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

 

Peshawar

 

Mardan

 

Mingora

 

Kohat

 

Dera Ismail Khan

 

Abbottabad

 

Mansehra

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

• List of cities in Pakistan by population
  • List of cities in Balochistan, Pakistan by population
  • List of cities in Sindh by population
  • List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population
• List of populated places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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