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Multan

Punjab · Pakistan
City population
2,169,915
#7
in Pakistan
#5
in Punjab
#184
worldwide
IslamabadMultan
30.197, 71.478 · 419 km from Islamabad
City population
2,169,915
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Pakistan
#7
of 361 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#184
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Pakistan
0.9%
of the national population

About Multan

At 0.9% of Pakistan's national population, Multan is the country's seventh-largest city by population proper. The city holds 2,169,915 residents and ranks 184th globally. Located 419 km from Islamabad, it sits at 126 m elevation in Punjab province. Several cities of 150,000 to 235,000 people lie within 44 km: Muzaffargarh, Qadirpur Ran, Shujaabad, and Kabirwala.

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
#7of 361
LargestSmallest
Position in Punjab
#5of 188
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Pakistan
Region
Punjab
Rank in region
#5of 188
Distance to capital
419 km
to Islamabad
Elevation
126 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Karachi
Coordinates
30.197, 71.478
Record updated
2026-04-29
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.

21KMQadirpur Ran200K people31KMMuzaffargarh236K people37KMJahanian50K people39KMShujaabad151K people44KMKabirwala92K 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. Multan2.17M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Multan 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
Multan2.17M

Multan Population FAQ

What is the population of Multan?

Multan has a city population of 2,169,915. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Multan?

Multan is in Punjab, Pakistan, 419 km from the capital, Islamabad. Its coordinates are 30.197, 71.478.

How big is Multan compared with other cities in Pakistan?

It is the 7th largest of the 361 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Pakistan, holding 0.9% of the national population.

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