List of cities in Balochistan, Pakistan by population
This is a list showing the most populous cities in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan as of the 2023 Census of Pakistan. In the following table, you can find each of the 40 cities and towns in the province with populations higher than 30,000 as of March 1, 2023. City populations found in this list only refer to populations found within the city's defined limits and any adjacent cantonments. The census totals below come from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.[1]
List
| City | Tehsil | Pop. | Pop. | Pop. | Pop.
(1981) |
Pop.
(1972) |
Pop.
(1961) |
Pop.
(1951) |
Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quetta | Chiltan Tehsil | 1,565,546 | 1,001,205[4] | 565,137 | 286,000 | 158,000 | 107,000 | 84,000 | |
| Turbat | Turbat Tehsil | 268,625 | 213,557[5] | 68,603 | 52,337 | 27,671 | 4,578 | 3,549 | |
| Khuzdar | Khuzdar Tehsil | 218,112 | 182,927[6] | 91,057 | 30,887 | 3,362 | ... | ... | |
| Hub | Hub Tehsil | 195,661 | 175,376[7] | 62,763 | 4,249 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Panjgur | Panjgur Tehsil | 157,693 | 80,411 | 21,297 | 9,495 | 9,879 | 5,670 | 754 | |
| Chaman | Chaman Tehsil | 130,139 | 123,191[8] | 56,792 | 29,793 | 20,702 | 12,208 | 6,980 | |
| Pishin | Pishin Tehsil | 107,646 | 35,577[9] | 22,955 | 14,715 | 10,068 | 2,906 | 3,106 | |
| Dera Murad Jamali | Dera Murad Jamali Tehsil | 106,952 | 96,591[10] | 38,341 | 9,133 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Dera Allah Yar | Jaffarabad Tehsil | 98,761 | 80,908[11] | 38,371 | 6730 | 2332 | 1497 | ... | |
| Kharan | Kharan Tehsil | 80,806 | 51,388[12] | 27,806 | 10,472 | 6,093 | 2,692 | 2,589 | |
| Sui | Sui Tehsil | 79,567 | 72,740[13] | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Zehri | Zehri Tehsil | 70,910 | 37,854[6] | 13,143 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Gwadar | Gwadar Tehsil | 70,852 | 90,762[14] | 45,021 | 17,000 | 15,794 | ... | ... | |
| Sibi | Sibi Tehsil | 69,300 | 64,427[15] | 48,467 | 23,043 | 19,989 | 13,327 | 11,836 | |
| Buleda | Bulaida Tehsil | 68,752 | 39,813[5] | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Tasp | Panjgur Tehsil | 66,030 | 35,890[16] | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Usta Mohammad | Usta Muhammad Tehsil | 64,632 | 77,097[11] | 38,946 | 12,016 | 6,605 | 3,341 | 2,089 | |
| Loralai | Bori Tehsil | 56,613 | 47,098[17] | 25,450 | 10,482 | 7,157 | 5,519 | 4,437 | |
| Tump | Tump Tehsil | 49,269 | 48,766[5] | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Nushki | Nushki Tehsil | 48,572 | 46,386[18] | 23,948 | 11,300 | 5,329 | 3,153 | 2,142 | |
| Nal | Nal Tehsil | 48,481 | 33,299[6] | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chitkan | Panjgur Tehsil | 47,034 | 44,434[16] | 21,297 | 9,495 | 9,879 | 5,670 | 754 | |
| Khanozai | Karezat Tehsil | 46,682 | 40,238[9] | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Saranan | Saranan Tehsil | 46,512 | 37,927[9] | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Sanjawi | Sinjawi Tehsil | 45,539 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Washbood | Panjgur Tehsil | 44,629 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Machh | Machh Tehsil | 44,542 | 19,152[19] | 14,488 | 8,419 | 7,273 | 4,921 | 3,211 | |
| Qalat | Kalat Tehsil | 44,440 | 36,864[20] | 22,646 | 11,037 | 6,481 | 5,321 | 2,009 | |
| Zhob | Zhob Tehsil | 44,251 | 39,914[21] | 37,791 | 31,931 | 17,291 | 8,058 | 5,932 | |
| Pasni | Pasni Tehsil | 43,494 | 34,524[14] | 29,538 | 17,988 | 15,737 | 7,483 | 6,168 | |
| Huramzai | Hurramzai Tehsil | 42,945 | 29,400[9] | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Washuk | Washuk Tehsil | 41,107 | 21,872[22] | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Mastung | Mastung Tehsil | 40,374 | 34,997[23] | 24,131 | 16,450 | 10,397 | 5,962 | 2,792 | |
| Uthal | Uthal Tehsil | 37,071 | 29,414[7] | 13,319 | 9,404 | 2,296 | ... | ... | |
| Surab | Surab Tehsil | 36,468 | 35,594[20] | 11,148 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Qilla Abdullah | Killa Abdullah Tehsil | 35,384 | 26,151[8] | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Winder | Sonmiani Tehsil | 35,245 | 29,598[7] | 11,569 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Qilla Saifullah | Killa Saifullah Tehsil | 35,043 | 34,865[24] | 8,129 | 835 | 555 | ... | ||
| Bela | Bela Tehsil | 29,380 | 24,603[7] | 16,705 | 11,172 | 6,728 | 3,139 | 3,063 | |
| Muslim Bagh | Muslim Bagh Tehsil | 29,132 | 28,066[24] | 17,170 | ... | 2,694 | 2,217 | ... | |
| Dera Bugti | Dera Bugti Tehsil | 28,880 | 27,625 | ||||||
| Awaran | Awaran Tehsil | 28,780 | 21,761 | ||||||
| Wadh | Wadh Tehsil | 26,875 | 22,209 | ||||||
| Jiwani | Jiwani Tehsil | 25,332 | 18,268 | ||||||
| Gandava | Gandava Tehsil | 24,130 | 7,815 | ||||||
| Dalbandin | Dalbandin Tehsil | 20,054 | 16,265 | ||||||
| Shahrig | Shahrig Tehsil | 19,156 | 11,259 | ||||||
| Kohlu | Kohlu Tehsil | 18,978 | 17,443 | ||||||
| Bhag | Bhag Tehsil | 18,634 | 16,600 | ||||||
| Mashkai | Mashkai Tehsil | 18,056 | 12,476 | ||||||
| Gaddani | Gaddani Tehsil | 17,540 | 7,679 | ||||||
| Dhadar | Dhadar Tehsil | 17,276 | 15,240 | ||||||
| Ormara | Ormara Tehsil | 16,573 | 15,631 | ||||||
| Musakhel | Musakhel Tehsil | 15,805 | 14,135 | ||||||
| Dureji | Dureji Tehsil | 15,688 | 12,855 | ||||||
| Sohbatpur | Sohbatpur Tehsil | 14,728 | 12,867 | ||||||
| Barkhan | Barkhan Tehsil | 14,425 | 12,201 | ||||||
| Harnai | Harnai Tehsil | 14,277 | 13,303 | ||||||
| Duki | Duki Tehsil | 9,783 | 10,042 | ||||||
| Ziarat | Ziarat Tehsil | 3,863 | 3,392 | 636 | 201 | 533 | ... | ... |
See also
Notes
- A. ^ This city did not exist as a municipality and was not classified as an urban area at the time of the 1998 Pakistan Census.
References
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