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

Whole List
RankCityImageProvincePopulation(2017)Metropolitan area
km2 (sqmi)
1KarachiSindh14,910,352 [4][5]1,455 (561.8)[6]
2LahorePunjab11,126,285[7]426 (164.5)
3FaisalabadPunjab3,203,846[8]163 (62.9)
4Islamabad-RawalpindiIslamabad Capital Territory and Punjab3,060,825[9]475 (183.4)
5GujranwalaPunjab2,027,001[10]88 (34.0)
6PeshawarKhyber Pakhtunkhwa1,970,042[7]75 (29.0)
7MultanPunjab1,871,843[11]133 (51.4)
8HyderabadSindh1,732,693[7]155 (59.8)
9QuettaBalochistan1,001,205[7]66 (25.5)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population Size and Growth of Major Cities" (PDF). Demographia.com.
  2. ↑ "6th census of Pakistan will be held in March 2016". Siasat.pk Forums.
  3. ↑ "March 2017 as the month of Census in Pakistan". 16 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Brinkhoff, Thomas. "The Principal Agglomerations of the World". citypopulation.de. City Population. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Population explosion: Put an embargo on industrialisation in Karachi". http://tribune.com.pk. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ↑ "Geography & Demography". City District Government of Karachi. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Demographics" (PDF). www.demographia.com.
  8. ↑ "Major Agglomerations of the World - Population Statistics and Maps". citypopulation.de.
  9. ↑ "Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de.
  10. ↑ "The South Asian societies in contemporary environment are facing the menaces of religion based violence, sectarianism, extrem" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  11. ↑ "Consolidation data" (PDF). pcgip.urbanunit.gov.pk.
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