Hyderabad
144 km²
Karachi
834 km²
City Map Compare/Hyderabad vs Karachivs
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Karachi covers 834 km² of contiguous built-up land, 5.8× the built-up area of Hyderabad (144 km²).
| Hyderabad | Karachi | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Hyderabad | Karachi |
| Population (2025) | 2.96 million | 21.0 million |
| Built-up area | 144 km² | 834 km² |
| Density | 20,531 /km² | 25,218 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.