This is a list of metropolitan areas in Pakistan. These metropolitan areas are home to about 20% of the population or about 46 million Pakistanis.
Every Pakistani city with a population of 500,000 or more is considered a metropolitan area. This list is according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan.[1] [2] [3]
| Rank | Metropolitan area | Province | Population (2017)[4] | Metropolitan Area km2 (sqmi) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karachi | 16,051,521[5] | 35271NaN1 | |
| 2 | Lahore | 11,126,285 | 17721NaN1 | |
| 3 | Peshawar | 4,758,000 | 2151NaN1 | |
| 4 | Islamabad-Rawalpindi | [{{flag|Islamabad}} and
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| 4,721,000||1,165.5 (450.0)
'''[[Rawalpindi]]: 259 (100.0) 906.5 (350.0)|-|5||Faisalabad|| |3,203,846|1326 (512)|-|6||Gujranwala||||2,027,001||2401NaN1|-|7||Multan||||1,871,843||2861NaN1|-|8||Hyderabad||||1,732,693||2921NaN1|-|9||Quetta||||1,001,205||1781NaN1|-|10||Bahawalpur||||762,111||2461NaN1|-|11||Sargodha||||659,862||1551NaN1|-|12||Sialkot||||655,852||1021NaN1|-|} See also
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