Editing Demographics of Pakistan (section)

====Largest cities====
{{main|List of cities in Pakistan by population}}

As urbanisation has progressed and owing to the country's large population, Pakistan today has many very large urban centers which act as hubs for commerce and culture. The nation has two megacities, [[Karachi]] and [[Lahore]]. With populations of 18.9&nbsp;million and 13&nbsp;million respectively (as of 2023), they are among the world's largest metropolises. The country also has eight more cities with more than 1 million residents each: [[Faisalabad]], [[Rawalpindi]], [[Gujranwala]], [[Multan]], [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]], [[Peshawar]], [[Quetta]], and [[Islamabad]]. All of them play a significant role in the country, housing nearly 19 million people altogether.

Below a list showing Pakistan's cities with a population over 500,000 as of the 2023 census can be found, which not only shows the current populations of the cities, but also their growth rates and locations. The full list can be found on the main article: [[List of cities in Pakistan by population]].

All city population figures below include adjacent [[cantonment]]s.

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{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers" style=text-align:right
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|-class=static-row-header style=vertical-align:bottom
! width="100" |City Name
! width="100" |Province or Territory
! width="100" |2023 Population<ref name="keyfindings2023" />
! width="100" |Avg. Annual Growth Rate (2017-2023)
! width="100" |2017 Population<ref name="2017CensusCities">{{cite web |title=Table – 2 Urban Localities by Population Size and their Population By Sex, Annual Growth Rate and Household Size |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files//population_census/census_2017_tables/pakistan/Table02n.pdf |publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics |access-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224053543/https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files//population_census/census_2017_tables/pakistan/Table02n.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2021 |date=2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
! width="100" |Avg. Annual Growth Rate (1998-2017)
! width="100" |1998 Population<ref name="1951-1998Data" />
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Karachi]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Sindh}}
 
|18,868,021
|{{Increase}}4.05%
|14,884,402
 |{{Increase}} 2.48%
|9,339,023
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Lahore]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 
|13,004,135
|{{Increase}}2.65%
|11,119,985
 |{{Increase}} 4.06%
|5,209,088
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Faisalabad]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 
|3,691,999
|{{Increase}}2.37%
|3,210,158
 |{{Increase}} 2.49%
|2,008,861
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Rawalpindi]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 
|3,357,612
|{{Increase}}8.18%
|2,097,824
 |{{Increase}} 2.11%
|1,409,768
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Gujranwala]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 
|2,668,047
|{{Increase}}3.55%
|2,028,421
 |{{Increase}} 3.11%
|1,132,509
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Multan]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |2,215,381
|{{Increase}}2.85%
|1,872,641
 |{{Increase}} 2.38%
|1,197,384
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Sindh}}
 |1,921,275
|{{Increase}}1.53%
|1,733,622
 |{{Increase}} 2.10%
|1,166,894
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Peshawar]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|name=KPK}}
 |1,905,975
|{{Decrease}}-0.55%
|1,969,823
 |{{Increase}} 3.72%
|982,816
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Quetta]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Balochistan, Pakistan|name=Balochistan}}
 |1,565,546
|{{Increase}}7.79%
|999,385
 |{{Increase}} 3.04%
|565,137
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Islamabad]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Islamabad|name=ICT}}
 |1,108,872
|{{Increase}}1.59%
|1,009,003
 |{{Increase}} 3.45%
|529,180
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Sargodha]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |975,886
|{{Increase}}6.81%
|658,208
 |{{Increase}} 1.92%
|458,440
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Sialkot]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |911,817
|{{Increase}}5.64%
|656,730
 |{{Increase}} 2.36%
|421,502
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Bahawalpur]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |903,795
|{{Increase}}2.88%
|762,774
 |{{Increase}} 3.34%
|408,395
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Jhang]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |606,533
|{{Increase}}6.58%
|414,309
 |{{Increase}} 1.83%
|293,366
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Sheikhupura]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |591,424
|{{Increase}}3.80%
|472,269
 |{{Increase}} 2.79%
|280,263
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Gujrat, Pakistan|Gujrat]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |574,240
|{{Increase}}6.65%
|390,758
 |{{Increase}} 2.34%
|251,792
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Sukkur]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Sindh}}
 |563,851
|{{Increase}}2.02%
|500,401
 |{{Increase}} 2.12%
|335,551
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Larkana]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Sindh}}
 |551,716
|{{Increase}}2.07%
|488,006
 |{{Increase}} 3.15%
|270,283
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;"|[[Sahiwal]]
 | style="text-align:left;"|{{Flag|Punjab}}
|538,344
|{{Increase}}5,59%
|388,795
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Okara, Pakistan|Okara]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
|533,693
|{{Increase}}6.90%
|358,146
|
|
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Rahim Yar Khan]]
 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
 |519,261
|{{Increase}}3.57%
|420,963
 |{{Increase}} 3.14%
|233,537
 
|-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Kasur]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Punjab, Pakistan|name=Punjab}}
|510,875
|{{Increase}}6.11%
|358,296
|
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