List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population

The following list sorts all the cities in the Pakistani province of Punjab with a population of more than 100,000 according to the 2023 Census. As of 1 March 2023, 81 cities fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual cities, municipalities and towns within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within Urban agglomerations.

The following table lists the 81 cities in Punjab with a population of at least 100,000 on 1 March 2023, according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan.^[1][2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.

City	2023 census	2017 census	1998 Census	1981 Census	1972 Census
Lahore	13,004,135	11,119,985	5,209,088	2,988,486	2,198,890
Faisalabad	3,691,999	3,210,158	2,008,861	1,104,209	823,343
Rawalpindi	3,357,612	2,097,824	1,409,768	794,843	614,809
Gujranwala	2,511,118	2,028,421	1,132,509	600,993	323,880
Multan	2,215,381	1,871,843	1,197,384	732,070	538,949
Sargodha	975,886	658,208	458,440	251,362	140,460
Sialkot	911,817	656,730	421,502	302,009	203,650
Bahawalpur	903,795	762,111	408,395	180,263	133,782
Jhang	606,533	414,131	293,366	195,558	131,843
Sheikhupura	591,424	473,129	280,263	141,168	80,560
Gujrat	574,240	390,533	251,792	155,058	100,333
Sahiwal	538,344	389,605	208,778	150,954	106,648
Okara	533,693	357,935	201,815	127,455	84,334
Rahim Yar Khan	519,261	420,419	233,537	119,036	74,262
Kasur	510,875	358,409	245,321	155,523	101,295
Dera Ghazi Khan	494,464	399,064	190,542	102,007	72,343
Wah Cantonment	400,733	380,103	198,891	122,335	107,510
Burewala	361,664	232,030	152,097	86,311	57,741
Hafizabad	318,621	245,784	133,678	83,464	61,597
Chiniot	318,165	278,528	172,522	105,559	70,108
Jhelum	312,426	190,471	147,392	106,462	70,157
Kamoke	292,023	248,814	152,288	71,097	50,257
Khanewal	281,890	249,916	133,986	89,090	67,746
Sadiqabad	274,210	238,313	144,391	63,935	37,121
Muridke	254,291	167,082	111,951	35,419	18,507
Khanpur	247,170	184,793	120,382	70,589	49,235
Bahawalnagar	241,873	160,883	111,313	74,533	50,991
Muzaffargarh	235,541	209,604	123,404	53,192	24,736
Mandi Bahauddin	232,361	198,643	99,496	44,796	36,172
Daska	228,626	175,416	102,883	55,555	34,487
Pakpattan	221,280	176,686	109,033	69,820	42,028
Chakwal	218,356	138,214	80,508	43,670	29,143
Gojra	214,349	174,831	117,892	68,000	41,975
Vehari	210,288	145,647	94,343	53,799	28,246
Ahmedpur East	196,618	133,426	96,415	56,979	43,312
Chishtian	192,403	149,939	102,287	61,959	38,496
Samundri	186,371	156,991	54,908	30,849	13,642
Ferozewala	177,238	141,405	55,433	...	...
Attock	176,544	146,396	69,729	39,986	29,172
Jaranwala	170,872	150,380	106,985	69,459	46,494
Hasilpur	168,146	115,613	71,295	37,026	15,742
Kamalia	166,617	135,641	97,324	61,107	50,934
Kot Abdul Malik	162,030	143,434	63,525	...	...
Arif Wala	157,063	112,306	74,174	43,654	28,171
Gujranwala Cantonment	156,929	137,302	93,093	57,760	36,598
Jampur	155,243	87,857	52,516	27,949	19,944
Jatoi	155,196	109,538	38,986	21,422	8,068
Wazirabad	152,624	128,060	90,197	62,725	40,063
Layyah	151,274	126,361	72,319	51,482	33,549
Shujabad	151,115	80,098	57,409	37,810	24,422
Haroonabad	149,679	107,858	62,878	42,590	35,189
Jalalpur Jattan	146,743	96,210	69,395	29,590	23,459
Lodhran	144,512	117,851	65,501	21,791	14,232
Kot Addu	142,161	129,703	80,720	37,479	21,409
Mian Channu	140,112	90,157	64,859	40,609	31,935
Khushab	139,905	119,426	87,859	56,274	43,391
Rajanpur	137,553	99,097	43,643	18,789	10,011
Taxila	136,900	122,013	71,882	38,374	...
Bhakkar	131,658	112,807	68,896	41,934	34,638
Narowal	130,692	103,067	57,052	35,125	22,174
Mianwali	129,500	118,883	80,171	59,159	48,304
Shakargarh	126,742	81,643	50,747	25,484	20,201
Mailsi	125,431	82,322	55,434	33,652	21,318
Dipalpur	122,759	99,753	57,224	25,237	13,933
Haveli Lakha	122,389	78,257	52,207	27,633	18,276
Lalamusa	121,036	91,566	59,996	46,626	35,430
Sambrial	119,571	109,438	49,574	24,432	14,300
Bhalwal	117,982	99,762	61,523	35,434	13,093
Taunsa Sharif	115,704	97,193	38,297	19,934	13,439
Phool Nagar	114,530	92,842	56,113	30,140	19,404
Pattoki	113,735	87,757	58,961	34,963	20,006
Jauharabad	113,188	91,357	40,175	18,742	14,681
Chichawatni	112,191	94,733	72,721	50,241	34,064
Farooqabad	109,717	77,591	59,015	34,995	15,146
Sangla Hill	103,709	61,498	50,368	33,771	25,411
Gujar Khan	103,284	90,149	57,099	33,920	24,121
Kharian	103,036	87,569	73,627	51,506	21,306
Pasrur	102,717	82,457	45,747	26,087	19,647
Kot Radha Kishan	102,057	58,894	39,555	24,969	14,468
Ludhewala Waraich	100,331	92,020	33,928	...	...
Renala Khurd	100,054	54,160	32,337	18,287	11,799
Kunjah	90,905	32,588

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