Province
The population development of Sindh according to census results.
| Name | Status | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (C) 1972-09-16 | Population Census (C) 1981-03-01 | Population Census (C) 1998-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2017-03-15 | Population Census (C) 2023-03-01 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sindh | Prov | Karāchi | 140,914 | 14,155,909 | 19,028,666 | 30,439,893 | 47,854,510 | 55,696,147 | 14091400 | → |
| Pakistan | Islāmābād | 796,096 | 65,309,340 | 84,253,644 | 132,352,279 | 207,684,626 | 241,499,431 | → |
- Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Major Cities
| Name | Population Census (C) 2023-03-01 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karāchi | 18,868,021 |
| 2 | Hyderābād | 1,921,275 |
| 3 | Sukkur | 563,851 |
| 4 | Lārkāna | 551,716 |
| 5 | Nawābshāh | 363,138 |
| 6 | Mīrpur Khās | 267,833 |
| 7 | Jacobābād | 219,315 |
| 8 | Shikārpur | 204,938 |
| 9 | Khaīrpur | 191,044 |
| 10 | Dādu | 188,317 |
Contents: Cities, Municipalites & Towns
The population of all cities, municipalities and towns with more than 25,000 inhabitants in Sindh by census years.
| Name | Population Census (C) 1972-09-16 | Population Census (C) 1981-03-01 | Population Census (C) 1998-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2017-03-15 | Population Census (C) 2023-03-01 | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmedpur | ... | ... | ... | 21,871 | 24,812 | 0 | → |
| Ārīja | ... | ... | ... | 20,608 | 26,047 | 0 | → |
| Bādāh | 13,536 | 16,645 | 33,205 | 40,038 | 43,756 | 0 | → |
| Badīn | 21,939 | 23,657 | 62,843 | 112,393 | 117,455 | 0 | → |
| Bandhi | 3,788 | 4,806 | 7,610 | 32,189 | 36,588 | 0 | → |
| Behram | ... | ... | ... | 21,042 | 26,679 | 0 | → |
| Bhān | ... | 6,108 | 14,241 | 37,452 | 43,108 | 0 | → |
| Bhiria Road | 6,209 | 8,229 | 13,099 | 24,741 | 30,527 | 0 | → |
| Bhit Shah (Bhit) | ... | ... | 16,683 | 39,662 | 45,345 | 0 | → |
| Bolhari | ... | ... | ... | 158,239 | 169,613 | 0 | → |
| Chāchro | ... | ... | ... | 23,315 | 25,309 | 0 | → |
| Choondiko | ... | ... | ... | 38,620 | 40,305 | 0 | → |
| Dādu | 30,184 | 39,298 | 102,550 | 171,319 | 188,317 | 0 | → |
| Daharki | 7,013 | 17,417 | 34,615 | 86,286 | 90,177 | 0 | → |
| Daur | 9,651 | 8,266 | 14,830 | 28,294 | 35,662 | 0 | → |
| Dhoronaro | 3,722 | 9,003 | 16,707 | 27,996 | 29,507 | 0 | → |
| Digri | 11,602 | 17,198 | 27,027 | 36,745 | 41,774 | 0 | → |
| Dokri | 4,539 | 5,697 | 12,420 | 22,164 | 27,125 | 0 | → |
| Faqirabad | ... | 13,386 | 15,852 | 31,273 | 38,630 | 0 | → |
| Gambat | 13,962 | 17,455 | 28,311 | 52,617 | 59,790 | 0 | → |
| Ghāro | 14,589 | 6,834 | 16,541 | 36,799 | 40,220 | 0 | → |
| Ghauspur | 9,401 | 14,293 | 25,081 | 35,319 | 43,476 | 0 | → |
| Ghotki | 19,275 | 28,837 | 52,823 | 111,398 | 119,879 | 0 | → |
| Guddu | ... | ... | 24,028 | 24,537 | 23,499 | 0 | → |
| Hāla | 18,282 | 23,877 | 40,377 | 65,780 | 71,094 | 0 | → |
| Halāni | ... | ... | ... | 23,380 | 25,317 | 0 | → |
| Hingorja | ... | 21,719 | 19,099 | 29,635 | 32,159 | 0 | → |
| Husri | ... | ... | ... | 21,136 | 26,801 | 0 | → |
| Hyderābād (incl. Hyderābād Cantonment, Qasimabad) [Hyderabad] | 628,631 | 751,529 | 1,166,894 | 1,733,622 | 1,921,275 | 0 | → |
| Jacobābād | 57,596 | 79,365 | 138,780 | 191,098 | 219,315 | 0 | → |
| Jāmshoro | ... | ... | ... | 32,768 | 88,190 | 0 | → |
| Jatia | ... | ... | ... | 39,777 | 41,993 | 0 | → |
| Jhudo | 8,935 | 13,306 | 23,603 | 32,215 | 37,379 | 0 | → |
| Johi | 4,522 | 6,386 | 17,997 | 29,031 | 40,086 | 0 | → |
| Kambar Ali Khān | 18,476 | 25,885 | 58,369 | 100,970 | 112,313 | 0 | → |
| Kandhkot | 21,946 | 31,948 | 67,566 | 100,850 | 99,155 | 0 | → |
| Kandiāro | 9,365 | 12,355 | 21,957 | 38,869 | 44,382 | 0 | → |
| Karāchi (incl. cantonments) [Karachi] | 3,515,402 | 5,208,132 | 9,339,023 | 14,884,402 | 18,868,021 | 0 | → |
| Kashmor | 6,572 | 12,102 | 28,548 | 55,908 | 63,984 | 0 | → |
| Kazi Ahmed | ... | 11,388 | 16,751 | 24,315 | 28,610 | 0 | → |
| Khaīrpur | 48,299 | 61,447 | 105,637 | 183,120 | 191,044 | 0 | → |
| Khairpur Nathan Shāh | 7,655 | 10,540 | 26,012 | 41,320 | 50,786 | 0 | → |
| Khāngarh | ... | ... | ... | 30,423 | 32,648 | 0 | → |
| Khipro | 8,224 | 14,200 | 25,580 | 50,996 | 58,307 | 0 | → |
| Khoski | ... | 3,557 | 6,875 | 27,411 | 29,324 | 0 | → |
| Khuhra | 7,348 | 9,730 | 12,571 | 24,246 | 24,341 | 0 | → |
| Kot Diji | 9,519 | 12,256 | 21,752 | 37,532 | 36,418 | 0 | → |
| Kot Ghulam Muhammad | 8,166 | 10,838 | 17,507 | 29,042 | 30,088 | 0 | → |
| Kotri | 29,746 | 39,390 | 62,085 | 101,124 | 106,615 | 0 | → |
| Kunri | 7,393 | 12,785 | 22,598 | 27,993 | 26,609 | 0 | → |
| Lakhi | ... | ... | 14,081 | 23,405 | 33,588 | 0 | → |
| Lārkāna | 71,893 | 123,890 | 270,283 | 488,006 | 551,716 | 0 | → |
| Makli | ... | ... | ... | 47,239 | 54,137 | 0 | → |
| Mātli | 17,088 | 23,508 | 42,909 | 62,563 | 74,402 | 0 | → |
| Mehar | 10,143 | 12,645 | 27,042 | 56,200 | 67,082 | 0 | → |
| Mehrābpur | 9,643 | 16,158 | 30,686 | 53,608 | 57,978 | 0 | → |
| Mīrpur Khās | 81,965 | 124,371 | 189,671 | 234,133 | 267,833 | 0 | → |
| Mīrpur Māthelo | 13,517 | 21,241 | 42,421 | 75,270 | 74,651 | 0 | → |
| Mirwah (Mirwah Gorchani) | ... | 4,738 | 10,149 | 21,000 | 23,048 | 0 | → |
| Mithi | 10,211 | 12,287 | 19,697 | 47,135 | 52,376 | 0 | → |
| Mithiāni | ... | ... | ... | 30,392 | 31,936 | 0 | → |
| Moro | 19,132 | 30,340 | 61,033 | 95,448 | 142,685 | 0 | → |
| Nasīrābād | 7,766 | 10,288 | 23,477 | 37,819 | 38,105 | 0 | → |
| Nasirpur | 6,032 | 6,774 | 9,757 | 34,561 | 35,397 | 0 | → |
| Naudero | 6,987 | 14,554 | 28,150 | 48,983 | 52,846 | 0 | → |
| Naukot | 5,835 | 9,679 | 18,599 | 27,173 | 30,296 | 0 | → |
| Naushahro Feroze | 7,977 | 8,567 | 15,158 | 38,204 | 87,416 | 0 | → |
| Nawābshāh | 81,045 | 102,139 | 189,244 | 279,338 | 363,138 | 0 | → |
| New Saeedabad | 7,336 | 8,941 | 13,732 | 21,037 | 24,084 | 0 | → |
| Pacca Chang | ... | ... | 8,506 | 32,968 | 38,385 | 0 | → |
| Padidan | 8,342 | 13,266 | 17,641 | 25,301 | 27,092 | 0 | → |
| Pāno Āqil | 11,412 | 20,330 | 41,255 | 76,015 | 76,942 | 0 | → |
| Pāno Āqil Cantonment | ... | ... | 20,970 | 24,094 | 25,759 | 0 | → |
| Pīrjo Goth (Kingri) | 13,688 | 18,322 | 30,285 | 47,518 | 54,266 | 0 | → |
| Piryaloi | 8,295 | 11,074 | 13,985 | 25,792 | 27,294 | 0 | → |
| Qubo Saeed Khān | ... | ... | ... | 27,623 | 30,646 | 0 | → |
| Rādhan | 5,804 | 7,859 | 14,406 | 28,900 | 32,721 | 0 | → |
| Rānīpur | 7,536 | 8,600 | 19,053 | 33,591 | 34,337 | 0 | → |
| Ratodero | 13,292 | 19,704 | 40,217 | 67,502 | 81,935 | 0 | → |
| Rohri | 26,818 | 31,332 | 45,731 | 69,944 | 92,135 | 0 | → |
| Sakrand | 12,716 | 16,452 | 27,056 | 65,825 | 72,040 | 0 | → |
| Salehpat | ... | ... | ... | 26,925 | 29,068 | 0 | → |
| Sānghar | 19,739 | 29,239 | 50,696 | 75,209 | 74,112 | 0 | → |
| Sehwān (Sehwan Sharif) | 8,357 | 13,891 | 34,923 | 66,898 | 75,167 | 0 | → |
| Sethārja | ... | 18,237 | 27,251 | 29,856 | 32,741 | 0 | → |
| Shāhdādkot | 24,323 | 32,888 | 60,436 | 118,935 | 120,687 | 0 | → |
| Shāhdādpur | 29,180 | 42,107 | 62,655 | 99,667 | 113,342 | 0 | → |
| Shaheed Fazal Rahu (Golarchi) | ... | 3,447 | 14,226 | 33,866 | 35,313 | 0 | → |
| Shāhpur Chākar | 6,798 | 12,544 | 18,361 | 33,941 | 42,365 | 0 | → |
| Shikārpur | 70,924 | 88,138 | 134,883 | 196,158 | 204,938 | 0 | → |
| Sīta Road | ... | 8,704 | 23,980 | 31,093 | 32,760 | 0 | → |
| Sobho Dero | ... | 17,068 | 12,298 | 31,380 | 34,812 | 0 | → |
| Sujāwal | 12,715 | 14,961 | 23,286 | 35,308 | 38,736 | 0 | → |
| Sukkur | 158,781 | 190,551 | 335,551 | 500,401 | 563,851 | 0 | → |
| Talhār | 7,696 | 12,226 | 16,438 | 27,667 | 27,231 | 0 | → |
| Tando Ādam | 49,747 | 62,744 | 104,907 | 152,025 | 174,291 | 0 | → |
| Tando Allāhyār | 26,314 | 30,647 | 85,812 | 162,826 | 171,185 | 0 | → |
| Tando Ghulām Ali | 5,707 | 8,860 | 14,058 | 35,724 | 36,961 | 0 | → |
| Tando Ghulam Hyder | ... | ... | ... | 33,788 | 41,277 | 0 | → |
| Tando Jām | 11,702 | 17,301 | 26,446 | 71,760 | 74,303 | 0 | → |
| Tando Jān Muhammad | 5,766 | 8,858 | 13,619 | 36,968 | 41,188 | 0 | → |
| Tando Mīr Ali | ... | ... | ... | 23,634 | 24,605 | 0 | → |
| Tando Muhammad Khān | 39,003 | 41,757 | 65,396 | 101,868 | 114,406 | 0 | → |
| Thari Mirwah | ... | 22,591 | 8,314 | 23,669 | 25,264 | 0 | → |
| Tharushah | 8,224 | 9,187 | 14,973 | 23,259 | 27,651 | 0 | → |
| Thatta | 19,106 | 21,524 | 37,515 | 54,637 | 51,723 | 0 | → |
| Therhi (incl. Therhi II) | 8,389 | 11,800 | 19,302 | 35,036 | 38,765 | 0 | → |
| Thul | 7,918 | 12,726 | 29,125 | 70,245 | 88,554 | 0 | → |
| Ubāuro | 3,718 | 9,552 | 21,299 | 44,496 | 50,981 | 0 | → |
| Umerkot | 8,381 | 13,742 | 35,559 | 134,196 | 144,558 | 0 | → |
| Wārāh | ... | 6,652 | 15,776 | 37,926 | 38,394 | 0 | → |
- The population of cantonments that adjoin a city are included in the population figure of that city.
- Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.