What is the population of Dera Ismail Khan?
Dera Ismail Khan has a city population of 763,195. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Pakistan · Asia
Dera Ismail Khan
City population
763,195
#15
in Pakistan
#3
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
#723
worldwide
31.831, 70.902 · 290 km from Islamabad
About Dera Ismail Khan
Pakistan's 15th-largest listed city by population, Dera Ismail Khan holds 763,195 residents and ranks third in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The city sits 290 km from Islamabad and is surrounded by smaller urban centres: Shorkot lies 9 km away with 67,439 people, while Bhakkar, 27 km distant, has 131,658 residents.
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
#3of 44
Coordinates
31.831, 70.902
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 |
| Dera Ismail Khan | 763K |
Dera Ismail Khan Population FAQ
Where is Dera Ismail Khan?
Dera Ismail Khan is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 290 km from the capital, Islamabad. Its coordinates are 31.831, 70.902.
How big is Dera Ismail Khan compared with other cities in Pakistan?
It is the 15th largest of the 361 cities listed in Pakistan, holding 0.3% of the national population.