List of cities in the Punjab region by population

The following is a list of the largest cities in the Punjab region by population located in modern divisions which were part of the British Punjab Province as at 1947 when the modern countries of India and Pakistan were created. Accordingly, 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. The former province is today part of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh states and Chandigarh union territory in India, and Punjab province and Islamabad Capital Territory in Pakistan. This list deals with the areas within city administrative boundaries (city propers), urban areas, and metropolitan areas.

List of the Cities

Rank	City	Administrative subdivision	Sovereign state	Image	City proper population	Urban area population	Metropolitan area population
1	Lahore	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		11,126,285[1] (2017)	11,545,000[2] (2016)
2	Faisalabad	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		3,203,846[3] (2017)	3,675,000[2] (2016)
3	Gurgaon	State of Haryana	India		2,982,928[4] (2021)
4	Rawalpindi	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		2,098,231[1] (2017)
5	Gujranwala	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		2,027,001[1] (2017)	2,705,000[5](2016)
6	Ludhiana	State of Punjab	India		1,885,456[6] (2021 estimate)	1,740,000[2] (2016)
7	Multan	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		1,871,843[1] (2017)	3,100,000[7](2016)
8	Faridabad	State of Haryana	India		1,404,653[8] (2011)
9	Amritsar	State of Punjab	India		1,400,311[9] (2021 estimate)	1,285,000[2] (2016)
10	Chandigarh	Union territory of Chandigarh	India		1,055,880[8] (2011)	1,150,000[2] (2016)
11	Jalandhar	State of Punjab	India		862,196[8] (2011)	970,000[2] (2016)
12	Bahawalpur	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		762,111[1] (2017)	930,000[2] (2016)
13	Sargodha	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		659,862[1] (2017)	1,550,000[2] (2016)
14	Sialkot	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		655,852[1] (2017)	580,000[2] (2016)
15	Sheikhupura	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		473,129[1] (2017)	540,000[2] (2016)
16	Patiala	State of Punjab	India		446,246[8] (2011)	803,242[2] (2016)
17	Rahim Yar Khan	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	420,419[1] (2017)
18	Jhang	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		414,131[1] (2017)
19	Dera Ghāzi Khān	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	399,064[1] (2017)
20	Gujrat	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		390,533[1] (2017)
21	Sahiwal	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	389,605[1] (2017)
22	Wah Cantonment	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	380,103[1] (2017)
23	Rohtak	State of Haryana	India		374,292[8] (2011)
24	Kasur	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		358,409[1] (2017)
25	Okara	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		357,935[1] (2017)
26	Hisar	State of Haryana	India		301,249[8] (2011)
27	Ambala	State of Haryana	India		300,484[8] (2011)
28	Panipat	State of Haryana	India		294,150[8] (2011)
29	Karnal	State of Haryana	India	—	286,964[8] (2011)
30	Bathinda	State of Punjab	India		285,813[8] (2011)
31	Chiniot	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	278,747[1] (2017)
32	Sonipat	State of Haryana	India		277,053[8] (2011)
33	Kāmoke	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	249,767[1] (2017)
34	Hafizabad	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	245,784[1] (2017)
35	Sadiqabad	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	239,677[1] (2017)
36	Burewala	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	231,797[1] (2017)
37	Khanewal	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		227,059[1] (2017)
38	Yamunanagar	State of Haryana	India	—	216,628[8] (2011)
39	Panchkula	State of Haryana	India		211,355[8] (2011)
40	Muzaffargarh	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		209,604[1] (2017)
41	Mandi Bahauddin	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	198,609[1] (2017)
42	Bhiwani	State of Haryana	India	—	197,662[8] (2011)
43	Jhelum	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		190,425[1] (2017)
44	Khanpur	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	184,793[1] (2017)
45	Sirsa	State of Haryana	India	—	183,282[8] (2011)
46	Pakpattan	Province of Punjab	Pakistan		176,693[1] (2017)
47	Daska	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	175,170[1] (2017)
48	Gojra	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	174,860[1] (2017)
49	Bahadurgarh	State of Haryana	India		170,426[8] (2011)
50	Shimla	State of Himachal Pradesh	India		169,758[8] (2011)
51	Hoshiarpur	State of Punjab	India		168,443[8] (2011)
52	Muridke	Province of Punjab	Pakistan	—	166,652[1] (2017)
53	Jind	State of Haryana	India	—	166,225[8] (2011)
54	Batala	State of Punjab	India		156,400[8] (2011)
55	Thanesar	State of Haryana	India		154,962[8] (2011)
56	Moga	State of Punjab	India		150,432[8] (2011)
57	Pathankot	State of Punjab	India		148,357[8] (2011)
58	Mohali	State of Punjab	India		146,104[8] (2011)
59	Abohar	State of Punjab	India	—	145,238[8] (2011)
60	Kaithal	State of Haryana	India		144,633[8] (2011)
61	Rewari	State of Haryana	India		140,864[8] (2011)
62	Malerkotla	State of Punjab	India		135,330[8] (2011)
63	Khanna	State of Punjab	India		128,130[8] (2011)
64	Palwal	State of Haryana	India	—	127,931[8] (2011)
65	Jagadhari	State of Haryana	India	—	124,915[8] (2011)
66	Muktsar	State of Punjab	India		117,085[8] (2011)
67	Barnala	State of Punjab	India	—	116,454[8] (2011)
68	Firozpur	State of Punjab	India		110,091[8] (2011)
69	Kapurthala	State of Punjab	India		101,654[8] (2011)

See also

• List of most populous cities in Pakistan
• List of cities in Punjab and Chandigarh by population
• List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population
• List of North Indian cities by population
• List of cities in India by population