List of cities in the Punjab region by population

This is a list of the 20 largest cities in the Punjab region by population. The Punjab is a geographical region in South Asia now divided politically by Pakistan and India and is also administratively divided into provinces, states, and territories within both countries. This list deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries (city proper) as opposed to Urban Areas or Larger Urban Zones (metropolitan areas), which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city.

20 largest cities

Note: The cities are sorted by the column labelled Official population. Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries or their province, state, or territory;

Rank	City	Province/State/Territory	Country	Official population	Date	Reference(s)	Image
1	Delhi (incl. New Delhi)	National Capital Territory of Delhi	India	16,787,941	2011	[1]
2	Lahore	Punjab	Pakistan	10,052,000	2015	[2]
3	Faisalabad (Lyallpur)	Punjab	Pakistan	7,480,675	2014	[3]
4	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Pakistan	4,201,659
5	Islamabad	Islamabad Capital Territory	Pakistan	1,740,000	2009	[4]
6	Ludhiana	Punjab	India	1,613,878	2011
7	Sargodha	Punjab	Pakistan	1,500,000	2015	[5]
7	Abbottabad	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Pakistan	1,430,238
8	Rawalpindi	Punjab	Pakistan	1,406,214	1998	[6]
9	Faridabad	Haryana	India	1,404,653	2011	[7]
10	Multan	Punjab	Pakistan	1,197,384	1998	[8]
11	Amritsar	Punjab	India	1,132,761	2011	[7]
12	Gujranwala	Punjab	Pakistan	1,132,509	1998	[9]
13	Chandigarh	Union Territory of Chandigarh	India	1,054,686	2011
14	Gurgaon	Haryana	India	876,824	2011	[7]
15	Jalandhar (Jullundur)	Punjab	India	862,196	2011	[7]
16	Gujrat	Punjab	Pakistan	710,000
18	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	India	503,690	2011	[7]
19	Ambala	Haryana	India	406,784	2011
20	Patiala	Punjab	India	405,164	2011	[7]

See also

• List of cities in Delhi by population
• List of cities in Haryana by population
• List of cities in Himachal Pradesh by population
• List of cities in Punjab and Chandigarh by population
• List of North Indian cities by population
• List of cities in India by population
• List of most populous cities in Pakistan

References

1. "India: Delhi". citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
2. http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
3. http://phonebookoftheworld.com/faisalabad/
4. "Islamabad The Capital of Pakistan".
5. Jump up ^ http://www.urbanunit.gov.pk/PublicationDocs/Punjab%20city%20profiles/Sargodha%20City%20Profile.pdf
6. http://www.citypopulation.de/Pakistan-20T.html
7. "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
8. http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files//tables/POPULATION%20SIZE%20AND%20GROWTH%20OF%20MAJOR%20CITIES.pdf
9. "Population size and growth of major cities" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 1998. Retrieved 10 October 2015.