List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population

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This is a list showing the most populous cities in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan as of the 2017 Census of Pakistan. In the following table, you can find each of the 46 cities and towns in the province with populations higher than 30,000 as of March 15, 2017. 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]

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A map showing all of the cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with a population over 30,000 as of the 2017 census' provisional results. The most populous cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.png
A map showing all of the cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with a population over 30,000 as of the 2017 census' provisional results.

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Peshawar Islamia College University, Peshawar Nightview.jpg
Peshawar
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Mardan
Mingora Stars on the Earth.jpg
Mingora
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Kohat
Dera Ismail Khan ALLAH NAWAZ CASTLE OF NAWABDERA.jpg
Dera Ismail Khan
Abbottabad Abbottabad City view.jpg
Abbottabad
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Mansehra
City District Division Population
(2023) [2] 		Population
(2017) [3] [1] 		Population
(1998) [4] 		Average Annual
Population Growth Rate
(1998 - 2017)
Peshawar Peshawar Peshawar 1,905,975 Decrease2.svg1,964,102 [5] 982,8163.70% Increase2.svg
Mardan Mardan Mardan 368,302 Decrease2.svg358,604 [6] 245,9262.00% Increase2.svg
Mingora Swat Malakand 361,112 Increase2.svg331,091 [7] 173,8683.44% Increase2.svg
Kohat Kohat Kohat 235,880 Increase2.svg228,779 [8] 126,6273.16% Increase2.svg
Abbottabad Abbottabad Hazara 234,395 Increase2.svg208,491 [9] 106,1013.61% Increase2.svg
Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan 220,575 Increase2.svg217,457 [10] 92,1144.61% Increase2.svg
Swabi Swabi Mardan 156,496 Increase2.svg123,412 [11] 80,1572.29% Increase2.svg
Mansehra Mansehra Hazara 137,278 Increase2.svg127,623 [12] 49,5345.10% Increase2.svg
Kabal Swat Malakand 132,549 Increase2.svg118,103 [7] N/A A N/A A
Nowshera Nowshera Peshawar 122,953 Increase2.svg120,131 [13] 89,8131.54% Increase2.svg
Charsadda Charsadda Peshawar 120,170 Increase2.svg114,565 [14] 87,2181.44% Increase2.svg
Barikot Swat Malakand 115,045 Increase2.svg94,245 [7] N/A A N/A A
Shabqadar Charsadda Peshawar 102,340 Increase2.svg91,851 [14] 55,4391.66% Increase2.svg
Haripur Haripur Hazara 91,915 Increase2.svg85,739 [15] 48,3093.06% Increase2.svg
Takht-i-Bahi Mardan Mardan 85,040 Increase2.svg80,721 [6] 49,2022.63% Increase2.svg
Bahrain Swat Malakand 76,728 Increase2.svg61,787 [7] N/A A N/A A
Paharpur Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan 76,027 Increase2.svg69,289 [10] 14,5808.53% Increase2.svg
Topi Swabi Mardan 74,867 Increase2.svg52,983 [11] 30,4582.95% Increase2.svg
Batkhela Malakand Malakand 73,525 Increase2.svg68,200 [16] 43,1792.43% Increase2.svg
Lakki Marwat Lakki Marwat Bannu 70,759 Increase2.svg59,465 [17] 30,4673.57% Increase2.svg
Karak Karak Kohat 58,065 Increase2.svg51,149 [18] 27,8933.24% Increase2.svg
Chitral Lower Chitral Malakand 57,157 Increase2.svg49,794 [19] 30,6222.59% Increase2.svg
Khwazakhela Swat Malakand 57,113 Increase2.svg48,027 [7] N/A A N/A A
Jehangira Nowshera Peshawar 57,011 Decrease2.svg52,839 [13] 31,1152.82% Increase2.svg
Jamrud Khyber Peshawar 56,642 Decrease2.svg63,843 [20] 32,0393.69% Increase2.svg
Khalabat Haripur Hazara 55,850 Increase2.svg47,285 [15] 34,4261.68% Increase2.svg
Pabbi Nowshera Peshawar 52,701 Decrease2.svg55,255 [13] 31,1533.06% Increase2.svg
Matta Swat Malakand 51,821 Increase2.svg42,647 [7] N/A A N/A A
Tank Tank Dera Ismail Khan 49,172 Increase2.svg47,165 [21] 35,7411.47% Increase2.svg
Timargara Lower Dir Malakand 47,860 Increase2.svg40,373 [22] 44,335-0.49% Decrease2.svg
Dir Upper Dir Malakand 47,842 Increase2.svg44,165 [23] 22,9013.51% Increase2.svg
Tordher Swabi Mardan 46,320 Increase2.svg41,420 [11] 27,8612.10% Increase2.svg
Hangu Hangu Kohat 43,642 Decrease2.svg48,764 [24] 31,0222.40% Increase2.svg
Amangarh Nowshera Peshawar 42,159 Increase2.svg38,624 [13] 21,4763.13% Increase2.svg
Paroa Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan 42,005 Increase2.svg39,881 [10] N/A A N/A A
Bannu Bannu Bannu 41,015 Decrease2.svg49,965 [25] 47,6760.25% Increase2.svg
Nawan Shehr Abbottabad Hazara 40,711 Increase2.svg35,737 [9] 19,8713.13% Increase2.svg
Sadda Kurram Kohat 39,888 Increase2.svg34,495 [26] 17,1033.75% Increase2.svg
Landi Kotal Khyber Peshawar 38,065 Increase2.svg33,697 [20] 22,3242.19% Increase2.svg
Havelian Abbottabad Hazara 37,509 Decrease2.svg48,295 [9] 31,6252.25% Increase2.svg
Risalpur Nowshera Peshawar 36,074 Decrease2.svg36,653 [13] 31,4160.81% Increase2.svg
Tangi Charsadda Peshawar 35,659 Increase2.svg33,012 [14] 25,3461.40% Increase2.svg
Utmanzai Charsadda Peshawar 34,257 Increase2.svg30,747 [14] 24,8481.12% Increase2.svg
Zaida Swabi Mardan 34,200 Increase2.svg31,949 [11] 22,6561.82% Increase2.svg
Tall Hangu Kohat 30,977 Decrease2.svg32,335 [24] 25,3551.29% Increase2.svg
Akora Khattak Nowshera Peshawar 29,750 Decrease2.svg32,883 [13] 19,5302.77% Increase2.svg

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.

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