Metropolitan areas
Metropolitan areas with a population of 1,000,000 or higher on the Mediterranean, sorted by their population according to national sources. They can be reordered by name (alphabetically), country, or their population according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Population Division or Citypopulation.de.
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| Metropolitan area | Country | National source | OECD (2020) [1] | United Nations (2020) [2] | Citypopulation.de (2025) [3] | Area [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria |  Egypt | 5,481,679 [5] | 7,165,715 | 5,281,000 | 6,250,000 | 293 km2 (113 sq mi) |
| Barcelona |  Spain | 5,270,609 [6] | 5,345,763 | 5,586,000 | 4,875,000 | 1,072 km2 (414 sq mi) |
| Algiers |  Algeria | 4,381,238 [7] | 5,009,842 | 2,768,000 | 4,325,000 | 443 km2 (171 sq mi) |
| Tel Aviv |  Israel | 4,293,000 [8] | 3,174,057 | 4,181,000 | 3,000,000 | 578 km2 (223 sq mi) |
| Rome |  Italy | 4,223,885 [9] | 3,684,930 | 4,257,000 | 3,425,000 | 1,145 km2 (442 sq mi) |
| Athens |  Greece | 3,638,281 [10] | 3,618,860 | 3,153,000 | 3,575,000 | 583 km2 (225 sq mi) |
| Naples | Italy | 2,958,410 [9] | 4,095,364 | 2,187,000 | 4,050,000 | 466 km2 (180 sq mi) |
| İzmir |  Turkey | 2,938,292 [11] | 2,870,159 | 2,993,000 | 3,025,000 | 300 km2 (120 sq mi) |
| Tunis |  Tunisia | 2,906,900 [12] | 2,872,207 | 2,365,000 | 2,725,000 | 451 km2 (174 sq mi) |
| Gaza |  Palestine | 2,257,051 [13] | 1,772,136 | 714,000 | 2,275,000 | 228 km2 (88 sq mi) |
| Beirut |  Lebanon | 2,244,800 [14] | 2,165,018 | 2,424,000 | 1,930,000 | 528 km2 (204 sq mi) |
| Marseille |  France | 1,888,788 [15] | 1,322,989 | 1,608,000 | 1,710,000 | 689 km2 (266 sq mi) |
| Valencia | Spain | 1,609,843 [6] | 1,916,932 | 834,000 | 1,940,000 | 394 km2 (152 sq mi) |
| Tripoli |  Libya | 1,519,000 [16] | 1,555,446 | 1,165,000 | 1,870,000 | 502 km2 (194 sq mi) |
| Antalya | Turkey | 1,508,134 [11] | 1,385,471 | 1,254,000 | 1,400,000 | 181 km2 (70 sq mi) |
| Oran | Algeria | 1,454,078 [7] | 1,330,620 | 899,000 | 1,640,000 | 153 km2 (59 sq mi) |
| Tangier |  Morocco | 1,275,428 [17] | 1,232,254 | 1,198,000 | 1,410,000 | 96 km2 (37 sq mi) |
| Bari | Italy | 1,218,191 [9] | 608,350 | 622,000 | Not listed | 117 km2 (45 sq mi) |
| Palermo | Italy | 1,194,439 [9] | 955,720 | 851,000 | Not listed | 176 km2 (68 sq mi) |
| Mersin | Turkey | 1,084,789 [11] | 930,220 | 1,016,000 | 1,060,000 | 205 km2 (79 sq mi) |
| Catania | Italy | 1,068,563 [9] | 765,469 | 586,000 | Not listed | 269 km2 (104 sq mi) |
| Málaga | Spain | 1,033,125 [6] | 1,048,764 | 590,000 | 1,100,000 | 135 km2 (52 sq mi) |
| Haifa | Israel | 1,030,000 [8] | 831,987 | 1,147,000 | Not listed | 150 km2 (58 sq mi) |
| Nice | France | 1,019,905 [15] | 1,143,557 | 942,000 | Not listed | 466 km2 (180 sq mi) |
| Thessaloniki | Greece | 1,006,112 [10] | 1,011,795 | 812,000 | Not listed | 225 km2 (87 sq mi) |
