List of cities in Balochistan, Pakistan by population

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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]

Contents

List

CityPop.

(2023) [2]

Pop.

(2017) [2] [1]

Pop.

(1998) [3]

Pop.

(1981)

Pop.

(1972)

Pop.

(1961)

Pop.

(1951)

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Quetta 1,565,546 Increase2.svg1,001,205 [4] 565,137286,000158,000107,00084,000 Quetta
Quetta Quetta at night 2.jpg
Quetta
Turbat 268,625 Increase2.svg213,557 [5] 68,60352,33727,6714,5783,549 Kech
Turbat Meerani Dam Turbat Balochistan.jpg
Turbat
Khuzdar 218,112 Increase2.svg182,927 [6] 91,05730,8873,362...... Khuzdar
Khuzdar Khuzdar - panoramio.jpg
Khuzdar
Hub 195,661 Increase2.svg175,376 [7] 62,7634,249......... Hub
Hub, Balochistan Gadani Beach, Hub, Balochistan, Pakistan.jpg
Hub, Balochistan
Panjgur 157,693 Increase2.svg80,41121,2979,4959,8795,670754 Panjgur
Chaman 130,139 Increase2.svg123,191 [8] 56,79229,79320,70212,2086,980 Chaman
Chaman Chaman City.jpg
Chaman
Pishin 107,646 Increase2.svg35,577 [9] 22,95514,71510,0682,9063,106 Pishin
Dera Murad Jamali 106,952 Increase2.svg96,591 [10] 38,3419,133......... Nasirabad
Dera Allah Yar 98,761 Increase2.svg80,908 [11] 38,371673023321497... Jaffarabad
Kharan 80,806 Increase2.svg51,388 [12] 27,80610,4726,0932,6922,589 Kharan
Sui 79,567 Increase2.svg72,740 [13] ............... Dera Bugti
Zehri 70,910 Increase2.svg37,854 [6] 13,143............ Khuzdar
Gwadar 70,852 Increase2.svg90,762 [14] 45,02117,00015,794...... Gwadar
Gwadar Gwadar city, the doors of Air.jpg
Gwadar
Sibi 69,300 Increase2.svg64,427 [15] 48,46723,04319,98913,32711,836 Sibi
Buleda 68,752 Increase2.svg39,813 [5] ............... Kech
Tasp 66,030 Increase2.svg35,890 [16] ............... Panjgur
Usta Mohammad 64,632 Decrease2.svg77,097 [11] 38,94612,0166,6053,3412,089 Usta Muhammad
Loralai 56,613 Increase2.svg47,098 [17] 25,45010,4827,1575,5194,437 Loralai
Tump 49,269 Increase2.svg48,766 [5] ............... Tump
Tump Land of Baloch - Quetta.jpg
Tump
Nushki 48,572 Increase2.svg46,386 [18] 23,94811,3005,3293,1532,142 Nushki
Nal 48,481 Increase2.svg33,299 [6] ............... Khuzdar
Chitkan 47,034 Increase2.svg44,434 [16] 21,2979,4959,8795,670754 Panjgur
Khanozai 46,682 Increase2.svg40,238 [9] ............... Pishin
Saranan 46,512 Increase2.svg37,927 [9] ............... Pishin
Sanjawi 45,539.................. Ziarat
Washbood 44,629.................. Panjgur
Machh 44,542 Increase2.svg19,152 [19] 14,4888,4197,2734,9213,211 Kachhi
Qalat 44,440 Increase2.svg36,864 [20] 22,64611,0376,4815,3212,009 Qalat
Zhob 44,251 Increase2.svg39,914 [21] 37,79131,93117,2918,0585,932 Zhob
Pasni 43,494 Increase2.svg34,524 [14] 29,53817,98815,7377,4836,168 Gwadar
Huramzai 42,945 Increase2.svg29,400 [9] ............... Pishin
Washuk 41,107 Increase2.svg21,872 [22] ............... Washuk
Mastung 40,374 Increase2.svg34,997 [23] 24,13116,45010,3975,9622,792 Mastung
Uthal 37,071 Increase2.svg29,414 [7] 13,3199,4042,296...... Lasbela
Surab 36,468 Increase2.svg35,594 [20] 11,148............ Shaheed Sikandarabad
Qilla Abdullah 35,384 Increase2.svg26,151 [8] ............... Qila Abdullah
Winder 35,245 Increase2.svg29,598 [7] 11,569............ Hub
Qilla Saifullah 35,043 Increase2.svg34,865 [24] 8,129835555... Qilla Saifullah
Bela 29,380 Increase2.svg24,603 [7] 16,70511,1726,7283,1393,063 Lasbela
Muslim Bagh 29,132 Increase2.svg28,066 [24] 17,170...2,6942,217... Qilla Saifullah

See also

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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