Districts of Punjab (Pakistan)

Districts of Punjab
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Location	Punjab, Pakistan
Number	41 (as of 2024)
Populations	372,947 (Murree District) – 13,004,135 (Lahore District)
Areas	738 square kilometres (285 sq mi) (Murree District) – 24,830 square kilometres (9,590 sq mi) (Bahawalpur District)
Government	District Government City District Government Zilla Council
Subdivisions	Tehsils

The province of Punjab, which represents Pakistan's most populous province and ranks as the second-largest by area, is administratively organised into 41 districts and 10 divisions as of January 2023.

List of this districts by population over the years

List of districts by population over the years

District	Population (2023)	Population (2017)	Population (1998)	Population (1981)	Population (1972)	Population (1961)	Population (1951)
Attock	21,70,423	18,86,378	12,74,935	8,76,667	7,48,890	5,32,845	4,86,043
Bahawalnagar	3,550,342	2,975,656	2,061,447	1,373,747	1,073,891	822,827	630,430
Bahawalpur	4,284,964	3,669,176	2,433,091	1,453,438	1,071,026	735,524	527,837
Bhakkar	1,957,470	1,647,852	1,051,456	665,884	500,498	332,882	233,733
Chakwal	1,734,854	1,495,463	...	...	...	...	...
Chiniot	1,563,024	1,368,659	965,124	694,080	570,775	396,948	329,615
Dera Ghazi Khan	3,393,705	2,872,631	1,643,118	943,663	686,057	472,600	380,393
Faisalabad	9,075,819	7,882,444	5,429,547	3,561,909	3,163,756	1,990,297	1,548,689
Gujranwala	4,966,338	4,180,670	2,112,474	1,223,379	874,948	490,678	360,982
Gujrat	3,219,375	2,756,289	2,048,008	1,408,585	1,177,345	835,045	742,892
Hafizabad	1,319,909	1,156,954	832,980	567,572	444,187	291,778	251,557
Jhang	3,065,639	2,742,633	1,869,421	1,276,864	983,818	668,540	534,046
Jhelum	1,382,308	1,222,403	...	...	...	...	...
Kasur	4,084,286	3,454,881	2,375,875	1,528,002	1,186,386	853,877	760,304
Khanewal	3,364,077	2,920,233	2,068,490	1,369,766	1,067,993	774,701	635,482
Khushab	1,501,089	1,280,372	905,711	641,366	543,314	360,395	268,118
Lahore	13,004,135	11,119,985	6,318,745	3,544,942	2,587,621	1,625,810	1,134,757
Layyah	2,102,386	1,823,995	1,120,951	666,517	495,537	273,224	162,202
Lodhran	1,928,299	1,699,693	1,171,800	739,912	558,793	363,563	289,052
Mandi Bahauddin	1,829,486	1,594,039	1,160,552	846,114	721,833	490,967	414,850
Mianwali	1,798,268	1,542,601	1,056,620	711,529	595,134	413,851	315,816
Multan	5,362,305	4,746,166	3,116,851	1,970,075	1,506,223	983,815	725,131
Muzaffargarh	3,528,567	2,981,048	1,827,465	1,048,243	756,221	532,015	446,038
Nankana Sahib	1,634,871	1,354,986	1,044,865	...	...	...	...
Narowal	1,950,954	1,707,575	1,265,097	908,977	834,501	550,425	512,475
Okara	3,515,490	3,040,826	2,232,992	1,487,261	1,123,812	827,528	730,472
Pakpattan	2,136,170	1,824,228	1,286,680	843,623	615,742	440,091	380,678
Rahim Yar Khan	5,564,703	4,807,762	3,141,053	1,841,451	1,398,879	1,015,715	664,234
Rajanpur	2,381,049	1,996,039	1,103,618	638,921	456,391	304,020	247,136
Rawalpindi	5,745,964	5,402,380	3,363,911	...	...	...	...
Sahiwal	2,881,811	2,513,011	1,843,194	1,281,526	944,656	743,614	603,782
Sargodha	43,34,448	36,96,212	26,65,979	19,11,849	15,57,641	11,07,226	8,93,269
Sheikhupura	40,49,418	34,60,004	22,76,164	...	...	...	...
Sialkot	44,99,394	38,94,938	27,23,481	18,02,505	15,09,424	10,45,958	9,61,721
Toba Tek Singh	25,24,044	21,91,495	16,21,593	11,34,572	10,84,442	7,06,800	6,15,582
Vehari	34,30,421	29,02,081	20,90,416	13,28,808	10,27,319	7,03,197	5,58,536
Talagang	6,02,246	5,27,756	4,01,607	...	...	...	...
Murree	3,72,947	3,52,329	...	...	...	...	...
Taunsa	10,45,460	6,77,785	...	...	...	...	...
Kot Addu	14,86,758	13,47,501	8,08,438	4,49,493	3,13,137	1,84,639	1,43,009
Wazirabad	9,93,412	8,30,396	6,44,233	4,42,493	3,70,310	2,54,715	2,17,197