List of metropolitan areas in Pakistan

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This is a list of metropolitan areas in Pakistan. These metropolitan areas are home to about 20% of the population or about 46 million Pakistanis.

Every Pakistani city with a population of 500,000 or more is considered a metropolitan area. This list is according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan.[1][2][3]

List[]

Rank Metropolitan area Province Population (2017)[4] Metropolitan Area
km2 (sqmi)
1 Karachi  Sindh 16,051,521[5] 3,780 (1,459.5)
2 Lahore  Punjab 11,126,285 1,726 (666.4)
3 Islamabad-Rawalpindi[6]  Islamabad and  Punjab 5,104,803[7] 1,385.5 (534.9)
4 Faisalabad  Punjab 3,204,726 1,300 (501.9)
5 Gujranwala  Punjab 2,027,001 240 (92.7)
6 Peshawar  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1,970,042 215 (83.0)
7 Multan  Punjab 1,871,843 286 (110.4)
8 Hyderabad  Sindh 1,732,693 292 (112.7)
9 Quetta  Balochistan 1,001,205 178 (68.7)
10 Bahawalpur  Punjab 762,111 246 (95.0)
11 Sargodha  Punjab 659,862 155 (59.8)
12 Sialkot  Punjab 655,852 102 (39.4)

See also[]

  • Demography of Pakistan
  • List of most populous cities in Pakistan
  • List of metropolitan areas by population

References[]

  1. ^ "Population Size and Growth of Major Cities" (PDF). Demographia.com.
  2. ^ "6th census of Pakistan will be held in March 2016". Siasat.pk Forums.
  3. ^ "March 2017 as the month of Census in Pakistan". 16 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de.
  5. ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Islamabad the Capital City". Riphah International University. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Islamabad information note" (PDF). International Union for Conservation of Nature. November 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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