List of metropolitan areas in Pakistan
This is a list of the most populous metropolitan areas in Pakistan. These twenty areas are home to about 35.3 million people or about 20% of the population of Pakistan.
According to 2017 census metropolitan areas in Pakistan.[1][2][3]
List
Rank | City | Image | Province | Population(2017) | Metropolitan area km2 (sqmi) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Karachi | Sindh | 14,910,352 [4][5] | 1,455 (561.8)[6] | |
2 | Lahore | Punjab | 11,126,285[7] | 426 (164.5) | |
3 | Faisalabad | Punjab | 3,203,846[8] | 163 (62.9) | |
4 | Islamabad-Rawalpindi | Islamabad Capital Territory and Punjab | 3,060,825[9] | 475 (183.4) | |
5 | Gujranwala | Punjab | 2,027,001[10] | 88 (34.0) | |
6 | Peshawar | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 1,970,042[7] | 75 (29.0) | |
7 | Multan | Punjab | 1,871,843[11] | 133 (51.4) | |
8 | Hyderabad | Sindh | 1,732,693[7] | 155 (59.8) | |
9 | Quetta | Balochistan | 1,001,205[7] | 66 (25.5) |
See also
References
- ↑ "Population Size and Growth of Major Cities" (PDF). Demographia.com.
- ↑ "6th census of Pakistan will be held in March 2016". Siasat.pk Forums.
- ↑ "March 2017 as the month of Census in Pakistan". 16 December 2016.
- ↑ Brinkhoff, Thomas. "The Principal Agglomerations of the World". citypopulation.de. City Population. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ "Population explosion: Put an embargo on industrialisation in Karachi". http://tribune.com.pk. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014. External link in
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(help) - ↑ "Geography & Demography". City District Government of Karachi. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 "Demographics" (PDF). www.demographia.com.
- ↑ "Major Agglomerations of the World - Population Statistics and Maps". citypopulation.de.
- ↑ "Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de.
- ↑ "The South Asian societies in contemporary environment are facing the menaces of religion based violence, sectarianism, extrem" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-08-22.
- ↑ "Consolidation data" (PDF). pcgip.urbanunit.gov.pk.
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