ATLAS · MEGA-CITIES · PAKISTAN
Mega-Cities of Pakistan
Pakistan has 2 urban areas of five million people or more — Karachi and Lahore. The largest, Karachi, holds an estimated 12,130,000people across its urban agglomeration — a giant of over ten million. From Natural Earth, snapshot 2026-06-24.
MEGA-CITIESKarachi and Lahore
LARGEST (POPULATION)~12,130,000
NUMBER OF MEGA-CITIES2
The 2 mega-cities
Each urban area, with its estimated agglomeration population, largest first.
Karachi~12,130,000 people
Lahore~6,577,000 people
In context
Where Pakistan's largest mega-citysits on the world’s scale of mega-cities — from the cities just over five million to the singular supergiant above twenty.
20M+
15–20M
10–15MKarachi is here
7–10M
5–7M
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