Largest Cities in Pakistan 2026: Population Ranking

Pakistan's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Lahore in orange

Pakistan has 10 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 133 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Lahore with 13,004,135 people, followed by Karachi (11,624,219) and Peshawar (4,758,762). The three largest cities together hold about 11.3% of the country's 260.5 million people.

The capital, Islamabad, is the 20th largest city with 601,600 people — Lahore is 21.6× larger.

By region, the most large cities are in Punjab (80), Sindh (30), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (11).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Pakistan population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Pakistan atlas.

Pakistan cities by population

133 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Pakistan
1	Lahore	Punjab	13,004,135	5%
2	Karachi	Sindh	11,624,219	4.5%
3	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	4,758,762	1.8%
4	Faisalabad	Punjab	3,800,193	1.5%
5	Rawalpindi	Punjab	3,357,612	1.3%
6	Gujranwala	Punjab	2,511,118	1%
7	Multan	Punjab	2,169,915	0.8%
8	Hyderabad	Sindh	1,921,275	0.7%
9	Quetta	Balochistan	1,565,546	0.6%
10	Bannu	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	1,357,890	0.5%
11	Sargodha	Punjab	975,886	0.4%
12	Sialkot	Punjab	911,817	0.4%
13	Bahawalpur	Punjab	903,795	0.3%
14	Arifwala	Punjab	854,462	0.3%
15	Dera Ismail Khan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	763,195	0.3%
16	Muzaffarābād	Azad Kashmir	725,000	0.3%
17	Battagram	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	700,000	0.3%
18	Chunian	Punjab	634,236	0.2%
19	Jhang Sadr	Punjab	606,533	0.2%
20	IslamabadCapital	Islamabad	601,600	0.2%
21	Shekhupura	Punjab	591,424	0.2%
22	Gujrat	Punjab	574,240	0.2%
23	Sukkur	Sindh	563,851	0.2%
24	Sahiwal	Punjab	538,344	0.2%
25	Sahiwal	Punjab	538,344	0.2%
26	Okara	Punjab	533,693	0.2%
27	Rahim Yar Khan	Punjab	517,000	0.2%
28	Kasur	Punjab	510,875	0.2%
29	Jalalpur Pirwala	Punjab	500,000	0.2%
30	Dera Ghazi Khan	Punjab	494,464	0.2%
31	Pindi Bhattian	Punjab	493,222	0.2%
32	Tando Bago	Sindh	426,535	0.2%
33	Tando Allahyar	Sindh	421,923	0.2%
34	Chak Jhumra	Punjab	385,169	0.1%
35	Bhawana	Punjab	373,841	0.1%
36	Larkana	Sindh	364,033	0.1%
37	Nawabshah	Sindh	363,138	0.1%
38	Burewala	Punjab	361,664	0.1%
39	Mingora	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	361,112	0.1%
40	Sinjhoro	Sindh	354,709	0.1%
41	Hafizabad	Punjab	318,621	0.1%
42	Chiniot	Punjab	318,165	0.1%
43	Mardan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	300,424	0.1%
44	Kamoke	Punjab	292,023	0.1%
45	Abbottabad	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	275,890	0.1%
46	Saddiqabad	Punjab	274,210	0.1%
47	Mirpur Khas	Sindh	267,833	0.1%
48	Skardu	Gilgit-Baltistan	260,000	0.1%
49	Muridke	Punjab	254,291	0.1%
50	Shahkot	Punjab	244,868	0.1%
51	Bahawalnagar	Punjab	241,873	0.1%
52	Bahawalnagar	Punjab	241,873	0.1%
53	Kunri	Sindh	237,063	0.1%
54	Muzaffargarh	Punjab	235,541	0.1%
55	Digri	Sindh	234,578	0.1%
56	Jacobabad	Sindh	219,315	0.1%
57	Khuzdar	Balochistan	218,112	0.1%
58	Gilgit	Gilgit-Baltistan	216,760	0.1%
59	Gojra	Punjab	214,000	0.1%
60	Shikarpur	Sindh	204,938	0.1%
61	Dadu	Sindh	201,017	0.1%
62	Talhar	Sindh	200,014	0.1%
63	Qadirpur Ran	Punjab	200,000	0.1%
64	Dajal	Punjab	200,000	0.1%
65	Ahmadpur East	Punjab	196,718	0.1%
66	Hub	Balochistan	195,661	0.1%
67	Dhirkot	Azad Kashmir	195,000	0.1%
68	Garhi Khairo	Sindh	193,297	0.1%
69	Khairpur Mir’s	Sindh	191,044	0.1%
70	Jhelum	Punjab	190,425	0.1%
71	Tando Adam	Sindh	174,291	0.1%
72	Hasilpur	Punjab	168,146	0.1%
73	Kamalia	Punjab	166,617	0.1%
74	Arif Wala	Balochistan	157,063	0.1%
75	Jampur	Punjab	155,243	0.1%
76	Wazirabad	Punjab	152,624	0.1%
77	Kohat	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	151,427	0.1%
78	Layyah	Punjab	151,274	0.1%
79	Shujaabad	Punjab	151,115	0.1%
80	Eminabad	Punjab	150,646	0.1%
81	Jaranwala	Punjab	150,380	0.1%
82	Tordher	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	150,000	0.1%
83	Chishtian	Punjab	149,939	0.1%
84	Harunabad	Punjab	149,679	0.1%
85	Jalalpur Jattan	Punjab	146,743	0.1%
86	Umarkot	Sindh	144,558	0.1%
87	Lodhran	Punjab	144,512	0.1%
88	Moro	Sindh	142,685	0.1%
89	Khanpur	Punjab	142,426	0.1%
90	Attock City	Punjab	141,945	0.1%
91	Manjhand	Sindh	140,766	0.1%
92	Mian Channun	Punjab	140,112	0.1%
93	Bhakkar	Punjab	131,658	0.1%
94	Narowal	Punjab	130,692	0.1%
95	Chaman	Balochistan	130,139	0%
96	Nankana Sahib	Punjab	130,041	0%
97	Mandi Bahauddin	Punjab	129,733	0%
98	Mianwali	Punjab	129,500	0%
99	Daur	Sindh	128,958	0%
100	Shakargarh	Punjab	126,742	0%
101	Pakpattan	Punjab	126,706	0%
102	Mailsi	Punjab	125,431	0%
103	Dokri	Sindh	125,000	0%
104	New Mirpur City	Azad Kashmir	124,352	0%
105	Toba Tek Singh	Punjab	123,102	0%
106	Haveli Lakha	Punjab	122,389	0%
107	Shahdad Kot	Sindh	120,687	0%
108	Charsadda	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	120,170	0%
109	Ghotki	Sindh	119,879	0%
110	Sambrial	Punjab	119,571	0%
111	Badin	Sindh	117,455	0%
112	Taunsa	Punjab	115,704	0%
113	Phool Nagar	Punjab	114,530	0%
114	Tando Muhammad Khan	Sindh	114,406	0%
115	Pattoki	Punjab	113,735	0%
116	Shahdadpur	Sindh	113,342	0%
117	Jauharabad	Punjab	113,188	0%
118	Vihari	Punjab	112,840	0%
119	Chichawatni	Punjab	112,191	0%
120	Dera Murad Jamali	Balochistan	106,952	0%
121	Kotri	Sindh	106,615	0%
122	Kot Addu	Punjab	104,217	0%
123	Sangla Hill	Punjab	103,709	0%
124	Kharian	Punjab	103,036	0%
125	Khushāb	Punjab	102,793	0%
126	Pasrur	Punjab	102,717	0%
127	Pano Aqil	Sindh	102,701	0%
128	Shabqadar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	102,340	0%
129	Kot Radha Kishan	Punjab	102,057	0%
130	Chakwal	Punjab	101,200	0%
131	Renala Khurd	Punjab	100,054	0%
132	Raja Jang	Punjab	100,000	0%
133	Model Town	Punjab	100,000	0%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Pakistan?

Lahore, with about 13,004,135 inhabitants (city proper). It is larger than the capital, Islamabad (601,600).

What is the capital of Pakistan?

Islamabad — population 601,600, the 20th largest city in the country.

How many cities in Pakistan have over one million people?

10: Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Hyderabad, Quetta, Bannu.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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