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Pakistan
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#10out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

101 M78 M56 M33 M10 M196019932025Pakistan · 2025: 100.88MPakistan

Analytical takeaways

  • Pakistan records 100.88M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #10 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 10.19M in 1960 to 100.88M in 2025, a gain of 90.68M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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