List of cities in
Punjab, Pakistan by
population
The following list sorts all the cities in the Pakistani province of Punjab with a population of
more than 100,000 according to the 2017 Census. As of 15 March 2017, 58 cities fulfill this
criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual cities,
municipalities and towns within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities
or suburban areas within Urban agglomerations.
List
Lahore
Faisalabad
Rawalpindi
Gujranwala
Multan
Sargodha
Bahawalpur
Sialkot
Sheikhupura
Rahim Yar Khan
The following table lists the 58 cities in Punjab with a population of at least 100,000 on 15
March 2017, according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan.[1] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state
or federal capital.
2017 2017 1998 1981 1972
City
Rank census Census Census Census
1 Lahore 11,126,285 5,209,088 2,988,486 2,198,890
2 Faisalabad 3,204,726 2,008,861 1,104,209 823,343
3 Rawalpindi 2,098,231 1,409,768 794,843 614,809
4 Gujranwala 2,027,001 1,132,509 600,993 323,880
5 Multan 1,871,843 1,197,384 732,070 538,949
6 Bahawalpur 762,111 408,395 180,263 133,782
7 Sargodha 659,862 458,440 251,362 140,460
8 Sialkot 655,852 421,502 302,009 203,650
9 Sheikhupura 473,129 280,263 141,168 80,560
10 Rahim Yar Khan 420,419 233,537 119,036 74,262
11 Jhang 414,131 293,366 195,558 131,843
12 Dera Ghazi Khan 399,064 190,542 102,007 72,343
13 Gujrat 390,533 251,792 155,058 100,333
14 Sahiwal 389,605 208,778 150,954 106,648
15 Wah Cantonment 380,103 198,891 122,335 107,510
16 Kasur 358,409 245,321 155,523 101,295
17 Okara 357,935 201,815 127,455 84,334
18 Chiniot 278,747 172,522 105,559 70,108
19 Kamoke 249,767 152,288 71,097 50,257
20 Hafizabad 245,784 133,678 83,464 61,597
21 Sadiqabad 239,677 144,391 63,935 37,121
22 Burewala 231,797 152,097 86,311 57,741
23 Khanewal 227,059 133,986 89,090 67,746
24 Muzaffargarh 209,604 123,404 53,192 24,736
25 Mandi Bahauddin 198,609 99,496 44,796 36,172
26 Jhelum 190,425 147,392 106,462 70,157
27 Khanpur 184,793 120,382 70,589 49,235
2017 2017 1998 1981 1972
City
Rank census Census Census Census
28 Pakpattan 176,693 109,033 69,820 42,028
29 Daska 175,170 102,883 55,555 34,487
30 Gojra 174,860 117,892 68,000 41,975
31 Muridke 166,652 111,951 35,419 18,507
32 Bahawalnagar 161,033 111,313 74,533 50,991
33 Samundri 156,991 54,908 30,849 13,642
34 Jaranwala 150,380 106,985 69,459 46,494
35 Chishtian 149,939 102,287 61,959 38,496
36 Attock 146,396 69,729 39,986 29,172
37 Vehari 145,464 94,343 53,799 28,246
38 Kot Abdul Malik 143,434 63,525 ... ...
39 Ferozewala 141,405 55,433 ... ...
40 Chakwal 138,146 80,508 43,670 29,143
Gujranwala
41 137,302 93,093 57,760 36,598
Cantonment
42 Kamalia 135,641 97,324 61,107 50,934
43 Ahmedpur East 133,369 96,415 56,979 43,312
44 Kot Addu 129,703 80,720 37,479 21,409
45 Wazirabad 128,060 90,197 62,725 40,063
46 Layyah 126,361 72,319 51,482 33,549
47 Taxila 121,952 71,882 38,374 ...
48 Khushab 119,384 87,859 56,274 43,391
49 Mianwali 118,883 80,171 59,159 48,304
50 Lodhran 117,851 65,501 21,791 14,232
51 Hasilpur 115,536 71,295 37,026 15,742
52 Bhakkar 113,018 68,896 41,934 34,638
5 Arif Wala 1011,403 74,174 43,654 28,171
2017 2017 1998 1981 1972
City
Rank census Census Census Census
54 Sambrial 109,479 49,574 24,432 14,300
55 Jatoi 109,424 38,986 21,422 8,068
56 Haroonabad 107,858 62,878 42,590 35,189
57 Narowal 103,067 57,052 35,125 22,174
58 Bhalwal 100,135 61,523 35,434 13,093
See also
List of cities in Sindh by population
References
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