List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population

This is a list showing the most populous cities in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan as of the 2017 Census of Pakistan. In the following table, you can find each of the 46 cities and towns in the province with populations higher than 30,000 as of March 15, 2017. City populations found in this list only refer to populations found within the city's defined limits and any adjacent cantonments. The census totals below come from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.[1]

Map

A map showing all of the cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with a population over 30,000 as of the 2017 census' provisional results.

List

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

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.

See also

References

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