Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Pakistan

Population in cities over 1 million in Pakistan in 2025 — 51,245,825 people. Ranked 7 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 890.4%.

2025 51.25M people +2.59% vs 2024
World rank 7of 121
Period maximum 51.25M people2025
Period minimum 5.17M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Pakistan, 1960–2025020M40M60M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5,174,229 people1962: 5,691,174 people1964: 6,240,876 people1966: 6,844,989 people1968: 7,510,888 people1970: 8,243,027 people1972: 9,050,392 people1974: 9,866,329 people1976: 10,756,409 people1978: 11,735,583 people1980: 12,817,277 people1982: 13,797,930 people1984: 14,745,418 people1986: 15,757,508 people1988: 16,841,678 people1990: 17,999,961 people1992: 19,240,944 people1994: 20,566,992 people1996: 21,987,972 people1998: 23,474,047 people2000: 24,892,134 people2002: 26,399,303 people2004: 28,005,956 people2006: 29,714,358 people2008: 31,536,397 people2010: 33,474,765 people2012: 35,543,075 people2014: 37,744,504 people2016: 40,094,660 people2018: 42,595,519 people2020: 44,961,239 people2022: 47,418,644 people2024: 49,951,472 people2025: 51,245,825 people
Change over the period: +46.07M (+890.41%) Average annual rate: 3.59 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Pakistan

Pakistan 51.25M people
World computed 2.01B people
South Asia computed 336M people
Southern Asia computed 360M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 574M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 51.25M +1.29M +2.59%
2024 49.95M +1.28M +2.62%
2023 48.68M +1.26M +2.65%
2022 47.42M +1.24M +2.68%
2021 46.18M +1.22M +2.71%
2020 44.96M +1.2M +2.73%
2019 43.77M +1.17M +2.75%
2018 42.6M +1.27M +3.07%
2017 41.32M +1.23M +3.07%
2016 40.09M +1.19M +3.07%
2015 38.9M +1.16M +3.06%
2014 37.74M +1.12M +3.06%
2013 36.63M +1.08M +3.05%
2012 35.54M +1.05M +3.05%
2011 34.49M +1.02M +3.04%
2010 33.47M +985,196 +3.03%
2009 32.49M +953,172 +3.02%
2008 31.54M +926,037 +3.03%
2007 30.61M +896,002 +3.02%
2006 29.71M +868,214 +3.01%
2005 28.85M +840,188 +3%
2004 28.01M +816,472 +3%
2003 27.19M +790,181 +2.99%
2002 26.4M +765,855 +2.99%
2001 25.63M +741,314 +2.98%
2000 24.89M +720,562 +2.98%
1999 24.17M +697,525 +2.97%
1998 23.47M +740,149 +3.26%
1997 22.73M +745,926 +3.39%
1996 21.99M +723,031 +3.4%
1995 21.26M +697,949 +3.39%
1994 20.57M +674,697 +3.39%
1993 19.89M +651,351 +3.39%
1992 19.24M +631,417 +3.39%
1991 18.61M +609,566 +3.39%
1990 18M +589,314 +3.38%
1989 17.41M +568,969 +3.38%
1988 16.84M +551,606 +3.39%
1987 16.29M +532,564 +3.38%
1986 15.76M +514,912 +3.38%
1985 15.24M +497,178 +3.37%
1984 14.75M +482,045 +3.38%
1983 14.26M +465,443 +3.37%
1982 13.8M +450,047 +3.37%
1981 13.35M +530,606 +4.14%
1980 12.82M +554,602 +4.52%
1979 12.26M +527,092 +4.49%
1978 11.74M +501,841 +4.47%
1977 11.23M +477,333 +4.44%
1976 10.76M +456,042 +4.43%
1975 10.3M +434,038 +4.4%
1974 9.87M +413,813 +4.38%
1973 9.45M +402,124 +4.44%
1972 9.05M +413,708 +4.79%
1971 8.64M +393,657 +4.78%
1970 8.24M +375,130 +4.77%
1969 7.87M +357,009 +4.75%
1968 7.51M +341,182 +4.76%
1967 7.17M +324,717 +4.74%
1966 6.84M +309,497 +4.74%
1965 6.54M +294,616 +4.72%
1964 6.24M +281,615 +4.73%
1963 5.96M +268,087 +4.71%
1962 5.69M +255,581 +4.7%
1961 5.44M +261,364 +5.05%
1960 5.17M

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.