List of largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries

Last updated February 15, 2024

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]

Urban agglomerations
Rank	City	Population	Country	Statistical concept^[2]	Area (km²)^[3]
1	Jakarta ^[4]	30,214,303	Indonesia	Urban agglomeration^[5]	6,392
2	Karachi ^[6]	24,700,000	Pakistan	Urban agglomeration	4,966
3	Dhaka ^[7]	22,690,116	Bangladesh	Urban agglomeration	2,161
4	Cairo	18,420,000	Egypt	Official metropolitan area	1,310
5	Lagos ^[8]	17,060,307	Nigeria	Urban agglomeration^[9]	907
6	Istanbul	14,500,000	Turkey	Metropolitan municipality	5,343
7	Tehran ^[10]	13,532,000	Iran	City proper	1,489
8	Lahore ^[10]	11,126,285	Pakistan	Urban agglomeration	1,370
9	Bandung ^[4]	8,199,892	Indonesia	Urban agglomeration	1,876
10	Faisalabad ^[10]	7,873,910	Pakistan	Urban agglomeration	1,097
11	Islamabad-Rawalpindi ^[11]	7,412,205	Pakistan	Metropolitan Area	6,451
12	Surabaya ^[4]	7,302,283	Indonesia	Urban agglomeration^[5]	2,787
13	Baghdad	6,625,000	Iraq	Metropolitan area	730
14	Semarang	6,544,289	Indonesia	Urban agglomeration	5,287
15	Kuala Lumpur ^[10]	6,088,000	Malaysia	Metropolitan area^[5]	673
16	Riyadh ^[10]	5,666,000	Saudi Arabia	City proper	1,550
17	Khartoum ^[10]	5,185,000	Sudan	Urban agglomeration	580
18	Ankara	5,045,083	Turkey	Urban agglomeration^[12]	2,516
19	Gujranwala ^[10]	5,014,196	Pakistan	Urban agglomeration	1,556
20	Chittagong	5,012,000	Bangladesh	Official metropolitan area	990
21	Multan ^[11]	4,745,109	Pakistan	City District	3,721
22	Alexandria	4,421,000	Egypt	City proper	2,970
23	Casablanca	4,270,750	Morocco	Urban agglomeration	1,615
24	Peshawar ^[10]	4,269,079	Pakistan	Urban agglomeration	1,257
25	Abidjan	4,175,000	Ivory Coast	Urban agglomeration	2,550
26	Medan ^[13]	4,103,696	Indonesia	Metropolitan area	1,991
27	Yogyakarta	4,010,436	Indonesia	Urban agglomeration	1,900
28	Sargodha ^[11]	3,903,588	Pakistan	City District	5,854
29	Sialkot ^[11]	3,893,672	Pakistan	City District	3,016
30	Kabul	3,768,000	Afghanistan	City proper	275
31	Bahawalpur ^[11]	3,668,106	Pakistan	City District	24,830
32	Algiers	3,500,000	Algeria	Urban agglomeration^[14]	363
33	Mashhad	3,131,586^[15]	Iran	City proper	3,946

References and notes

↑ World Urbanization Prospects, 2007 revision (online data) Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision Population Database". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
↑ The area figures are taken from individual national censuses according to the criteria and statistical concepts noted in the World Urbanization Prospects.
1 2 3 "Indonesia: Jawa" . Retrieved 2017-07-05.
1 2 3 Data refer to the functional urban area, that is, contiguous areas which are consistently urban in character as indicated by levels of population density, economic functions and facilities.
↑ "Population explosion: Put an embargo on industrialisation in Karachi". 6 October 2013.
↑ Desk, Tribune (2022-01-14). "Dhaka ranks world's sixth most populous city". Dhaka Tribune . Archived from the original on 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
↑ "Lagos State Government". Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
↑ Data refer to Lagos State
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
1 2 3 4 5 "Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". citypopulation.de.
↑ Ankara includes Altindag, Cankaya, Etimesgut, Golbasi, Keçioren, Mamak, Sincan and Yenimahalle
↑ "Indonesia: Provinces, Regencies, Cities, Districts, Communes, Settlements - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts".
↑ Data refer to the Governorate of Grand Algiers.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2008-02-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] World Urbanization Prospects, 2007 revision (online data) Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision Population Database". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-12-25.

[3] The area figures are taken from individual national censuses according to the criteria and statistical concepts noted in the World Urbanization Prospects.

[citypop1-4] 1 2 3 "Indonesia: Jawa" . Retrieved 2017-07-05.

[idn-5] 1 2 3 Data refer to the functional urban area, that is, contiguous areas which are consistently urban in character as indicated by levels of population density, economic functions and facilities.

[6] "Population explosion: Put an embargo on industrialisation in Karachi". 6 October 2013.

[7] Desk, Tribune (2022-01-14). "Dhaka ranks world's sixth most populous city". Dhaka Tribune . Archived from the original on 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-01-15.

[8] "Lagos State Government". Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2016-02-21.

[9] Data refer to Lagos State

[worlduapdf-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

[citypopulation.de-11] 1 2 3 4 5 "Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". citypopulation.de.

[12] Ankara includes Altindag, Cankaya, Etimesgut, Golbasi, Keçioren, Mamak, Sincan and Yenimahalle

[13] "Indonesia: Provinces, Regencies, Cities, Districts, Communes, Settlements - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts".

[14] Data refer to the Governorate of Grand Algiers.

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