List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population explained

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

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.

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1972 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
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
41	Gujranwala Cantonment	137,302	93,093	57,760	36,598
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	111,403	74,174	43,654	28,171
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
59	Bhalwal	100,135	61,523	35,434	13,093
58	Jallah Jeem	240,000	127,098	72,741	27,040

See also

• List of cities in Sindh by population

Notes and References

1. Web site: DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. www.pbscensus.gov.pk. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170829164748/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/DISTRICT_WISE_CENSUS_RESULTS_CENSUS_2017.pdf. 29 August 2017.