List of cities in Balochistan, Pakistan by population

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 40 cities and towns in the province with populations higher than 30,000 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

City	Tehsil	Pop. (2023) [2]	Pop. (2017) [2] [1]	Pop. (1998) [3]	Pop. (1981)	Pop. (1972)	Pop. (1961)	Pop. (1951)	Image
Quetta	Chiltan Tehsil	1,565,546	1,001,205 [4]	565,137	286,000	158,000	107,000	84,000	Quetta
Turbat	Turbat Tehsil	268,625	213,557 [5]	68,603	52,337	27,671	4,578	3,549	Turbat
Khuzdar	Khuzdar Tehsil	218,112	182,927 [6]	91,057	30,887	3,362	...	...	Khuzdar
Hub	Hub Tehsil	195,661	175,376 [7]	62,763	4,249	...	...	...	Hub, Balochistan
Panjgur	Panjgur Tehsil	157,693	80,411	21,297	9,495	9,879	5,670	754
Chaman	Chaman Tehsil	130,139	123,191 [8]	56,792	29,793	20,702	12,208	6,980	Chaman
Loralai	Bori Tehsil	112,145	86,098 [9]	29,450	15,482	11,157	8,519	4,437	[[Loralai]]
Pishin	Pishin Tehsil	107,646	35,577 [10]	22,955	14,715	10,068	2,906	3,106
Dera Murad Jamali	Dera Murad Jamali Tehsil	106,952	96,591 [11]	38,341	9,133	...	...	...
Dera Allah Yar	Jaffarabad Tehsil	98,761	80,908 [12]	38,371	6730	2332	1497	...
Kharan	Kharan Tehsil	80,806	51,388 [13]	27,806	10,472	6,093	2,692	2,589
Sui	Sui Tehsil	79,567	72,740 [14]	...	...	...	...	...
Zehri	Zehri Tehsil	70,910	37,854 [6]	13,143	...	...	...	...
Gwadar	Gwadar Tehsil	70,852	90,762 [15]	45,021	17,000	15,794	...	...	Gwadar
Sibi	Sibi Tehsil	69,300	64,427 [16]	48,467	23,043	19,989	13,327	11,836
Buleda	Bulaida Tehsil	68,752	39,813 [5]	...	...	...	...	...
Tasp	Panjgur Tehsil	66,030	35,890 [17]	...	...	...	...	...
Usta Mohammad	Usta Muhammad Tehsil	64,632	77,097 [12]	38,946	12,016	6,605	3,341	2,089
Tump	Tump Tehsil	49,269	48,766 [5]	...	...	...	...	...	Tump
Nushki	Nushki Tehsil	48,572	46,386 [18]	23,948	11,300	5,329	3,153	2,142
Nal	Nal Tehsil	48,481	33,299 [6]	...	...	...	...	...
Chitkan	Panjgur Tehsil	47,034	44,434 [17]	21,297	9,495	9,879	5,670	754
Khanozai	Karezat Tehsil	46,682	40,238 [10]	...	...	...	...	...
Saranan	Saranan Tehsil	46,512	37,927 [10]	...	...	...	...	...
Sanjawi	Sinjawi Tehsil	45,539	...	...	...	...	...	...
Washbood	Panjgur Tehsil	44,629	...	...	...	...	...	...
Machh	Machh Tehsil	44,542	19,152 [19]	14,488	8,419	7,273	4,921	3,211
Qalat	Kalat Tehsil	44,440	36,864 [20]	22,646	11,037	6,481	5,321	2,009
Zhob	Zhob Tehsil	44,251	39,914 [21]	37,791	31,931	17,291	8,058	5,932
Pasni	Pasni Tehsil	43,494	34,524 [15]	29,538	17,988	15,737	7,483	6,168
Huramzai	Hurramzai Tehsil	42,945	29,400 [10]	...	...	...	...	...
Washuk	Washuk Tehsil	41,107	21,872 [22]	...	...	...	...	...
Mastung	Mastung Tehsil	40,374	34,997 [23]	24,131	16,450	10,397	5,962	2,792
Uthal	Uthal Tehsil	37,071	29,414 [7]	13,319	9,404	2,296	...	...
Surab	Surab Tehsil	36,468	35,594 [20]	11,148	...	...	...	...
Qilla Abdullah	Killa Abdullah Tehsil	35,384	26,151 [8]	...	...	...	...	...
Winder	Sonmiani Tehsil	35,245	29,598 [7]	11,569	...	...	...	...
Qilla Saifullah	Killa Saifullah Tehsil	35,043	34,865 [24]	8,129		835	555	...
Bela	Bela Tehsil	29,380	24,603 [7]	16,705	11,172	6,728	3,139	3,063
Muslim Bagh	Muslim Bagh Tehsil	29,132	28,066 [24]	17,170	...	2,694	2,217	...
Dera Bugti	Dera Bugti Tehsil	28,880	27,625
Awaran	Awaran Tehsil	28,780	21,761
Wadh	Wadh Tehsil	26,875	22,209
Jiwani	Jiwani Tehsil	25,332	18,268
Gandava	Gandava Tehsil	24,130	7,815
Dalbandin	Dalbandin Tehsil	20,054	16,265
Shahrig	Shahrig Tehsil	19,156	11,259
Kohlu	Kohlu Tehsil	18,978	17,443
Bhag	Bhag Tehsil	18,634	16,600
Mashkai	Mashkai Tehsil	18,056	12,476
Gaddani	Gaddani Tehsil	17,540	7,679
Dhadar	Dhadar Tehsil	17,276	15,240
Ormara	Ormara Tehsil	16,573	15,631
Musakhel	Musakhel Tehsil	15,805	14,135
Dureji	Dureji Tehsil	15,688	12,855
Sohbatpur	Sohbatpur Tehsil	14,728	12,867
Barkhan	Barkhan Tehsil	14,425	12,201
Harnai	Harnai Tehsil	14,277	13,303
Duki	Duki Tehsil	9,783	10,042
Ziarat	Ziarat Tehsil	3,863	3,392	636	201	533	...	...

See also

• List of cities in Pakistan by population
  • List of cities in Azad Jammu & Kashmir by population
  • List of cities in Gilgit-Baltistan by population
  • List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population
  • List of cities in Sindh by population
  • List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population
• Tehsils of Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Azad Kashmir
  • Tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan
• Districts of Pakistan
  • Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Districts of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Districts of Azad Kashmir
  • Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan

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.

References

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