What is the population of Peshawar?
Peshawar has a city population of 4,758,762. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Pakistan · Asia
Peshawar
City population
4,758,762
#3
in Pakistan
#1
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
#63
worldwide
34.008, 71.578 · 139 km from Islamabad
About Peshawar
Pakistan's third-largest city by population, Peshawar holds 4,758,762 residents and accounts for 1.9% of the national population. It ranks first among 44 cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and sits 139 km from Islamabad. Several cities cluster nearby: Charsadda at 22 km with 120,170 residents, Shabqadar at 23 km with 102,340, and Jamrud at 18 km with 56,642.
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
#1of 44
Elevation
340 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Karachi
Coordinates
34.008, 71.578
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 |
| Peshawar | 4.76M |
Peshawar Population FAQ
Where is Peshawar?
Peshawar is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 139 km from the capital, Islamabad. Its coordinates are 34.008, 71.578.
How big is Peshawar compared with other cities in Pakistan?
It is the 3rd largest of the 361 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Pakistan, holding 1.9% of the national population.