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

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

List

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Peshawar
Mardan
Mingora
Kohat
Dera Ismail Khan
Abbottabad
Mansehra
City District Division Population
(2023)[2]
Population
(2017)[3][1]
Population
(1998)[4]
Average Annual
Population Growth Rate
(1998 - 2017)
Peshawar Peshawar Peshawar 1,905,975 Decrease 1,964,102[5] 982,816 3.70% Increase
Mardan Mardan Mardan 368,302 Decrease 358,604[6] 245,926 2.00% Increase
Mingora Swat Malakand 361,112 Increase 331,091[7] 173,868 3.44% Increase
Kohat Kohat Kohat 235,880 Increase 228,779[8] 126,627 3.16% Increase
Abbottabad Abbottabad Hazara 234,395 Increase 208,491[9] 106,101 3.61% Increase
Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan 220,575 Increase 217,457[10] 92,114 4.61% Increase
Swabi Swabi Mardan 156,496 Increase 123,412[11] 80,157 2.29% Increase
Mansehra Mansehra Hazara 137,278 Increase 127,623[12] 49,534 5.10% Increase
Kabal Swat Malakand 132,549 Increase 118,103[7] N/A A N/A A
Nowshera Nowshera Peshawar 122,953 Increase 120,131[13] 89,813 1.54% Increase
Charsadda Charsadda Peshawar 120,170 Increase 114,565[14] 87,218 1.44% Increase
Barikot Swat Malakand 115,045 Increase 94,245[7] N/A A N/A A
Shabqadar Charsadda Peshawar 102,340 Increase 91,851[14] 55,439 1.66% Increase
Haripur Haripur Hazara 91,915 Increase 85,739[15] 48,309 3.06% Increase
Takht-i-Bahi Mardan Mardan 85,040 Increase 80,721[6] 49,202 2.63% Increase
Bahrain Swat Malakand 76,728 Increase 61,787[7] N/A A N/A A
Paharpur Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan 76,027 Increase 69,289[10] 14,580 8.53% Increase
Topi Swabi Mardan 74,867 Increase 52,983[11] 30,458 2.95% Increase
Batkhela Malakand Malakand 73,525 Increase 68,200[16] 43,179 2.43% Increase
Lakki Marwat Lakki Marwat Bannu 70,759 Increase 59,465[17] 30,467 3.57% Increase
Karak Karak Kohat 58,065 Increase 51,149[18] 27,893 3.24% Increase
Chitral Lower Chitral Malakand 57,157 Increase 49,794[19] 30,622 2.59% Increase
Khwazakhela Swat Malakand 57,113 Increase 48,027[7] N/A A N/A A
Jehangira Nowshera Peshawar 57,011 Decrease 52,839[13] 31,115 2.82% Increase
Jamrud Khyber Peshawar 56,642 Decrease 63,843[20] 32,039 3.69% Increase
Khalabat Haripur Hazara 55,850 Increase 47,285[15] 34,426 1.68% Increase
Pabbi Nowshera Peshawar 52,701 Decrease 55,255[13] 31,153 3.06% Increase
Matta Swat Malakand 51,821 Increase 42,647[7] N/A A N/A A
Tank Tank Dera Ismail Khan 49,172 Increase 47,165[21] 35,741 1.47% Increase
Timargara Lower Dir Malakand 47,860 Increase 40,373[22] 44,335 -0.49% Decrease
Dir Upper Dir Malakand 47,842 Increase 44,165[23] 22,901 3.51% Increase
Tordher Swabi Mardan 46,320 Increase 41,420[11] 27,861 2.10% Increase
Hangu Hangu Kohat 43,642 Decrease 48,764[24] 31,022 2.40% Increase
Amangarh Nowshera Peshawar 42,159 Increase 38,624[13] 21,476 3.13% Increase
Paroa Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan 42,005 Increase 39,881[10] N/A A N/A A
Bannu Bannu Bannu 41,015 Decrease 49,965[25] 47,676 0.25% Increase
Nawan Shehr Abbottabad Hazara 40,711 Increase 35,737[9] 19,871 3.13% Increase
Sadda Kurram Kohat 39,888 Increase 34,495[26] 17,103 3.75% Increase
Landi Kotal Khyber Peshawar 38,065 Increase 33,697[20] 22,324 2.19% Increase
Havelian Abbottabad Hazara 37,509 Decrease 48,295[9] 31,625 2.25% Increase
Risalpur Nowshera Peshawar 36,074 Decrease 36,653[13] 31,416 0.81% Increase
Tangi Charsadda Peshawar 35,659 Increase 33,012[14] 25,346 1.40% Increase
Utmanzai Charsadda Peshawar 34,257 Increase 30,747[14] 24,848 1.12% Increase
Zaida Swabi Mardan 34,200 Increase 31,949[11] 22,656 1.82% Increase
Tall Hangu Kohat 30,977 Decrease 32,335[24] 25,355 1.29% Increase
Akora Khattak Nowshera Peshawar 29,750 Decrease 32,883[13] 19,530 2.77% Increase

Notes

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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

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References

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