List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population

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]

Map

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

List

City	District	Pop. (2023) [2]	Pop. (2017) [3] [1]	Pop. (1998) [4]	Pop. (1981)	Pop. (1972)	Pop. (1961)	Pop. (1951)
Peshawar	Peshawar	1,905,975	1,964,102 [5]	982,816	555,000	273,000	218,000	151,776	Peshawar
Mardan	Mardan	368,302	358,604 [6]	245,926	147,977	115,194	77,932	48,827	Mardan
Mingora	Swat	361,112	331,091 [7]	173,868	88,078	51,117	15,920	...	Mingora
Kohat	Kohat	235,880	228,779 [8]	126,627	77,604	65,202	49,854	40,534	Kohat
Abbottabad	Abbottabad	234,395	208,491 [9]	106,101	65,996	46,719	31,036	27,602	Abbottabad
Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan	220,575	217,457 [10]	92,114	68,145	58,778	46,140	41,603	Dera Ismail Khan
Swabi	Swabi	156,496	123,412 [11]	80,157	46,344	37,292	17,542	...
Mansehra	Mansehra	137,278	127,623 [12]	49,534	27,843	19,865	11,848	6,513	Mansehra
Kabal	Swat	132,549	118,103 [7]	...	...	...	...	...
Nowshera	Nowshera	122,953	120,131 [13]	89,813	74,913	55,916	43,757	41,351
Charsadda	Charsadda	120,170	114,565 [14]	87,218	62,530	45,555	37,396	27,048
Barikot	Swat	115,045	94,245 [7]	...	...	...	...	...
Shabqadar	Charsadda	102,340	91,851 [14]	55,439	30,881	25,630	11,046	...
Haripur	Haripur	91,915	85,739 [15]	48,309	31,117	25,245	10,217	7,979
Takht-i-Bahi	Mardan	85,040	80,721 [6]	49,202	18,325	12,069	3,181
Bahrain	Swat	76,728	61,787 [7]	...	...	...	...	...
Paharpur	Dera Ismail Khan	76,027	69,289 [10]	14,580	8,665	6,841	4,532	...
Topi	Swabi	74,867	52,983 [11]	30,458	...	14,914	...	...
Batkhela	Malakand	73,525	68,200 [16]	43,179	...	14,945	...	...
Lakki Marwat	Lakki Marwat	70,759	59,465 [17]	30,467	18,755	14,359	9,451	8,634
Karak	Karak	58,065	51,149 [18]	27,893	13,679	...	...	...
Chitral	Lower Chitral	57,157	49,794 [19]	30,622	...	13,376	...	...
Khwazakhela	Swat	57,113	48,027 [7]	...	...	...	...	...
Jehangira	Nowshera	57,011	52,839 [13]	31,115	18,076	3,564	3,501	...
Jamrud	Khyber	56,642	63,843 [20]	32,039	...	...	...	...
Khalabat	Haripur	55,850	47,285 [15]	34,426	23,892	...	...	...
Pabbi	Nowshera	52,701	55,255 [13]	31,153	13,331	10,905	7,184	...
Matta	Swat	51,821	42,647 [7]	...	...	...	...	...
Tank	Tank	49,172	47,165 [21]	35,741	25,003	14,306	10,582	6,894
Timargara	Lower Dir	47,860	40,373 [22]	44,335	...	...	...	...
Dir	Upper Dir	47,842	44,165 [23]	22,901	...	...	...	...
Tordher	Swabi	46,320	41,420 [11]	27,861	...	...	...	...
Hangu	Hangu	43,642	48,764 [24]	31,022	15,526	13,800	9,737	6,977
Amangarh	Nowshera	42,159	38,624 [13]	21,476	...	...	...	...
Paroa	Dera Ismail Khan	42,005	39,881 [10]	...	...	...	...	...
Bannu	Bannu	41,015	49,965 [25]	47,676	43,210	43,757	31,623	27,199
Nawan Shehr	Abbottabad	40,711	35,737 [9]	19,871	14,504	13,644	8,507	5,668
Sadda	Kurram	39,888	34,495 [26]	17,103	...	...	...	...
Landi Kotal	Khyber	38,065	33,697 [20]	22,324	...	...	1,695	...
Havelian	Abbottabad	37,509	48,295 [9]	31,625	16,305	7,803	4,671	...
Risalpur	Nowshera	36,074	36,653 [13]	31,416	20,386	12,136	11,291	9,981
Tangi	Charsadda	35,659	33,012 [14]	25,346	19,492	18,022	14,706	12,065
Utmanzai	Charsadda	34,257	30,747 [14]	24,848	18,931	15,857	12,610	10,272
Zaida	Swabi	34,200	31,949 [11]	22,656	...	...	...	...
Tall	Hangu	30,977	32,335 [24]	25,355	18,901	14,082	11,747	5,602
Akora Khattak	Nowshera	29,750	33,013 [13]	19,530	13,788	11,191	7,954	...

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.

See also

• List of cities in Pakistan by population
  • List of cities in Azad Kashmir by population
  • List of cities in Balochistan, Pakistan by population
  • List of cities in Sindh by population
  • List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population
• List of populated places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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