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Pakistan Missions Information

Major City Population of Pakistan 2024-2025 estimates

- **Karachi**: 18.1 million
- **Lahore**: 14.8 million
- **Faisalabad**: 3.9 million
- **Islamabad**: 1.3 million

**Estimated Population of Combined Major Cities in Pakistan Approximately 38.1 million people**

These figures represent the urban agglomerations (metropolitan areas) of each city, which include the core city plus surrounding suburban areas. It’s worth noting that according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, Karachi’s total population was 20.3 million , while Lahore’s 2023 Census population was 13 million , showing some variation between different measurement methods and boundaries used.

Pakistan’s rural population Estimates 2025

Based on the search results, approximately

155 million people lived in rural Pakistan in 2024 .

This represents about 62% of Pakistan’s total population as of 2023 .

To put this in context, Pakistan has one of the lowest urbanization rates in the world despite recent growth in cities like Karachi and Lahore. The rural population has been gradually declining as a percentage of the total population over time, but in absolute numbers it continues to grow due to Pakistan’s overall population growth.