What is the population of Sahiwal?
Sahiwal has a city population of 538,344. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Sahiwal
Pakistan's 24th-largest city by population, Sahiwal holds 538,344 people and ranks 14th within Punjab. It sits 205 km from Islamabad and 35 km from Sargodha, a much larger city of 975,886. Smaller settlements cluster nearby: Mangla at 10 km with 16,264 people and Faruka at 12 km with 60,000.
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
#14of 188
Elevation
171 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Karachi
Coordinates
31.974, 72.331
Record updated
2026-06-19
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 |
| Sahiwal | 538K |
Sahiwal Population FAQ
Where is Sahiwal?
Sahiwal is in Punjab, Pakistan, 205 km from the capital, Islamabad. Its coordinates are 31.974, 72.331.
How big is Sahiwal compared with other cities in Pakistan?
It is the 24th largest of the 361 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Pakistan, holding 0.2% of the national population.