What is the population of Hyderabad?
Hyderabad has a city population of 1,921,275. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Hyderabad
Ranking 218th globally, this city holds 1,921,275 people and accounts for 0.8% of Pakistan's population. It stands as the eighth-largest city in Pakistan and second-largest in Sindh, 1,029 km from Islamabad. Kotri lies 8 km away with 106,615 residents; Tando Allahyar, 35 km distant, has 421,923 people.
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 82
Elevation
14 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Karachi
Coordinates
25.397, 68.377
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 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 |
| Hyderabad | 1.92M |
Hyderabad Population FAQ
Where is Hyderabad?
Hyderabad is in Sindh, Pakistan, 1,029 km from the capital, Islamabad. Its coordinates are 25.397, 68.377.
How big is Hyderabad compared with other cities in Pakistan?
It is the 8th largest of the 361 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Pakistan, holding 0.8% of the national population.