What is the population of Rahim Yar Khan?
Rahim Yar Khan has a city population of 517,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Rahim Yar Khan
Saddiqabad lies 21 km away with a population of 274,210, making it the nearest major city to this Punjab settlement of 517,000. Rahim Yar Khan ranks 27th among Pakistan's 361 listed cities and 17th within Punjab province. The city sits 645 km from Islamabad and at an elevation of 85 m.
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
#17of 188
Elevation
85 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Karachi
Coordinates
28.420, 70.303
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 |
| Rahim Yar Khan | 517K |
Rahim Yar Khan Population FAQ
Where is Rahim Yar Khan?
Rahim Yar Khan is in Punjab, Pakistan, 645 km from the capital, Islamabad. Its coordinates are 28.420, 70.303.
How big is Rahim Yar Khan compared with other cities in Pakistan?
It is the 27th largest of the 361 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Pakistan, holding 0.2% of the national population.