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Muridke, 
Pakistan
370,563 people lived in Muridke in 2025. It is the 1540th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 48th largest in Pakistan.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Muridke governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
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People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Muridke grew
For every 10 people in Muridke in 1975, there were 34.4 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 591,348 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 2000 and 2005.
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
Muridke through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Muridke in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Pakistan · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: every dot is one of the 323 cities in Pakistan in 2025, and a dot's area is how many people live there, the biggest being Karachi. The ringed dot in colour is Muridke; the grey dots are the rest. The outlines around them are neighbouring countries.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Muridke covered 49 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 7.7 km² of it. That is 21 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 5 by 5 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 5.1 times its size, and its people are 3.4 times as many.
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 Muridke, which is 370,563 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares, one for every 1,000th person in Pakistan; the coloured squares live in Muridke. 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
- 1536 Liuyang China371,661
- 1537 Pasto Colombia371,637
- 1538 Taizhou China371,055
- 1539 Zanjan Iran370,993
- 1540 Muridke370,563
- 1541 Dewas India370,472
- 1542 Al-Manshah Egypt370,283
- 1543 Daura Nigeria369,916
- 1544 Qarchak Iran369,782
In Pakistan, 2025
- 1456 Takht Bhai390,608
- 1479 Muzaffargarh384,838
- 1507 Mirpur Khas376,343
- 1524 Pakpattan374,389
- 1540 Muridke370,563
- 1593 Chiniot357,181
- 1614 Burewala354,057
- 1641 Narowal348,144
- 1680 Gojra340,108
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 Muridke 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 Muridke 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