🇵🇰 Cities in Pakistan — API & JSON data

Geomelon's Pakistan coverage: 6,249 cities across 6 regions, with name translations in 26 languages — start with Karachi, the country's largest city at 14,910,352 people.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

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Type to search Pakistan cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Karachi	Sindh	14,910,352
Lahore	—	11,126,285
Faisalabad	—	3,203,846
Rawalpindi	—	2,098,231
Gujranwala	—	2,027,001
Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	1,970,042
Multan	—	1,871,843
Hyderabad	Sindh	1,732,693
Gulshan Town	Sindh	1,200,000
Islamabad	Islamabad Capital Territory	1,014,825

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=pk&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "98699067-bf2e-42d6-af3a-0e67a4d92661",
    "name": "Karachi",
    "population": 14910352,
    "countryName": "Pakistan",
    "countryCode": "PK",
    "countryEmoji": "🇵🇰",
    "regionName": "Sindh"
  },
  {
    "id": "806dd979-7b2f-420d-8899-1fc28596eb46",
    "name": "Lahore",
    "population": 11126285,
    "countryName": "Pakistan",
    "countryCode": "PK",
    "countryEmoji": "🇵🇰",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "2133b41e-c87a-4f36-a819-bbdea5c58e6e",
    "name": "Faisalabad",
    "population": 3203846,
    "countryName": "Pakistan",
    "countryCode": "PK",
    "countryEmoji": "🇵🇰",
    "regionName": null
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=pk&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=pk&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Pakistan are available in 26 languages.

en: Karachi
zh: 卡拉奇
ar: كراتشي

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 203 Pakistan cities as JSON (29 KB, no API key) from the Pakistan cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Pakistan does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 6,249 cities in Pakistan across 6 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Pakistan city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Pakistan are available in 26 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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