This is a list of the largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states, based on the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report (2010 population estimates from the report's 2007 revision). [1]
Rank | City | Images | Population | Country | Statistical concept [2] | Area (km²) [3] |
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1 | Jakarta [4] | 30,214,303 | Urban agglomeration [5] | 6,392 | ||
2 | Karachi [6] | 20,500,000 | Urban agglomeration | 4,966 | ||
3 | Dhaka [7] | 18,898,000 | Urban agglomeration | 2,161 | ||
4 | Greater Cairo | 18,420,000 | Official metropolitan area | 1,310 | ||
5 | Lagos [8] | 17,060,307 | Urban agglomeration [9] | 907 | ||
6 | Istanbul | 14,500,000 | Metropolitan municipality | 5,343 | ||
7 | Tehran [10] | 13,532,000 | City proper | 1,489 | ||
8 | Lahore [10] | 11,126,285 | Urban agglomeration | 1,370 | ||
9 | Bandung [4] | 8,199,892 | Urban agglomeration | 1,876 | ||
10 | Faisalabad [10] | 7,873,910 | Urban agglomeration | 1,097 | ||
11 | Islamabad-Rawalpindi [11] | 7,412,205 | Metropolitan Area | 6,451 | ||
12 | Surabaya [4] | 7,302,283 | Urban agglomeration [5] | 2,787 | ||
13 | Baghdad | 6,625,000 | Metropolitan area | 730 | ||
14 | Semarang | 6,544,289 | Urban agglomeration | 5,287 | ||
15 | Kuala Lumpur [10] | 6,088,000 | Metropolitan area [5] | 673 | ||
16 | Riyadh [10] | 5,666,000 | City proper | 1,550 | ||
17 | Khartoum [10] | 5,185,000 | Urban agglomeration | 580 | ||
18 | Ankara | 5,045,083 | Urban agglomeration [12] | 2,516 | ||
19 | Gujranwala [10] | 5,014,196 | Urban agglomeration | 1,556 | ||
20 | Chittagong | 5,012,000 | Official metropolitan area | 990 | ||
21 | Multan [13] | 4,745,109 | City District | 3,721 | ||
22 | Alexandria | 4,421,000 | City proper | 2,970 | ||
23 | Peshawar [10] | 4,269,079 | Urban agglomeration | 1,257 | ||
24 | Abidjan | 4,175,000 | Urban agglomeration | 2,550 | ||
25 | Medan [14] | 4,103,696 | Metropolitan area | 1,991 | ||
26 | Yogyakarta | 4,010,436 | Urban agglomeration | 1,900 | ||
27 | Sargodha [15] | 3,903,588 | City District | 5,854 | ||
28 | Sialkot [16] | 3,893,672 | City District | 3,016 | ||
29 | Kabul | 3,768,000 | City proper | 275 | ||
30 | Bahawalpur [17] | 3,668,106 | City District | 24,830 | ||
31 | Algiers | 3,574,000 | Urban agglomeration [18] | 363 | ||
32 | Mashhad | 3,131,586 [19] | City proper | 3,946 |
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