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List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population

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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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City District Pop.
(2023)[2]
Pop.
(2017)[3][1]
Pop.
(1998)[4]
Pop.

(1981)

Pop.

(1972)

Pop.

(1961)

Pop.

(1951)

Peshawar Peshawar 1,905,975 Decrease 1,964,102[5] 982,816 555,000 273,000 218,000 151,776
Peshawar
Mardan Mardan 368,302 Decrease 358,604[6] 245,926 147,977 115,194 77,932 48,827
Mardan
Mingora Swat 361,112 Increase 331,091[7] 173,868 88,078 51,117 15,920 ...
Mingora
Kohat Kohat 235,880 Increase 228,779[8] 126,627 77,604 65,202 49,854 40,534
Kohat
Abbottabad Abbottabad 234,395 Increase 208,491[9] 106,101 65,996 46,719 31,036 27,602
Abbottabad
Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan 220,575 Increase 217,457[10] 92,114 68,145 58,778 46,140 41,603
Dera Ismail Khan
Swabi Swabi 156,496 Increase 123,412[11] 80,157 46,344 37,292 17,542 ...
Mansehra Mansehra 137,278 Increase 127,623[12] 49,534 27,843 19,865 11,848 6,513
Mansehra
Kabal Swat 132,549 Increase 118,103[7] ... ... ... ... ...
Nowshera Nowshera 122,953 Increase 120,131[13] 89,813 74,913 55,916 43,757 41,351
Charsadda Charsadda 120,170 Increase 114,565[14] 87,218 62,530 45,555 37,396 27,048
Barikot Swat 115,045 Increase 94,245[7] ... ... ... ... ...
Shabqadar Charsadda 102,340 Increase 91,851[14] 55,439 30,881 25,630 11,046 ...
Haripur Haripur 91,915 Increase 85,739[15] 48,309 31,117 25,245 10,217 7,979
Takht-i-Bahi Mardan 85,040 Increase 80,721[6] 49,202 18,325 12,069 3,181
Bahrain Swat 76,728 Increase 61,787[7] ... ... ... ... ...
Paharpur Dera Ismail Khan 76,027 Increase 69,289[10] 14,580 8,665 6,841 4,532 ...
Topi Swabi 74,867 Increase 52,983[11] 30,458 ... 14,914 ... ...
Batkhela Malakand 73,525 Increase 68,200[16] 43,179 ... 14,945 ... ...
Lakki Marwat Lakki Marwat 70,759 Increase 59,465[17] 30,467 18,755 14,359 9,451 8,634
Karak Karak 58,065 Increase 51,149[18] 27,893 13,679 ... ... ...
Chitral Lower Chitral 57,157 Increase 49,794[19] 30,622 ... 13,376 ... ...
Khwazakhela Swat 57,113 Increase 48,027[7] ... ... ... ... ...
Jehangira Nowshera 57,011 Decrease 52,839[13] 31,115 18,076 3,564 3,501 ...
Jamrud Khyber 56,642 Decrease 63,843[20] 32,039 ... ... ... ...
Khalabat Haripur 55,850 Increase 47,285[15] 34,426 23,892 ... ... ...
Pabbi Nowshera 52,701 Decrease 55,255[13] 31,153 13,331 10,905 7,184 ...
Matta Swat 51,821 Increase 42,647[7] ... ... ... ... ...
Tank Tank 49,172 Increase 47,165[21] 35,741 25,003 14,306 10,582 6,894
Timargara Lower Dir 47,860 Increase 40,373[22] 44,335 ... ... ... ...
Dir Upper Dir 47,842 Increase 44,165[23] 22,901 ... ... ... ...
Tordher Swabi 46,320 Increase 41,420[11] 27,861 ... ... ... ...
Hangu Hangu 43,642 Decrease 48,764[24] 31,022 15,526 13,800 9,737 6,977
Amangarh Nowshera 42,159 Increase 38,624[13] 21,476 ... ... ... ...
Paroa Dera Ismail Khan 42,005 Increase 39,881[10] ... ... ... ... ...
Bannu Bannu 41,015 Decrease 49,965[25] 47,676 43,210 43,757 31,623 27,199
Nawan Shehr Abbottabad 40,711 Increase 35,737[9] 19,871 14,504 13,644 8,507 5,668
Sadda Kurram 39,888 Increase 34,495[26] 17,103 ... ... ... ...
Landi Kotal Khyber 38,065 Increase 33,697[20] 22,324 ... ... 1,695 ...
Havelian Abbottabad 37,509 Decrease 48,295[9] 31,625 16,305 7,803 4,671 ...
Risalpur Nowshera 36,074 Decrease 36,653[13] 31,416 20,386 12,136 11,291 9,981
Tangi Charsadda 35,659 Increase 33,012[14] 25,346 19,492 18,022 14,706 12,065
Utmanzai Charsadda 34,257 Increase 30,747[14] 24,848 18,931 15,857 12,610 10,272
Zaida Swabi 34,200 Increase 31,949[11] 22,656 ... ... ... ...
Tall Hangu 30,977 Decrease 32,335[24] 25,355 18,901 14,082 11,747 5,602
Akora Khattak Nowshera 29,750 Decrease 33,013[13] 19,530 13,788 11,191 7,954 ...

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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