List of cities in Balochistan, Pakistan by population explained

This is a list showing the most populous cities in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan as of the 2017 Census of Pakistan. In the following table, you can find each of the 54 cities and towns in the province with populations higher than 10,000 as of March 15, 2017. City populations found in this list only refer to populations found within the city's defined limits and any adjacent cantonments. The census totals below come from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.[1]

List

RankCity NameDistrictDivisiondata-sort-type=numberPopulation
(2017)[2]
data-sort-type=numberPopulation
(1998)[3]
data-sort-type=numberAverage Annual
Population Growth Rate
(1998 - 2017)
Ref. (2017)
1QuettaQuetta1,001,205565,1373.05% [4]
2KechMakran213,55768,6036.15% [5]
3KhuzdarQalat182,92791,0573.73% [6]
4HubQalat175,37662,7635.54% [7]
5Chaman DistrictQuetta123,19156,7924.15% [8]
6Dera Murad JamaliNasirabadNasirabad96,59138,3414.96% [9]
7GwadarMakran90,76245,0213.75% [10]
8JaffarabadNasirabad80,90838,3714.00% [11]
9JaffarabadNasirabad77,09738,9463.65%
10Dera BugtiSibi71,676N/A N/A [12]
11SibiSibi64,42748,4671.51% [13]
12LoralaiZhob54,75829,8753.23% [14]
13TumpKechMakran48,766N/A N/A
14NushkiNushkiRakhshan46,38623,9483.53% [15]
15ZhobZhobZhob46,24843,8430.28% [16]
16KharanRakhshan156,15227,8062.52% [17]
17ChitkanPanjgurMakran44,43421,2973.94% [18]
18PishinQuetta40,238N/A N/A [19]
19BuledaKechMakran39,813N/A N/A
20SarananPishinQuetta37,927N/A N/A
21ZehriKhuzdarQalat37,85413,1435.71%
22QalatQalat36,86422,6462.59% [20]
23TaspPanjgurMakran35,890N/A N/A
24Shaheed SikandarabadQalat35,59411,1486.29%
25PishinQuetta35,57722,9552.33% Panjgur the land of dates
26MastungSibiQalat35,12924,1311.99% [21]
27Qilla SaifullahZhob34,6778,1297.92% [22]
28GwadarMakran34,52429,5380.82%
29NalKhuzdarQalat33,299N/A N/A
30WinderLasbelaQalat29,59811,5695.06%
31UthalLasbelaQalat29,41413,3194.25%
32PishinQuetta29,400N/A N/A
33Qilla SaifullahZhob28,06617,1702.61%
34Dera BugtiDera BugtiSibi27,62515,4953.08%
35Qilla AbdullahQila AbdullahQuetta26,151N/A N/A
36BelaLasbelaQalat24,31816,7051.99%
37WadhKhuzdarQalat23,05613,7942.73%
38WashukRakhshan21,872N/A N/A [23]
39AwaranQalat21,848N/A N/A [24]
40KachhiNasirabad19,15214,4881.48% [25]
41GwadarMakran18,53314,0721.46%
42GwadarMakran17,78011,5212.30%
43KohluKohluSibi17,4269,6652.46% [26]
44BhagSibiSibi16,60812,1811.64% [27]
45DalbandinChagaiRakhshan16,31911,9481.65% [28]
46DhadarKachhiNasirabad15,28012,8180.93%
47MusakhelMusakhelZhob14,13811,5891.05% [29]
48HarnaiHarnaiSibi13,2979,3591.86% [30]
49DurejiLasbelaQalat12,871N/A N/A
50SohbatpurSohbatpurNasirabad12,8678,2062.39% [31]
51Gajjar MashkayAwaranQalat12,493N/A N/A
52BarkhanBarkhanZhob12,1767,6702.46% [32]
53ShahrugHarnaiSibi11,257N/A N/A
54DukiDukiZhob10,1805,1093.69%

Notes

A. This city did not exist as a municipality and was not classified as an urban area at the time of the 1998 Pakistan Census.

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Balochistān (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. www.citypopulation.de.
  3. Web site: TABLE-1: AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES . Administrative Units.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 20 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200620191533/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population_census/Administrative%20Units.pdf . 20 June 2020 . live.
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