What is the population of Quetta?
Quetta has a city population of 1,565,546. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Pakistan · Asia
Quetta
City population
1,565,546
#9
in Pakistan
#1
in Balochistan
#297
worldwide
30.184, 67.001 · 692 km from Islamabad
About Quetta
At 692 km from Islamabad, Quetta is Pakistan's ninth-largest city by population, with 1,565,546 residents. The city ranks first in Balochistan province among 29 listed cities and accounts for 0.6% of Pakistan's national population. Situated at 1,683 m elevation, Quetta sits within a cluster of smaller cities: Pishin (44 km away, 24,239 residents), Mastung (45 km, 29,082), and Mach (48 km, 44,542) lie nearby.
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 29
Elevation
1,683 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Karachi
Coordinates
30.184, 67.001
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 |
| Quetta | 1.57M |
Quetta Population FAQ
Where is Quetta?
Quetta is in Balochistan, Pakistan, 692 km from the capital, Islamabad. Its coordinates are 30.184, 67.001.
How big is Quetta compared with other cities in Pakistan?
It is the 9th largest of the 361 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Pakistan, holding 0.6% of the national population.