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Provinces

The population of the provinces and the capital territory of Pakistan according to census results.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1972-09-16	Population Census (C) 1981-03-01	Population Census (C) 1998-03-01	Population Census (Cf) 2017-03-15	Population Census (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.	Population Census (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.	Population Census (C) 1972-09-16	Population Census (C) 1981-03-01	Population Census (C) 1998-03-01	Population Census (Cf) 2017-03-15	Population Census (C) 2023-03-01
Abbottābad (incl. Abbottābad Cantonment)	KHY	46,719	65,996	106,101	207,989	234,395	→
Ahmadpur East	PUN	43,312	56,979	96,415	133,426	196,618	→
Alīpur (incl. Ghalwan)	PUN	8,106	17,592	28,601	44,504	123,232	→
Arifwāla	PUN	28,171	43,654	74,174	112,306	157,063	→
Attock (incl. Attock Cantonment)	PUN	29,172	39,986	69,729	146,783	176,544	→
Badīn	SIN	21,939	23,657	62,843	112,393	117,455	→
Bahāwalnagar	PUN	50,991	74,533	111,313	160,883	241,873	→
Bahāwalpur (incl. Bahāwalpur Cantonment)	PUN	133,782	180,263	408,395	762,774	903,795	→
Barikot	KHY	...	...	...	94,019	115,045	→
Bhakkar	PUN	34,638	41,934	68,896	112,807	131,658	→
Bhalwāl	PUN	13,093	35,434	61,523	99,762	117,982	→
Bolhari	SIN	...	...	...	158,239	169,613	→
Būrewāla	PUN	57,741	86,311	152,097	232,030	361,664	→
Chakwāl	PUN	29,143	43,670	80,508	138,214	218,356	→
Chaman	BAL	20,702	29,793	56,792	123,206	130,139	→
Chārsadda	KHY	45,555	62,530	87,218	114,558	120,170	→
Chīchāwatni	PUN	34,064	50,241	72,721	94,733	112,191	→
Chinīot	PUN	70,108	105,559	172,522	278,528	318,165	→
Chishtiān	PUN	38,496	61,959	102,287	149,424	192,403	→
Dādu	SIN	30,184	39,298	102,550	171,319	188,317	→
Daska	PUN	34,487	55,555	102,883	175,416	228,626	→
Dera Ghāzi Khān	PUN	72,343	102,007	190,542	397,362	494,464	→
Dera Ismāil Khān (incl. Dera Ismāil Khān Cantonment)	KHY	58,778	68,145	92,114	218,018	220,575	→
Dera Murād Jamāli	BAL	...	9,133	38,431	96,316	106,952	→
Dīpālpur (Depalpur)	PUN	13,933	25,237	57,224	99,753	122,759	→
Faisalābād (Lyallpur) [Faisalabad]	PUN	823,343	1,104,209	2,008,861	3,210,158	3,691,999	→
Fārūqābād (Chūhar Kāna) [Farooqabad]	PUN	15,146	34,995	59,015	77,591	109,717	→
Fīrozwāla (Ferozewala)	PUN	...	...	55,433	141,181	177,238	→
Ghotki	SIN	19,275	28,837	52,823	111,398	119,879	→
Gojra	PUN	41,975	68,000	117,892	174,831	214,349	→
Gūjar Khān	PUN	24,121	33,920	57,099	90,149	103,284	→
Gujrānwāla [Gujranwala]	PUN	323,880	600,993	1,132,509	2,028,421	2,511,118	→
Gujrānwāla Cantonment	PUN	36,598	57,760	93,093	136,919	156,929	→
Gujrāt	PUN	100,333	155,058	251,792	390,758	574,240	→
Hāfizābād	PUN	61,597	83,464	133,678	245,751	318,621	→
Hārūnābād [Haroonabad]	PUN	35,189	42,590	62,878	107,680	149,679	→
Hāsilpur	PUN	15,742	37,026	71,295	115,613	168,146	→
Haveli Lakha (Haveli L. Wasawewala)	PUN	18,276	27,633	52,207	78,257	122,389	→
Hub	BAL	...	4,249	62,763	177,823	195,661	→
Hyderābād (incl. Hyderābād Cantonment, Qasimabad) [Hyderabad]	SIN	628,631	751,529	1,166,894	1,733,622	1,921,275	→
Islāmābād	ICA	76,641	204,364	529,180	1,009,003	1,108,872	→
Jacobābād	SIN	57,596	79,365	138,780	191,098	219,315	→
Jalālpur Jattān	PUN	23,459	29,590	69,395	96,210	146,743	→
Jāmpur	PUN	19,944	27,949	52,516	87,857	155,243	→
Jarānwāla	PUN	46,494	69,459	106,985	150,699	170,872	→
Jatoi	PUN	8,068	21,422	38,986	109,538	155,196	→
Jauharābād	PUN	14,681	18,742	40,175	91,357	113,188	→
Jhang	PUN	131,843	195,558	293,366	414,309	606,533	→
Jhelum (incl. Jhelum Cantonment)	PUN	70,157	106,462	147,392	190,471	312,426	→
Kabal	KHY	...	...	...	117,973	132,549	→
Kamālia	PUN	50,934	61,107	97,324	135,674	166,617	→
Kambar Ali Khān	SIN	18,476	25,885	58,369	100,970	112,313	→
Kāmoke	PUN	50,257	71,097	152,288	248,814	292,023	→
Karāchi (incl. cantonments) [Karachi]	SIN	3,515,402	5,208,132	9,339,023	14,884,402	18,868,021	→
Kasūr	PUN	101,295	155,523	245,321	358,296	510,875	→
Khaīrpur	SIN	48,299	61,447	105,637	183,120	191,044	→
Khānewāl	PUN	67,746	89,090	133,986	249,916	281,890	→
Khānpur	PUN	49,235	70,589	120,382	184,374	247,170	→
Khāriān (incl. Khāriān Cantonment)	PUN	21,306	51,506	73,627	87,569	103,036	→
Khushāb	PUN	43,391	56,274	87,859	119,426	139,905	→
Khuzdār	BAL	3,362	30,887	91,057	182,444	218,112	→
Kohāt (incl. Kohāt Cantonment)	KHY	65,202	77,604	126,627	228,555	235,880	→
Kot Abdul Malik	PUN	...	...	63,525	143,099	162,030	→
Kot Addu	PUN	21,409	37,479	80,720	129,859	142,161	→
Kot Rādha Kishan	PUN	14,468	24,969	39,555	58,894	102,057	→
Kotri	SIN	29,746	39,390	62,085	101,124	106,615	→
Lāhore (incl. cantonments, Kahna Nau, Raiwind) [Lahore]	PUN	2,198,890	2,988,486	5,209,088	11,119,985	13,004,135	→
Lāla Mūsa	PUN	35,430	46,626	59,996	91,566	121,036	→
Lārkāna	SIN	71,893	123,890	270,283	488,006	551,716	→
Layyah (Leiah)	PUN	33,549	51,482	72,319	126,055	151,274	→
Lodhrān	PUN	14,232	21,791	65,501	117,762	144,512	→
Ludhewāla Warāich	PUN	...	...	33,928	92,020	100,331	→
Mailsi	PUN	21,318	33,652	55,434	82,322	125,431	→
Mandi Bahāuddīn	PUN	36,172	44,796	99,496	198,643	232,361	→
Mānsehra	KHY	19,865	27,843	49,534	127,645	137,278	→
Mardān (incl. Mardān Cantonment)	KHY	115,194	147,977	245,926	359,024	368,302	→
Miān Channū	PUN	31,935	40,609	64,859	90,157	140,112	→
Miānwāli	PUN	48,304	59,159	80,171	118,865	129,500	→
Mingora (Mingawara)	KHY	51,117	88,078	173,868	331,377	361,112	→
Mīrpur Khās	SIN	81,965	124,371	189,671	234,133	267,833	→
Moro	SIN	19,132	30,340	61,033	95,448	142,685	→
Multān (incl. Multān Cantonment) [Multan]	PUN	538,949	732,070	1,197,384	1,872,641	2,215,381	→
Murīdke	PUN	18,507	35,419	111,951	167,082	254,291	→
Muzaffargarh	PUN	24,736	53,192	123,404	209,902	235,541	→
Nārowāl	PUN	22,174	35,125	57,052	103,128	130,692	→
Nawābshāh	SIN	81,045	102,139	189,244	279,338	363,138	→
Nowshera (incl. Nowshera Kalān, Nowshera Cantonment)	KHY	55,916	74,913	89,813	120,275	122,953	→
Okāra	PUN	84,334	127,455	201,815	358,146	533,693	→
Pākpattan	PUN	42,028	69,820	109,033	176,686	221,280	→
Panjgur (incl. Chitkān, Tasp, Washbood)	BAL	9,879	9,495	21,297	80,411	157,693	→
Pasrūr	PUN	19,647	26,087	45,747	82,457	102,717	→
Pattoki	PUN	20,006	34,963	58,961	87,757	113,735	→
Peshāwar (incl. Peshāwar Cantonment, Peshāwar University) [Peshawar]	KHY	272,697	566,248	982,816	1,969,823	1,905,975	→
Phūlnagar (Bhāi Pheru) [Phool Nagar]	PUN	19,404	30,140	56,113	92,842	114,530	→
Pishīn	BAL	10,068	14,715	22,955	35,547	107,646	→
Quetta	BAL	158,026	285,719	565,137	999,385	1,565,546	→
Rahīmyār Khān	PUN	74,262	119,036	233,537	420,963	519,261	→
Rājanpur	PUN	10,011	18,789	43,643	99,097	137,553	→
Rāwalpindi (incl. Rāwalpindi Cantonment) [Rawalpindi]	PUN	614,809	794,843	1,409,768	2,097,824	3,357,612	→
Renāla Khurd	PUN	11,799	18,287	32,337	54,160	100,054	→
Sādiqābād	PUN	37,121	63,935	144,391	238,313	274,210	→
Sāhīwal	PUN	106,648	150,954	208,778	388,795	538,344	→
Sambriāl	PUN	14,300	24,432	49,574	109,438	119,571	→
Samundri	PUN	13,642	30,849	54,908	156,938	186,371	→
Sāngla Hill	PUN	25,411	33,771	50,368	61,498	103,709	→
Sargodha (incl. Sargodha Cantonment)	PUN	200,460	291,362	458,440	658,208	975,886	→
Shabqadar	KHY	25,630	30,881	55,439	91,490	102,340	→
Shāhdādkot	SIN	24,323	32,888	60,436	118,935	120,687	→
Shāhdādpur	SIN	29,180	42,107	62,655	99,667	113,342	→
Shakargarh	PUN	20,201	25,484	50,747	81,643	126,742	→
Sheikhūpura	PUN	80,560	141,168	280,263	473,269	591,424	→
Shikārpur	SIN	70,924	88,138	134,883	196,158	204,938	→
Shujābād	PUN	24,422	37,810	57,409	80,098	151,115	→
Siālkot (incl. Siālkot Cantonment)	PUN	203,650	302,009	421,502	656,730	911,817	→
Sukkur	SIN	158,781	190,551	335,551	500,401	563,851	→
Swābi	KHY	37,292	46,344	80,157	123,402	156,496	→
Tando Ādam	SIN	49,747	62,744	104,907	152,025	174,291	→
Tando Allāhyār	SIN	26,314	30,647	85,812	162,826	171,185	→
Tando Muhammad Khān	SIN	39,003	41,757	65,396	101,868	114,406	→
Taunsa (Taunsa Sharif)	PUN	13,439	19,934	38,297	97,193	115,704	→
Taxila (incl. Taxila Cantonment)	PUN	...	38,374	71,882	122,013	136,900	→
Toba Tek Singh	PUN	28,028	37,844	59,938	87,246	123,102	→
Turbat	BAL	27,671	52,337	68,603	213,831	268,625	→
Umerkot	SIN	8,381	13,742	35,559	134,196	144,558	→
Vehāri	PUN	28,246	53,799	94,343	145,647	210,288	→
Wāh Cantonment	PUN	107,510	122,335	198,891	379,534	400,733	→
Wazīrābād	PUN	40,063	62,725	90,197	128,096	152,624	→

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.