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 | |||
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Pakistan | PAK | Islāmābād | 796,096 | 65,309,340 | 84,253,644 | 132,352,279 | 207,684,626 | 241,499,431 | → | |||
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 | → |
- 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 (Cf) 2017-03-15 | |
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1 | Karāchi | SIN | 14,884,402 |
2 | Lāhore | PUN | 11,119,985 |
3 | Faisalābād | PUN | 3,210,158 |
4 | Rāwalpindi | PUN | 2,097,824 |
5 | Gujrānwāla | PUN | 2,028,421 |
6 | Peshāwar | KHY | 1,969,823 |
7 | Multān | PUN | 1,872,641 |
8 | Hyderābād | SIN | 1,733,622 |
9 | Islāmābād | ICA | 1,009,003 |
10 | Quetta | BAL | 999,385 |
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 | Area | ||
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Abbottābad (incl. Abbottābad Cantonment) | KHY | 46,719 | 65,996 | 106,101 | 207,989 | 0 | → | |
Ahmadpur East | PUN | 43,312 | 56,979 | 96,415 | 133,426 | 0 | → | |
Arifwāla | PUN | 28,171 | 43,654 | 74,174 | 112,306 | 0 | → | |
Attock (incl. Attock Cantonment) | PUN | 29,172 | 39,986 | 69,729 | 146,783 | 0 | → | |
Badīn | SIN | 21,939 | 23,657 | 62,843 | 112,393 | 0 | → | |
Bahāwalnagar | PUN | 50,991 | 74,533 | 111,313 | 160,883 | 0 | → | |
Bahāwalpur (incl. Bahāwalpur Cantonment) | PUN | 133,782 | 180,263 | 408,395 | 762,774 | 0 | → | |
Bhakkar | PUN | 34,638 | 41,934 | 68,896 | 112,807 | 0 | → | |
Bolhari | SIN | ... | ... | ... | 158,239 | 0 | → | |
Būrewāla | PUN | 57,741 | 86,311 | 152,097 | 232,030 | 0 | → | |
Chakwāl | PUN | 29,143 | 43,670 | 80,508 | 138,214 | 0 | → | |
Chaman | BAL | 20,702 | 29,793 | 56,792 | 123,206 | 0 | → | |
Chārsadda | KHY | 45,555 | 62,530 | 87,218 | 114,558 | 0 | → | |
Chinīot | PUN | 70,108 | 105,559 | 172,522 | 278,528 | 0 | → | |
Chishtiān | PUN | 38,496 | 61,959 | 102,287 | 149,424 | 0 | → | |
Dādu | SIN | 30,184 | 39,298 | 102,550 | 171,319 | 0 | → | |
Daska | PUN | 34,487 | 55,555 | 102,883 | 175,416 | 0 | → | |
Dera Ghāzi Khān | PUN | 72,343 | 102,007 | 190,542 | 397,362 | 0 | → | |
Dera Ismāil Khān (incl. Dera Ismāil Khān Cantonment) | KHY | 58,778 | 68,145 | 92,114 | 218,018 | 0 | → | |
Faisalābād (Lyallpur) [Faisalabad] | PUN | 823,343 | 1,104,209 | 2,008,861 | 3,210,158 | 0 | → | |
Fīrozwāla (Ferozewala) | PUN | ... | ... | 55,433 | 141,181 | 0 | → | |
Ghotki | SIN | 19,275 | 28,837 | 52,823 | 111,398 | 0 | → | |
Gojra | PUN | 41,975 | 68,000 | 117,892 | 174,831 | 0 | → | |
Gujrānwāla [Gujranwala] | PUN | 323,880 | 600,993 | 1,132,509 | 2,028,421 | 0 | → | |
Gujrānwāla Cantonment | PUN | 36,598 | 57,760 | 93,093 | 136,919 | 0 | → | |
Gujrāt | PUN | 100,333 | 155,058 | 251,792 | 390,758 | 0 | → | |
Hāfizābād | PUN | 61,597 | 83,464 | 133,678 | 245,751 | 0 | → | |
Hārūnābād [Haroonabad] | PUN | 35,189 | 42,590 | 62,878 | 107,680 | 0 | → | |
Hāsilpur | PUN | 15,742 | 37,026 | 71,295 | 115,613 | 0 | → | |
Hub | BAL | ... | 4,249 | 62,763 | 177,823 | 0 | → | |
Hyderābād (incl. Hyderābād Cantonment, Qasimabad) [Hyderabad] | SIN | 628,631 | 751,529 | 1,166,894 | 1,733,622 | 0 | → | |
Islāmābād | ICA | 76,641 | 204,364 | 529,180 | 1,009,003 | 0 | → | |
Jacobābād | SIN | 57,596 | 79,365 | 138,780 | 191,098 | 0 | → | |
Jarānwāla | PUN | 46,494 | 69,459 | 106,985 | 150,699 | 0 | → | |
Jatoi | PUN | 8,068 | 21,422 | 38,986 | 109,538 | 0 | → | |
Jhang | PUN | 131,843 | 195,558 | 293,366 | 414,309 | 0 | → | |
Jhelum (incl. Jhelum Cantonment) | PUN | 70,157 | 106,462 | 147,392 | 190,471 | 0 | → | |
Kabal | KHY | ... | ... | ... | 117,973 | 0 | → | |
Kamālia | PUN | 50,934 | 61,107 | 97,324 | 135,674 | 0 | → | |
Kambar Ali Khān | SIN | 18,476 | 25,885 | 58,369 | 100,970 | 0 | → | |
Kāmoki | PUN | 50,257 | 71,097 | 152,288 | 248,814 | 0 | → | |
Kandhkot | SIN | 21,946 | 31,948 | 67,566 | 100,850 | 0 | → | |
Karāchi (incl. cantonments) [Karachi] | SIN | 3,515,402 | 5,208,132 | 9,339,023 | 14,884,402 | 0 | → | |
Kasūr | PUN | 101,295 | 155,523 | 245,321 | 358,296 | 0 | → | |
Khaīrpur | SIN | 48,299 | 61,447 | 105,637 | 183,120 | 0 | → | |
Khānewāl | PUN | 67,746 | 89,090 | 133,986 | 249,916 | 0 | → | |
Khānpur | PUN | 49,235 | 70,589 | 120,382 | 184,374 | 0 | → | |
Khushāb | PUN | 43,391 | 56,274 | 87,859 | 119,426 | 0 | → | |
Khuzdār | BAL | 3,362 | 30,887 | 91,057 | 182,444 | 0 | → | |
Kohāt (incl. Kohāt Cantonment) | KHY | 65,202 | 77,604 | 126,627 | 228,555 | 0 | → | |
Kot Abdul Malik | PUN | ... | ... | 63,525 | 143,099 | 0 | → | |
Kot Addu | PUN | 21,409 | 37,479 | 80,720 | 129,859 | 0 | → | |
Kotri | SIN | 29,746 | 39,390 | 62,085 | 101,124 | 0 | → | |
Lāhore (incl. cantonments, Kahna Nau, Raiwind) [Lahore] | PUN | 2,198,890 | 2,988,486 | 5,209,088 | 11,119,985 | 0 | → | |
Lārkāna | SIN | 71,893 | 123,890 | 270,283 | 488,006 | 0 | → | |
Layyah (Leiah) | PUN | 33,549 | 51,482 | 72,319 | 126,055 | 0 | → | |
Lodhrān | PUN | 14,232 | 21,791 | 65,501 | 117,762 | 0 | → | |
Mandi Bahāuddīn | PUN | 36,172 | 44,796 | 99,496 | 198,643 | 0 | → | |
Mānsehra | KHY | 19,865 | 27,843 | 49,534 | 127,645 | 0 | → | |
Mardān (incl. Mardān Cantonment) | KHY | 115,194 | 147,977 | 245,926 | 359,024 | 0 | → | |
Miānwāli | PUN | 48,304 | 59,159 | 80,171 | 118,865 | 0 | → | |
Mingawara (Mingora) | KHY | 51,117 | 88,078 | 173,868 | 331,377 | 0 | → | |
Mīrpur Khās | SIN | 81,965 | 124,371 | 189,671 | 234,133 | 0 | → | |
Multān (incl. Multān Cantonment) [Multan] | PUN | 538,949 | 732,070 | 1,197,384 | 1,872,641 | 0 | → | |
Murīdke | PUN | 18,507 | 35,419 | 111,951 | 167,082 | 0 | → | |
Murree (incl. Murree Hills Cantonment) | PUN | 17,065 | 15,928 | 21,375 | 157,043 | 0 | → | |
Muzaffargarh | PUN | 24,736 | 53,192 | 123,404 | 209,902 | 0 | → | |
Nārowāl | PUN | 22,174 | 35,125 | 57,052 | 103,128 | 0 | → | |
Nawābshāh | SIN | 81,045 | 102,139 | 189,244 | 279,338 | 0 | → | |
Nowshera (incl. Nowshera Cantonment) | KHY | 55,916 | 74,913 | 89,813 | 120,275 | 0 | → | |
Okāra | PUN | 84,334 | 127,455 | 201,815 | 358,146 | 0 | → | |
Pākpattan | PUN | 42,028 | 69,820 | 109,033 | 176,686 | 0 | → | |
Peshāwar (incl. Peshāwar Cantonment, Peshāwar University) [Peshawar] | KHY | 272,697 | 566,248 | 982,816 | 1,969,823 | 0 | → | |
Quetta | BAL | 158,026 | 285,719 | 565,137 | 999,385 | 0 | → | |
Rahīmyār Khān | PUN | 74,262 | 119,036 | 233,537 | 420,963 | 0 | → | |
Rāwalpindi (incl. Rāwalpindi Cantonment) [Rawalpindi] | PUN | 614,809 | 794,843 | 1,409,768 | 2,097,824 | 0 | → | |
Sādiqābād | PUN | 37,121 | 63,935 | 144,391 | 238,313 | 0 | → | |
Sāhīwal | PUN | 106,648 | 150,954 | 208,778 | 388,795 | 0 | → | |
Sambriāl | PUN | 14,300 | 24,432 | 49,574 | 109,438 | 0 | → | |
Samundri | PUN | 13,642 | 30,849 | 54,908 | 156,938 | 0 | → | |
Sargodha (incl. Sargodha Cantonment) | PUN | 200,460 | 291,362 | 458,440 | 658,208 | 0 | → | |
Shāhdādkot | SIN | 24,323 | 32,888 | 60,436 | 118,935 | 0 | → | |
Sheikhūpura | PUN | 80,560 | 141,168 | 280,263 | 473,269 | 0 | → | |
Shikārpur | SIN | 70,924 | 88,138 | 134,883 | 196,158 | 0 | → | |
Siālkot (incl. Siālkot Cantonment) | PUN | 203,650 | 302,009 | 421,502 | 656,730 | 0 | → | |
Sukkur | SIN | 158,781 | 190,551 | 335,551 | 500,401 | 0 | → | |
Swābi | KHY | 37,292 | 46,344 | 80,157 | 123,402 | 0 | → | |
Tando Ādam | SIN | 49,747 | 62,744 | 104,907 | 152,025 | 0 | → | |
Tando Allāhyār | SIN | 26,314 | 30,647 | 85,812 | 162,826 | 0 | → | |
Tando Muhammad Khān | SIN | 39,003 | 41,757 | 65,396 | 101,868 | 0 | → | |
Taxila (incl. Taxila Cantonment) | PUN | ... | 38,374 | 71,882 | 122,013 | 0 | → | |
Turbat | BAL | 27,671 | 52,337 | 68,603 | 213,831 | 0 | → | |
Umerkot | SIN | 8,381 | 13,742 | 35,559 | 134,196 | 0 | → | |
Vehāri | PUN | 28,246 | 53,799 | 94,343 | 145,647 | 0 | → | |
Wāh Cantonment | PUN | 107,510 | 122,335 | 198,891 | 379,534 | 0 | → | |
Wazīrābād | PUN | 40,063 | 62,725 | 90,197 | 128,096 | 0 | → |
- Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.