List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population

The following list sorts all the cities in the Pakistani province of Punjab with a population of more than 100,000 according to the 2023 Census. As of 1 March 2023, 81 cities fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual cities, municipalities and towns within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within Urban agglomerations.

List

The following table lists the 81 cities in Punjab with a population of at least 100,000 on 1 March 2023, according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan. ^{[1] [2]} A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.

City	2023 census [3]	2017 census [3]	1998 census [4]	1981 census [4]	1972 census [4]	1961 census [4]	1951 census [4]
Lahore	13,004,135	11,119,985	5,209,088	2,988,486	2,198,890	1,630,000	1,130,000	Lahore
Faisalabad	3,691,999	3,210,158	2,008,861	1,104,209	823,343	425,240	179,000	Faisalabad
Rawalpindi	3,357,612	2,097,824	1,409,768	794,843	614,809	340,000	237,000	Rawalpindi
Gujranwala	2,511,118	2,028,421	1,132,509	600,993	323,880	196,000	121,000	Gujranwala
Multan	2,215,381	1,871,843	1,197,384	732,070	538,949	358,000	190,000	Multan
Sargodha	975,886	658,208	458,440	251,362	140,460	130,000	78,000	Sargodha
Sialkot	911,817	656,730	421,502	302,009	203,650	167,294	156,378	Sialkot
Bahawalpur	903,795	762,111	408,395	180,263	133,782	84,000	42,000	Bahawalpur
Jhang	606,533	414,131	293,366	195,558	131,843	94,971	73,397
Sheikhupura	591,424	473,129	280,263	141,168	80,560	41,635	29,717	Sheikhupura
Gujrat	574,240	390,533	251,792	155,058	100,333	59,608	46,971
Sahiwal	538,344	389,605	208,778	150,954	106,648	75,180	50,185
Okara	533,693	357,935	201,815	127,455	84,334	68,299	35,350
Rahim Yar Khan	519,261	420,419	233,537	119,036	74,262	43,548	14,919	Rahim Yar Khan
Kasur	510,875	358,409	245,321	155,523	101,295	74,546	63,086
Dera Ghazi Khan	494,464	399,064	190,542	102,007	72,343	47,105	35.909
Wah Cantonment	400,733	380,103	198,891	122,335	107,510	37,035	32,823
Burewala	361,664	232,030	152,097	86,311	57,741	34,237	15,372
Hafizabad	318,621	245,784	133,678	83,464	61,597	34,576	30,082
Chiniot	318,165	278,528	172,522	105,559	70,108	47,099	39,042
Jhelum	312,426	190,471	147,392	106,462	70,157	52,585	38,567
Kamoke	292,023	248,814	152,288	71,097	50,257	25,124	15,558
Khanewal	281,890	249,916	133,986	89,090	67,746	49,093	37,915
Sadiqabad	274,210	238,313	144,391	63,935	37,121	16,007	5,739
Muridke	254,291	167,082	111,951	35,419	18,507	6,757	...
Khanpur	247,170	184,793	120,382	70,589	49,235	31,465	15,197
Bahawalnagar	241,873	160,883	111,313	74,533	50,991	36,290	18,372
Muzaffargarh	235,541	209,604	123,404	53,192	24,736	14,474	11,271
Mandi Bahauddin	232,361	198,643	99,496	44,796	36,172	22,295	17,171
Daska	228,626	175,416	102,883	55,555	34,487	20,406	15,375
Pakpattan	221,280	176,686	109,033	69,820	42,028	27,974	24,326
Chakwal	218,356	138,214	80,508	43,670	29,143	16,843	13,310
Gojra	214,349	174,831	117,892	68,000	41,975	29,665	20,407
Vehari	210,288	145,647	94,343	53,799	28,246	15,410	8,986
Ahmedpur East	196,618	133,426	96,415	56,979	43,312	32,423	26,220
Chishtian	192,403	149,939	102,287	61,959	38,496	26,041	10,270
Samundri	186,371	156,991	54,908	30,849	13,642	9,515	6,637
Ferozewala	177,238	141,405	55,433	...	...	...	...
Attock	176,544	146,396	69,729	39,986	29,172	19,041	17,671
Jaranwala	170,872	150,380	106,985	69,459	46,494	26,953	17,969
Hasilpur	168,146	115,613	71,295	37,026	15,742	7,970	3,490
Kamalia	166,617	135,641	97,324	61,107	50,934	35,248	28,636
Kot Abdul Malik	162,030	143,434	63,525	...	...	...	...
Arif Wala	157,063	112,306	74,174	43,654	28,171	18,558	11,537
Gujranwala Cantonment	156,929	137,302	93,093	57,760	36,598	...	...
Jampur	155,243	87,857	52,516	27,949	19,944	13,161	13,235
Jatoi	155,196	109,538	38,986	21,422	8,068	5,384	4,744
Wazirabad	152,624	128,060	90,197	62,725	40,063	29,399	33,027
Layyah	151,274	126,361	72,319	51,482	33,549	19,608	14,913
Shujabad	151,115	80,098	57,409	37,810	24,422	16,815	14,601
Haroonabad	149,679	107,858	62,878	42,590	35,189	22,575	10,014
Jalalpur Jattan	146,743	96,210	69,395	29,590	23,459	16,988	18,138
Lodhran	144,512	117,851	65,501	21,791	14,232	6,663	4,890
Kot Addu	142,161	129,703	80,720	37,479	21,409	13,107	10,507
Mian Channu	140,112	90,157	64,859	40,609	31,935	19,888	12,071
Khushab	139,905	119,426	87,859	56,274	43,391	24,851	20,476
Rajanpur	137,553	99,097	43,643	18,789	10,011	6,575	5,280
Taxila	136,900	122,013	71,882	38,374	...	...	...
Bhakkar	131,658	112,807	68,896	41,934	34,638	21,749	12,397
Narowal	130,692	103,067	57,052	35,125	22,174	16,127	15,298
Mianwali	129,500	118,883	80,171	59,159	48,304	31,398	23,340
Shakargarh	126,742	81,643	50,747	25,484	20,201	9,104	...
Mailsi	125,431	82,322	55,434	33,652	21,318	13,617	10,242
Dipalpur	122,759	99,753	57,224	25,237	13,933	9,452	7,889
Haveli Lakha	122,389	78,257	52,207	27,633	18,276	10,624	8,480
Lalamusa	121,036	91,566	59,996	46,626	35,430	22,633	17,954
Sambrial	119,571	109,438	49,574	24,432	14,300	7,750	4,919
Bhalwal	117,982	99,762	61,523	35,434	13,093	10,207	8,674
Taunsa	115,704	97,193	38,297	19,934	13,439	9,712	7,253
Phool Nagar	114,530	92,842	56,113	30,140	19,404	10,999	...
Pattoki	113,735	87,757	58,961	34,963	20,006	11,903	12,456
Jauharabad	113,188	91,357	40,175	18,742	14,681	8,189	...
Chichawatni	112,191	94,733	72,721	50,241	34,064	21,380	12,083
Farooqabad	109,717	77,591	59,015	34,995	15,146	8,682	6,585
Sangla Hill	103,709	61,498	50,368	33,771	25,411	13,738	9,379
Gujar Khan	103,284	90,149	57,099	33,920	24,121	11,529	8,496
Kharian	103,036	87,569	73,627	51,506	21,306	19,469	4,598
Pasrur	102,717	82,457	45,747	26,087	19,647	10,836	9,403
Kot Radha Kishan	102,057	58,894	39,555	24,969	14,468	10,536	8,657
Ludhewala Waraich	100,331	92,020	33,928	...	...	...	...
Renala Khurd	100,054	54,160	32,337	18,287	11,799	7,867	4,975

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 Gilgit-Baltistan by population
  • List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population
  • List of cities in Sindh by population
• List of towns in Punjab, Pakistan by population

References

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2. "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017.
3. "URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
4. "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES, PAKISTAN" (PDF).