List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population

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This is a list showing the most populous cities in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan as of the 2017 Census of Pakistan. In the following table, you can find each of the 46 cities and towns in the province with populations higher than 30,000 as of March 15, 2017. City populations found in this list only refer to populations found within the city's defined limits and any adjacent cantonments. The census totals below come from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

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City	District	Division	Population (2023)	Population (2017)	Population (1998)	Average Annual Population Growth Rate (1998 - 2017)
Peshawar	Peshawar	Peshawar	1,905,975	1,964,102	982,816	3.70%
Mardan	Mardan	Mardan	368,302	358,604	245,926	2.00%
Mingora	Swat	Malakand	361,112	331,091	173,868	3.44%
Kohat	Kohat	Kohat	235,880	228,779	126,627	3.16%
Abbottabad	Abbottabad	Hazara	234,395	208,491	106,101	3.61%
Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan	220,575	217,457	92,114	4.61%
Swabi	Swabi	Mardan	156,496	123,412	80,157	2.29%
Mansehra	Mansehra	Hazara	137,278	127,623	49,534	5.10%
Kabal	Swat	Malakand	132,549	118,103	N/A	N/A
Nowshera	Nowshera	Peshawar	122,953	120,131	89,813	1.54%
Charsadda	Charsadda	Peshawar	120,170	114,565	87,218	1.44%
Barikot	Swat	Malakand	115,045	94,245	N/A	N/A
Shabqadar	Charsadda	Peshawar	102,340	91,851	55,439	1.66%
Haripur	Haripur	Hazara	91,915	85,739	48,309	3.06%
Takht-i-Bahi	Mardan	Mardan	85,040	80,721	49,202	2.63%
Bahrain	Swat	Malakand	76,728	61,787	N/A	N/A
Paharpur	Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan	76,027	69,289	14,580	8.53%
Topi	Swabi	Mardan	74,867	52,983	30,458	2.95%
Batkhela	Malakand	Malakand	73,525	68,200	43,179	2.43%
Lakki Marwat	Lakki Marwat	Bannu	70,759	59,465	30,467	3.57%
Karak	Karak	Kohat	58,065	51,149	27,893	3.24%
Chitral	Lower Chitral	Malakand	57,157	49,794	30,622	2.59%
Khwazakhela	Swat	Malakand	57,113	48,027	N/A	N/A
Jehangira	Nowshera	Peshawar	57,011	52,839	31,115	2.82%
Jamrud	Khyber	Peshawar	56,642	63,843	32,039	3.69%
Khalabat	Haripur	Hazara	55,850	47,285	34,426	1.68%
Pabbi	Nowshera	Peshawar	52,701	55,255	31,153	3.06%
Matta	Swat	Malakand	51,821	42,647	N/A	N/A
Tank	Tank	Dera Ismail Khan	49,172	47,165	35,741	1.47%
Timargara	Lower Dir	Malakand	47,860	40,373	44,335	-0.49%
Dir	Upper Dir	Malakand	47,842	44,165	22,901	3.51%
Tordher	Swabi	Mardan	46,320	41,420	27,861	2.10%
Hangu	Hangu	Kohat	43,642	48,764	31,022	2.40%
Amangarh	Nowshera	Peshawar	42,159	38,624	21,476	3.13%
Paroa	Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan	42,005	39,881	N/A	N/A
Bannu	Bannu	Bannu	41,015	49,965	47,676	0.25%
Nawan Shehr	Abbottabad	Hazara	40,711	35,737	19,871	3.13%
Sadda	Kurram	Kohat	39,888	34,495	17,103	3.75%
Landi Kotal	Khyber	Peshawar	38,065	33,697	22,324	2.19%
Havelian	Abbottabad	Hazara	37,509	48,295	31,625	2.25%
Risalpur	Nowshera	Peshawar	36,074	36,653	31,416	0.81%
Tangi	Charsadda	Peshawar	35,659	33,012	25,346	1.40%
Utmanzai	Charsadda	Peshawar	34,257	30,747	24,848	1.12%
Zaida	Swabi	Mardan	34,200	31,949	22,656	1.82%
Tall	Hangu	Kohat	30,977	32,335	25,355	1.29%
Akora Khattak	Nowshera	Peshawar	29,750	32,883	19,530	2.77%

Notes

A. This city did not exist as a municipality and was not classified as an urban area at the time of the 1998 Pakistan Census.

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v t e Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Provincial capital: Peshawar
Bannu	Bannu Lakki Marwat North Waziristan
Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan Tank Lower South Waziristan Upper South Waziristan
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Largest cities or towns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Main article: List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population

	Rank	Name	District	Pop.
Peshawar Mardan	1	Peshawar	Peshawar District	1,964,102	Mingora Kohat
	2	Mardan	Mardan District	358,604
	3	Mingora	Swat District	331,091
	4	Kohat	Kohat District	228,789
	5	Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan District	217,457
	6	Abbottabad	Abbottabad District	208,491
	7	Mansehra	Mansehra District	127,623
	8	Swabi	Swabi District	123,412
	9	Nowshera	Nowshera District	120,131
	10	Kabal	Swat District	118,103

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