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Arifwala

Punjab · Pakistan
City population
854,462
#14
in Pakistan
#9
in Punjab
#650
worldwide
IslamabadArifwala
30.291, 73.066 · 382 km from Islamabad
City population
854,462
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Pakistan
#14
of 361 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#650
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Pakistan
0.3%
of the national population

About Arifwala

Pakistan's 14th-largest city by population, Arifwala holds 854,462 residents and accounts for 0.3% of the national total. It ranks ninth within Punjab province. The city lies 382 km from Islamabad and sits at low elevation of 159 m. Pakpattan, a city of 126,706 people, stands 32 km away; Bahawalnagar, with 241,873 residents, is 37 km distant.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Pakistan
#14of 361
LargestSmallest
Position in Punjab
#9of 188
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Pakistan
Region
Punjab
Rank in region
#9of 188
Distance to capital
382 km
to Islamabad
Elevation
159 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Karachi
Coordinates
30.291, 73.066
Record updated
2026-06-17
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 361 in Pakistan

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

13KMQabula52K people16KMChak One Hundred Twenty Nine Left24K people32KMPakpattan127K people37KMBahawalnagar242K people38KMChak Thirty-one -Eleven Left46K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Arifwala854K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Arifwala compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Arifwala854K

Arifwala Population FAQ

What is the population of Arifwala?

Arifwala has a city population of 854,462. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Arifwala?

Arifwala is in Punjab, Pakistan, 382 km from the capital, Islamabad. Its coordinates are 30.291, 73.066.

How big is Arifwala compared with other cities in Pakistan?

It is the 14th largest of the 361 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Pakistan, holding 0.3% of the national population.

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