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 2023 Census of Pakistan. In the following table, you can find each of the 57 cities and towns in the province with populations higher than 10,000 as of March 1, 2023. 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 NameDistrictDivisionPopulation
(2023)		data-sort-type="number" Population
(2017)[2] 		data-sort-type=numberPopulation
(1998)[3] 		data-sort-type=numberAverage Annual
Population Growth Rate
(2017 - 2023)		Ref. (2017)
1QuettaQuetta1,565,546 1,001,205565,1377.8% [4]
2KechMakran268,625 213,55768,6033.9% [5]
3KhuzdarQalat218,112 182,92791,0573.0% [6]
4HubQalat195,661 175,37662,7631.6% [7]
5Chaman DistrictQuetta130,139 123,19156,7920.9% [8]
6PishinPishinQuetta107,646 35,57722,95520.0%
7Dera Murad JamaliNasirabadNasirabad106,952 96,59138,3411.8% [9]
8JaffarabadNasirabad98,761 80,90838,3713.4% [10]
9KharanKharanRakhshan80,806 51,38827,8067.9% [11]
10Dera BugtiSibi79,567 72,740N/A 1.5% [12]
11ZehriKhuzdarQalat70,910 37,85413,1435.7%
12GwadarGwadarMakran70,852 90,76245,0214.0% [13]
13SibiSibiSibi69,300 64,42748,4671.2% [14]
14BuledaKechMakran68,752 39,813N/A 9.6%
15TaspPanjgurMakran66,030 35,890N/A 11.0%
16Usta MohammadUsta MuhammadNasirabad64,632 77,09738,9462.9%
17LoralaiLoralaiZhob56,613 47,09825,4503.1% [15]
18TumpKechMakran49,269 48,766N/A 0.3%
19NushkiNushkiRakhshan48,572 46,38623,9480.8% [16]
20NalKhuzdarQalat48,481 33,299N/A 6.5%
21ChitkanPanjgurMakran47,034 44,43421,2970.9% [17]
22KhanozaiPishinQuetta46,682 40,238N/A 2.6% [18]
23SarananPishinQuetta46,512 37,927N/A 3.5%
24SanjawiZiaratSibi45,539N/A N/A N/A
25WashboodPanjgurMakran44,629N/A N/A N/A
26MachhKachhiNasirabad44,542 19,15214,48815.0% [19]
27QalatQalatQalat44,440 36,86422,6463.2% [20]
28ZhobZhobZhob44,251 39,91437,7911.8% [21]
29PasniGwadarMakran43,494 34,52429,5383.9%
30HuramzaiPishinQuetta42,945 29,400N/A 6.6%
31WashukWashukRakhshan41,107 21,872N/A 11.0% [22]
32MastungMastungQalat40,374 34,99724,1312.4% [23]
33UthalLasbelaQalat37,071 29,41413,3194.0%
34SurabShaheed SikandarabadQalat36,468 35,59411,1480.4%
35Qilla AbdullahQila AbdullahQuetta35,384 26,151N/A 5.2%
36WinderHubQalat35,245 29,59811,5693.0%
37Qilla SaifullahQilla SaifullahZhob35,043 34,8658,1290.1% [24]
38BelaLasbelaQalat29,380 24,60316,7053.0%
39Muslim BaghQilla SaifullahZhob29,132 28,06617,1700.4%
40Dera BugtiDera BugtiSibi28,880 27,62515,4950.8%
41AwaranAwaranQalat28,780 21,848N/A 4.8% [25]
42WadhKhuzdarQalat26,875 23,05613,7943.3%
43JiwaniGwadarMakran25,332 18,53314,0725.6%
44GandavaJhal MagsiNasirabad24,130 7,8158,09721.0%
45DalbandinChagaiRakhshan20,054 16,31911,9483.6% [26]
46ShahrugHarnaiSibi19,156 11,257N/A 9.3%
47KohluKohluSibi18,978 17,4269,6651.4% [27]
48BhagSibiSibi18,634 16,60812,1812.0% [28]
49Gajjar MashkayAwaranQalat18,056 12,493N/A 6.4%
50GadaniHubQalat17,540 7,67911,06815.0%
51DhadarKachhiNasirabad17,276 15,28012,8182.1%
52OrmaraGwadarMakran16,573 15,63111,5211.0%
53MusakhelMusakhelZhob15,805 14,13811,5891.9% [29]
54DurejiHubQalat15,688 12,871N/A 3.4%
55SohbatpurSohbatpurNasirabad14,728 12,8678,2062.3% [30]
56BarkhanBarkhanZhob14,425 12,1767,6702.9% [31]
57HarnaiHarnaiSibi14,277 13,2979,3591.2% [32]
58DukiDukiZhob9,783 10,1805,1090.4%

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

  1. Web site: Block Wise Provisional Summary Results of 6th Population & Housing Census-2017 [As on January 03, 2018] ]. Block Wise Provisional Summary Results of 6th Population & Housing Census-2017 [As on January 03, 2018] . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  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.
  4. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (QUETTA DISTRICT) . QUETTA_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625145549/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/QUETTA_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  5. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (KECH DISTRICT) . KECH_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625162337/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/KECH_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  6. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (KHUZDAR DISTRICT) . KHUZDAR_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625163934/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/KHUZDAR_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  7. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (LASBELA DISTRICT) . LASBELA_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625203510/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/LASBELA_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  8. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (KILLA ABDULLAH DISTRICT) . KILLLA ABDULLAH_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625201414/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/KILLA%20ABDULLAH_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  9. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (NASIRABAD DISTRICT) . NASIRABAD_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 27 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200627172143/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/NASIRABAD_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 27 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  10. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (JAFFARABAD DISTRICT) . JAFFARABAD_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625160050/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/JAFFARABAD_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  11. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (KHARAN DISTRICT) . KHARAN_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625163457/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/KHARAN_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  12. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (DERA BUGTI DISTRICT) . DERA BUGTI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625153131/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/DERA%20BUGTI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  13. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (GWADAR DISTRICT) . GWADAR_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625153515/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/GWADAR_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  14. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (SIBI DISTRICT) . SIBI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 29 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200629175521/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/SIBI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 29 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  15. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (LORALAI DISTRICT) . LORALAI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 6 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200906031340/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/LORALAI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 6 September 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  16. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (NUSHKI DISTRICT) . NUSHKI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 28 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200628180607/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/NUSHKI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 28 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  17. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (PANJGUR DISTRICT) . PANJGUR_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 28 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200628180451/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/PANJGUR_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 28 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  18. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (PISHIN DISTRICT) . PISHIN_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 29 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200629174006/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/PISHIN_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 29 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  19. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (KACHHI DISTRICT) . KACHHI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625160723/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/KACHHI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  20. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (KALAT DISTRICT) . KALAT_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625161157/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/KALAT_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  21. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (ZHOB DISTRICT) . ZHOB_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 29 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200629185107/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/ZHOB_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 29 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  22. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (WASHUK DISTRICT) . WASHUK_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 29 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200629184944/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/WASHUK_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 29 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  23. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (MASTUNG DISTRICT) . MASTUNG_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 27 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200627170610/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/MASTUNG_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 27 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  24. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (KILLA SAIFULLAH DISTRICT) . KILLLA SAIFULLAH_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625202011/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/KILLA%20SAIFULLAH_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  25. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (AWARAN DISTRICT) . AWARAN_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625150110/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/AWARAN_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  26. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (CHAGAI DISTRICT) . CHAGAI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625152318/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/CHAGAI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  27. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (KOHLU DISTRICT) . KOHLU_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625202903/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/KOHLU_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  28. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (LEHRI DISTRICT) . LEHRI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 27 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200627170230/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/LEHRI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 27 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  29. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (MUSAKHEL DISTRICT) . MUSAKHEL_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 27 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200627171815/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/MUSAKHEL_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 27 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  30. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (SOHBATPUR DISTRICT) . SOHBATPUR_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 29 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200629181033/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/SOHBATPUR_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 29 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  31. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (BARKHAN DISTRICT) . BARKHAN_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625151511/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/BARKHAN_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.
  32. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL BALOCHISTAN (HARNAI DISTRICT) . HARNAI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 25 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625155236/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/HARNAI_BLOCKWISE.pdf . 25 June 2020 . 3 January 2018.

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