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 |  Sindh |
16,051,521[5] | 3,527 (1,361.8) |
| 2 | Lahore |  Punjab |
11,126,285 | 1,772 (684.2) |
| 3 | Faisalabad | Punjab
|
3,203,846 | 1326 (512) |
| 4 | Islamabad-Rawalpindi | [ Islamabad and
|
4,302,081 | 1,165.5 (450.0)
259 (100.0) Islamabad: 906.5 (350.0) |
| 5 | Gujranwala | Punjab |
2,027,001 | 240 (92.7) |
| 6 | Peshawar |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
1,970,042 | 215 (83.0) |
| 7 | Multan | Punjab |
1,871,843 | 286 (110.4) |
| 8 | Hyderabad | Sindh |
1,732,693 | 292 (112.7) |
| 9 | Quetta |  Balochistan |
1,001,205 | 178 (68.7) |
| 10 | Bahawalpur | Punjab |
762,111 | 246 (95.0) |
| 11 | Sargodha | Punjab |
659,862 | 155 (59.8) |
| 12 | Sialkot | Punjab |
655,852 | 102 (39.4) |
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