List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population

This is a list showing the most populous cities in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan as of the 2017 Census of Pakistan. Cities include adjacent cantonments, and the census totals below come from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.[1] Other than the cantonments, city populations found in this list only refer to populations found within the city's defined limits. All cities and towns with populations of 30,000 or above can be found on the list.

List

In the following table, all 46 cities in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with populations higher than 30,000 as of March 15, 2017. This list includes the name of the city, the district the city is in, the division the city is in, the population of the city (in both 1998 and 2017), and the average annual population growth rate of the city between 1998 and 2017.

Rank City Name District Division Population
(1998)[2]		 Population
(2017)		 Average Annual Population Growth Rate
(1998 - 2017)		 Ref. (2017)
1 Peshawar Peshawar Peshawar 982,816 1,964,102 3.70% [3]
2 Mardan Mardan Mardan 245,926 358,604 2.00% [4]
3 Mingora Swat Malakand 173,868 331,091 3.44% [5]
4 Kohat Kohat Kohat 126,627 228,779 3.16% [6]
5 Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan 92,114 217,457 4.61% [7]
6 Abbottabad Abbottabad Hazara 106,101 208,491 3.61% [8]
7 Mansehra Mansehra Hazara 49,534 127,623 5.10% [9]
8 Swabi Swabi Mardan 80,157 123,412 2.29% [10]
9 Nowshera Nowshera Peshawar 89,813 120,131 1.54% [11]
10 Kabal Swat Malakand N/A A 118,103 N/A A [5]
11 Charsadda Charsadda Peshawar 87,218 114,565 1.44% [12]
12 Barikot Swat Malakand N/A A 94,245 N/A A [5]
13 Shabqadar Charsadda Peshawar 55,439 91,851 1.66% [12]
14 Haripur Haripur Hazara 48,309 85,739 3.06% [13]
15 Takht-i-Bahi Mardan Mardan 49,202 80,721 2.63% [4]
16 Paharpur Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan 14,580 69,289 8.53% [7]
17 Batkhela Malakand Malakand 43,179 68,200 2.43% [14]
18 Jamrud Khyber Peshawar 32,039 63,843 3.69% [15]
19 Bahrain Swat Malakand N/A A 61,787 N/A A [5]
20 Lakki Marwat Lakki Marwat Bannu 30,467 59,465 3.57% [16]
21 Pabbi Nowshera Peshawar 31,153 55,255 3.06% [11]
22 Topi Swabi Mardan 30,458 52,983 2.95% [10]
23 Jehangira Nowshera Peshawar 31,115 52,839 2.82% [11]
24 Karak Karak Kohat 27,893 51,149 3.24% [17]
25 Bannu Bannu Bannu 47,676 49,965 0.25% [18]
26 Chitral Lower Chitral Malakand 30,622 49,794 2.59% [19]
27 Hangu Hangu Kohat 31,022 48,764 2.40% [20]
28 Havelian Abbottabad Hazara 31,625 48,295 2.25% [8]
29 Khwazakhela Swat Malakand N/A A 48,027 N/A A [5]
30 Khalabat Haripur Hazara 34,426 47,285 1.68% [13]
31 Tank Tank Dera Ismail Khan 35,741 47,165 1.47% [21]
32 Dir Upper Dir Malakand 22,901 44,165 3.51% [22]
33 Matta Swat Malakand N/A A 42,647 N/A A [5]
34 Tordher Swabi Mardan 27,861 41,420 2.10% [10]
35 Timargara Lower Dir Malakand 44,335 40,373 -0.49% [23]
36 Paroa Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan N/A A 39,881 N/A A [7]
37 Amangarh Nowshera Peshawar 21,476 38,624 3.13% [11]
38 Risalpur Nowshera Peshawar 31,416 36,653 0.81% [11]
39 Nawan Shehr Abbottabad Hazara 19,871 35,737 3.13% [8]
40 Sadda Kurram Kohat 17,103 34,495 3.75% [24]
41 Landi Kotal Khyber Peshawar 22,324 33,697 2.19% [15]
42 Tangi Charsadda Peshawar 25,346 33,012 1.40% [12]
43 Akora Khattak Nowshera Peshawar 19,530 32,883 2.77% [11]
44 Tall Hangu Kohat 25,355 32,335 1.29% [20]
45 Zaida Swabi Mardan 22,656 31,949 1.82% [10]
46 Utmanzai Charsadda Peshawar 24,848 30,747 1.12% [12]

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.

References
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