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Bahawalpur

Punjab · Pakistan
City population
903,795
#13
in Pakistan
#8
in Punjab
#614
worldwide
IslamabadBahawalpur
29.398, 71.675 · 498 km from Islamabad
City population
903,795
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Pakistan
#13
of 361 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#614
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Pakistan
0.4%
of the national population

About Bahawalpur

At 498 km from Islamabad, Bahawalpur is Pakistan's 13th-largest city by population, with 904,000 residents forming 0.4% of the national total. It ranks eighth within Punjab province and sits at low elevation of 121 m above sea level. Lodhran lies 16 km away with 145,000 people; Jalalpur Pirwala, 45 km distant, holds 500,000.

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
#13of 361
LargestSmallest
Position in Punjab
#8of 188
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Pakistan
Region
Punjab
Rank in region
#8of 188
Distance to capital
498 km
to Islamabad
Elevation
121 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Karachi
Coordinates
29.398, 71.675
Record updated
2025-02-04
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.

16KMLodhran145K people22KMDhanot16K people31KMYazman61K people34KMKahror Pakka70K people45KMJalalpur Pirwala500K 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. Bahawalpur904K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Bahawalpur 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
Bahawalpur904K

Bahawalpur Population FAQ

What is the population of Bahawalpur?

Bahawalpur has a city population of 903,795. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Bahawalpur?

Bahawalpur is in Punjab, Pakistan, 498 km from the capital, Islamabad. Its coordinates are 29.398, 71.675.

How big is Bahawalpur compared with other cities in Pakistan?

It is the 13th largest of the 361 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Pakistan, holding 0.4% of the national population.

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