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
Ranked 1,046th in the world by city population, this city of 538,344 people sits 340 km from Islamabad. It is the 25th largest city in Pakistan and the 15th largest in Punjab. Bahawalnagar, with a population of 241,873, lies 30 km away; several smaller cities are clustered within 35 km.
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
#15of 188
Elevation
174 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Karachi
Coordinates
30.666, 73.102
Record updated
2025-02-05
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, 340 km from the capital, Islamabad. Its coordinates are 30.666, 73.102.
How big is Sahiwal compared with other cities in Pakistan?
It is the 25th largest of the 361 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Pakistan, holding 0.2% of the national population.