List of Arabian cities by population

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This is a list of cities on the Arabian Peninsula by population, based primarily on national census estimates of the number of residents residing within the limits of a municipality (i.e. city proper); if recent official data is unavailable, reputable non-governmental estimates are used instead. The minimum population for a city to be included is 500,000. The geographic definition of Arabia is used, encompassing the countries of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen in their entirety, as well as the island nation of Bahrain and the southern regions of Iraq and Jordan. [note 1] C stands for Census, E stands for estimate.

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Location of the cities. Green dots represent national capital cities, red dots represent other cities.

Table of largest cities in Arabia

RankCityImageCountryPopulationCensus/Est. Year
1 Riyadh Riyadh Skyline.jpg Saudi Arabia 7,009,100 [1] 2022C
2 Jeddah Jeddah Fahne.JPG Saudi Arabia3,751,700 [2] 2022C
3 Dubai Burj Khalifa 2021.jpg United Arab Emirates 3,488,745 [3] 2022C
4 Sana'a Al Saleh Mosque - Sana'a 2013.jpg Yemen 3,407,814 [4] 2024E
5 Mecca Great Mosque of Mecca1.jpg Saudi Arabia2,427,900 [5] 2022C
6 Sharjah Al Qasba.jpg United Arab Emirates1,785,684 [6] 2022C
7 Muscat Muscat - panoramio (1).jpg Oman 1,650,319 [7] 2023C
8 Abu Dhabi Shades of Abu Dhabi Midnight.jpg United Arab Emirates1,539,830 [8] 2022C
9 Dammam Ajdan Walk, Saudi Arabia.png Saudi Arabia1,532,300 [9] 2022C
10 Medina Madeena masjid nabavi 12122008230.jpg Saudi Arabia1,477,000 [10] 2022C
11 Basra Basra-Shatt-Al-Arab.jpg Iraq1,400,000 [11] 2018E
12 Aden MallaDistrict.jpg Yemen1,079,670 [12] 2023E
13 Kuwait City Murthadha.80.jpg Kuwait 1,003,003 [13] 2012E
14 Ta'izz Taiz (15182373707).jpg Yemen940,600 [12] 2023E
15 Ta'if lTy'f mn jbl lhd~1.jpg Saudi Arabia913,400 [14] 2022C
16 Doha West Bay district of Doha seen from the corniche at night.jpg Qatar 796,947 [15] 2010C
  1. ↑ By city proper, neither Bahrain nor Southern Jordan currently have any cities with a municipal population higher than 500,000.

References

  1. ↑ "GASTAT Portal".
  2. ↑ "GASTAT Portal".
  3. ↑ "Dubai Population". citypopulation.de. 18 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Sanaa Population 2024". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  5. ↑ "GASTAT Portal".
  6. ↑ "Sharjah Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  7. ↑ Fulmer, Shane. "Muscat Population 2023". World Population Review. United States. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Abu Dhabi Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  9. ↑ "GASTAT Portal".
  10. ↑ "GASTAT Portal".
  11. ↑ "Al-Baṣrah (District, Iraq) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de.
  12. 1 2 Fulmer, Shane. "Aden Population 2023". World Population Review. United States. Other Cities in Yemen. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "Kuwait: Governorates & Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". citypopulation.de.
  14. ↑ "GASTAT Portal".
  15. ↑ "Populations". Archived from the original on 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
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