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PakStats sorts all 136 districts with a published urban share value from the same Pakistan Census 2023 source. No missing values are estimated.

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Most urban districts in Pakistan (2023)

Every census district ranked by the share of its population living in officially classified urban areas in 2023.

Ranked #1Karachi Central100.0%

136 places

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Rank	District	In	Most urban districts	Population
1	Karachi Central	Sindh	100.0%	3,822,325 people
2	Karachi East	Sindh	100.0%	3,921,742 people
3	Karachi South	Sindh	100.0%	2,329,764 people
4	Keamari	Sindh	100.0%	2,068,451 people
5	Korangi	Sindh	100.0%	3,128,971 people
6	Lahore	Punjab	100.0%	13,004,135 people
7	Karachi West	Sindh	90.7%	2,679,380 people
8	Hyderabad	Sindh	83.1%	2,432,540 people
9	Rawalpindi	Punjab	68.8%	6,118,911 people
10	Quetta	Balochistan	60.3%	2,595,492 people
11	Gujranwala	Punjab	60.3%	5,959,750 people
12	Gwadar	Balochistan	52.1%	305,160 people
13	Sukkur	Sindh	49.7%	1,639,897 people
14	Lasbela	Balochistan	48.6%	680,977 people
15	Faisalabad	Punjab	48.4%	9,075,819 people
16	Malir	Sindh	48.0%	2,432,248 people
17	Islamabad	Islamabad	46.9%	2,363,863 people
18	Jamshoro	Sindh	46.7%	1,117,308 people
19	Multan	Punjab	46.6%	5,362,305 people
20	Larkana	Sindh	44.7%	1,784,453 people
21	Gujrat	Punjab	41.1%	3,219,375 people
22	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	40.1%	4,758,762 people
23	Jhelum	Punjab	39.2%	1,382,308 people
24	Sheikhupura	Punjab	38.3%	4,049,418 people
25	Hafizabad	Punjab	38.2%	1,319,909 people
26	Bahawalpur	Punjab	37.8%	4,284,964 people
27	Sargodha	Punjab	37.1%	4,334,448 people
28	Khuzdar	Balochistan	36.5%	997,214 people
29	Kech	Balochistan	36.4%	1,060,931 people
30	Okara	Punjab	33.8%	3,515,490 people
31	Sialkot	Punjab	32.9%	4,499,394 people
32	Khairpur	Sindh	32.5%	2,597,535 people
33	Shaheed Benazirabad	Sindh	32.4%	1,845,102 people
34	Chiniot	Punjab	31.5%	1,563,024 people
35	Kharan	Balochistan	31.0%	260,352 people
36	Tando Ahyar	Sindh	31.0%	922,012 people
37	Panjgur	Balochistan	30.9%	509,781 people
38	Sibi	Balochistan	30.9%	224,148 people
39	Jacobabad	Sindh	30.8%	1,174,097 people
40	Dera Bugti	Balochistan	30.5%	355,274 people
41	Kasur	Punjab	30.5%	4,084,286 people
42	Swat	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	29.6%	2,687,384 people
43	Mirpur Khas	Sindh	29.3%	1,681,386 people
44	Pishin	Balochistan	29.2%	835,482 people
45	Attock	Punjab	28.8%	2,170,423 people
46	Naushahro Feroze	Sindh	28.5%	1,777,082 people
47	Chaman	Balochistan	27.9%	466,218 people
48	Khushab	Punjab	27.9%	1,501,089 people
49	Kambar Shahdad Kot	Sindh	27.9%	1,514,869 people
50	Jaffarabad	Balochistan	27.5%	594,558 people
51	Bahawalnagar	Punjab	27.4%	3,550,342 people
52	Sanghar	Sindh	27.3%	2,308,465 people
53	Rajanpur	Punjab	26.5%	2,381,049 people
54	Sahiwal	Punjab	26.3%	2,881,811 people
55	Harnai	Balochistan	26.2%	127,571 people
56	Awaran	Balochistan	26.2%	178,958 people
57	Jhang	Punjab	26.1%	3,065,639 people
58	Ziarat	Balochistan	26.1%	189,535 people
59	Dadu	Sindh	25.2%	1,742,320 people
60	Chakwal	Punjab	25.1%	1,734,854 people
61	Rahim Yar Khan	Punjab	24.1%	5,564,703 people
62	Matiari	Sindh	23.9%	849,383 people
63	Dera Ghazi Khan	Punjab	23.8%	3,393,705 people
64	Abbottabad	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	23.4%	1,419,072 people
65	Nushki	Balochistan	23.4%	207,834 people
66	Shikarpur	Sindh	23.0%	1,386,330 people
67	Vehari	Punjab	22.8%	3,430,421 people
68	Kohat	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	22.6%	1,234,661 people
69	Tando Muhammad Khan	Sindh	22.3%	726,119 people
70	Toba Tek Singh	Punjab	22.3%	2,524,044 people
71	Umer Kot	Sindh	22.3%	1,159,831 people
72	Pakpattan	Punjab	22.1%	2,136,170 people
73	Badin	Sindh	22.1%	1,947,081 people
74	Kashmore	Sindh	22.0%	1,233,957 people
75	Loralai	Balochistan	21.9%	272,432 people
76	Ghotki	Sindh	21.4%	1,772,609 people
77	Khanewal	Punjab	21.3%	3,364,077 people
78	Dera Ismail Khan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	20.5%	1,829,811 people
79	Mianwali	Punjab	20.2%	1,798,268 people
80	Nankana Sahib	Punjab	19.8%	1,634,871 people
81	Nowshera	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	19.6%	1,740,705 people
82	Nasirabad	Balochistan	19.0%	563,315 people
83	Mandi Bahauddin	Punjab	18.9%	1,829,486 people
84	Muzaffargarh	Punjab	18.9%	5,015,325 people
85	Layyah	Punjab	18.4%	2,102,386 people
86	Kachhi	Balochistan	18.2%	442,674 people
87	Bhakkar	Punjab	18.0%	1,957,470 people
88	Swabi	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	17.9%	1,894,600 people
89	Narowal	Punjab	17.9%	1,950,954 people
90	Thatta	Sindh	17.9%	1,083,191 people
91	Lower Chitral	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	17.8%	320,407 people
92	Killa Saifullah	Balochistan	16.9%	380,200 people
93	Lodhran	Punjab	16.9%	1,928,299 people
94	Mardan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	16.5%	2,744,898 people
95	Kalat	Balochistan	16.4%	271,560 people
96	Hangu	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	16.2%	528,902 people
97	Charsadda	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	15.9%	1,835,504 people
98	Washuk	Balochistan	13.6%	302,623 people
99	Zhob	Balochistan	13.2%	355,692 people
100	Surab	Balochistan	13.1%	279,038 people
101	Mastung	Balochistan	12.9%	313,271 people
102	Haripur	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	12.6%	1,174,783 people
103	Jhal Magsi	Balochistan	11.9%	203,368 people
104	Sujawal	Sindh	10.6%	839,292 people
105	Tank	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	10.5%	470,293 people
106	Lakki Marwat	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	9.9%	1,040,856 people
107	Killa Abdullah	Balochistan	9.8%	361,971 people
108	Malakand	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	8.9%	826,250 people
109	Musakhel	Balochistan	8.7%	182,275 people
110	Mansehra	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	8.6%	1,797,177 people
111	Khyber	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	8.3%	1,146,267 people
112	Tharparkar	Sindh	8.1%	1,778,407 people
113	Chagai	Balochistan	7.5%	269,192 people
114	Kohlu	Balochistan	7.3%	260,220 people
115	Karak	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	7.1%	815,878 people
116	Barkhan	Balochistan	6.9%	210,249 people
117	Sohbatpur	Balochistan	6.1%	240,106 people
118	Kurram	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	5.8%	785,434 people
119	Duki	Balochistan	4.8%	205,044 people
120	Upper Dir	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	4.4%	1,083,566 people
121	Bannu	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	3.6%	1,357,890 people
122	Lower Dir	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	2.9%	1,650,183 people
123	North Waziristan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.6%	693,332 people
124	Bajaur	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.0%	1,287,960 people
125	Batagram	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.0%	554,133 people
126	Buner	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.0%	1,016,869 people
127	Kolai Palas Kohistan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.0%	280,162 people
128	Lower Kohistan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.0%	340,017 people
129	Mohmand	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.0%	553,933 people
130	Orakzai	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.0%	387,561 people
131	Shangla	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.0%	891,252 people
132	Sherani	Balochistan	0.0%	191,687 people
133	South Waziristan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.0%	888,675 people
134	Torghar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.0%	200,445 people
135	Upper Chitral	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.0%	195,528 people
136	Upper Kohistan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.0%	422,947 people

How to read this ranking

Karachi Central District ranks first among 136 districts at 100.0%, according to the Pakistan Population and Housing Census 2023.

Urban status follows the administrative classification used by PBS in the census; it is not a satellite-based built-up-area measure.

The table is a census snapshot, not a current population estimate. Follow any place name for its full profile, including population change, household measures and literacy.

Questions about the ranking

Which district in Pakistan has the largest urban population share?: Karachi Central District ranks first among 136 districts at 100.0%, according to the Pakistan Population and Housing Census 2023.
How is this district ranking calculated?: PakStats sorts all 136 districts with a published urban share value from the same Pakistan Census 2023 source. No missing values are estimated.