What is the population of Sargodha?
Sargodha has a city population of 975,886. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Sargodha
Several cities with populations between 27,893 and 74,744 lie within 33 km, the nearest being Bhalwal at 29 km. The city proper holds 975,886 people, making it the 11th most populous in Pakistan and 6th in Punjab province, while accounting for 0.4% of the national population. Sargodha sits 185 km from Islamabad.
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
#6of 188
Elevation
187 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Karachi
Coordinates
32.086, 72.674
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 |
| Sargodha | 976K |
Sargodha Population FAQ
Where is Sargodha?
Sargodha is in Punjab, Pakistan, 185 km from the capital, Islamabad. Its coordinates are 32.086, 72.674.
How big is Sargodha compared with other cities in Pakistan?
It is the 11th largest of the 361 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Pakistan, holding 0.4% of the national population.