | 88,138 | 134,883 | 196,158 | 204,938 | 0 | → |
| Shujābād | PUN | 24,422 | 37,810 | 57,409 | 80,098 | 151,115 | 0 | → |
| Siālkot (incl. Siālkot Cantonment) | PUN | 203,650 | 302,009 | 421,502 | 656,730 | 911,817 | 0 | → |
| Sukkur | SIN | 158,781 | 190,551 | 335,551 | 500,401 | 563,851 | 0 | → |
| Swābi | KHY | 37,292 | 46,344 | 80,157 | 123,402 | 156,496 | 0 | → |
| Tando Ādam | SIN | 49,747 | 62,744 | 104,907 | 152,025 | 174,291 | 0 | → |
| Tando Allāhyār | SIN | 26,314 | 30,647 | 85,812 | 162,826 | 171,185 | 0 | → |
| Tando Muhammad Khān | SIN | 39,003 | 41,757 | 65,396 | 101,868 | 114,406 | 0 | → |
| Taunsa (Taunsa Sharif) | PUN | 13,439 | 19,934 | 38,297 | 97,193 | 115,704 | 0 | → |
| Taxila (incl. Taxila Cantonment) | PUN | ... | 38,374 | 71,882 | 122,013 | 136,900 | 0 | → |
| Toba Tek Singh | PUN | 28,028 | 37,844 | 59,938 | 87,246 | 123,102 | 0 | → |
| Turbat | BAL | 27,671 | 52,337 | 68,603 | 213,831 | 268,625 | 0 | → |
| Umerkot | SIN | 8,381 | 13,742 | 35,559 | 134,196 | 144,558 | 0 | → |
| Vehāri | PUN | 28,246 | 53,799 | 94,343 | 145,647 | 210,288 | 0 | → |
| Wāh Cantonment | PUN | 107,510 | 122,335 | 198,891 | 379,534 | 400,733 | 0 | → |
| Wazīrābād | PUN | 40,063 | 62,725 | 90,197 | 128,096 | 152,624 | 0 | → |
- Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.