What is the population of Bannu?
Bannu has a city population of 1,357,890. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Pakistan · Asia
Bannu
City population
1,357,890
#10
in Pakistan
#2
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
#370
worldwide
32.985, 70.604 · 241 km from Islamabad
About Bannu
The nearest listed city lies 24 km away, with four others within 75 km; the largest of these neighbours, Khōst, has a population of 96,123. A population of 1,357,890 makes this the second-largest listed city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the tenth-largest in Pakistan, accounting for 0.5% of the national population. The city sits 241 km from Islamabad.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 44
Coordinates
32.985, 70.604
Record updated
6 February 2025
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 PakistanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Bannu | 1.36M |
Bannu Population FAQ
Where is Bannu?
Bannu is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 241 km from the capital, Islamabad. Its coordinates are 32.985, 70.604.
How big is Bannu compared with other cities in Pakistan?
It is the 10th largest of the 361 cities listed in Pakistan, holding 0.5% of the national population.