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Dera Ismail Khan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa · Pakistan
City population
763,195
#15
in Pakistan
#3
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
#723
worldwide
IslamabadDera Ismail Khan
31.831, 70.902 · 290 km from Islamabad
City population
763,195
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Pakistan
#15
of 361 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#723
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Pakistan
0.3%
of the national population

About Dera Ismail Khan

Pakistan's 15th-largest 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.

Position in Pakistan
#15of 361
LargestSmallest
Position in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
#3of 44
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Pakistan
Region
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Rank in region
#3of 44
Distance to capital
290 km
to Islamabad
Elevation
177 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Karachi
Coordinates
31.831, 70.902
Record updated
2025-02-06
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.

9KMShorkot67K people20KMDarya Khan69K people27KMBhakkar132K people31KMPaharpur76K people43KMKulachi24K 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. Dera Ismail Khan763K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Dera Ismail Khan 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
Dera Ismail Khan763K

Dera Ismail Khan Population FAQ

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.

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 of 15,000 or more listed in Pakistan, holding 0.3% of the national population.

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