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Kot Addu, 
Pakistan
195,384 people lived in Kot Addu in 2025. It is the 3072nd largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 97th largest in Pakistan.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Kot Addu governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Kot Addu grew
For every 10 people in Kot Addu in 1975, there were 27.8 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 328,466 people in 2050. On the UN's projection it passes 250,000 people between 2035 and 2040.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: one column every five years, 1975 to 2050; its height is the number of people. Hatched columns are the UN's projection. The thin strip beneath says how sure the UN is of each figure: the stronger the colour, the surer. A blank means the place was not on the UN's list of cities that year.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Kot Addu through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Kot Addu in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Pakistan · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Kot Addu is the dot in colour with a ring around it. The grey dots are the other cities of Pakistan in 2025, 323 in all, led by Karachi, each drawn with an area that matches its people. Countries next door are outlines only.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Kot Addu covered 37 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 4.7 km² of it. That is 24 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 5 by 5 metres. Since 1990, its built-up land has grown to 3.9 times its size, and its people have grown by 59%.
How to read this: each pale square is the city's whole area, the strong square inside it the part that is built on; one scale for all three, so a bigger square is more land. Hatched is the UN's projection.
Of every 100 people in Pakistan
Its share of Pakistan
Of every 1,000 people in Pakistan in 2025, 1 lived in Kot Addu, which is 195,384 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares, one for every 1,000th person in Pakistan; the coloured squares live in Kot Addu. The grey rest live in other cities, in towns or in the countryside.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 3053 Bayt Sa`dan Yemen196,086
- 3057 Kisantu Democratic Republic of the Congo195,949
- 3066 Củ Chi Vietnam195,626
- 3071 Kamalia195,472
- 3072 Kot Addu195,384
- 3079 Buraydah Saudi Arabia195,152
- 3080 Fayzabad Afghanistan195,148
- 3094 Kinzao Democratic Republic of the Congo193,973
- 3121 Musoma Tanzania192,622
In Pakistan, 2025
- 3042 Dina196,799
- 3043 Bhalwal196,792
- 3049 Shujaabad196,255
- 3071 Kamalia195,472
- 3072 Kot Addu195,384
- 3202 Nankana Sahib188,474
- 3313 Kotli181,837
- 3400 Oghi177,887
- 3434 Layyah176,125
How to read this: names are in order of size, the leading number being each city's rank among all 12,138 in 2025; the bars share a scale within a list. A jump in the ranks means a city under 300,000 people, which is not given a page here.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Kot Addu are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Kot Addu publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries