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List of Arabian cities by population

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

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.

Table of largest cities in Arabia

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Rank City Image Country Population Census/Est. Year
1 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 7,009,100[1] 2022C
2 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3,751,700[2] 2022C
3 Dubai United Arab Emirates 3,488,745[3] 2022C
4 Sana'a Yemen 3,407,814[4] 2024E
5 Mecca Saudi Arabia 2,427,900[5] 2022C
6 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 1,785,684[6] 2022C
7 Muscat Oman 1,650,319[7] 2023C
8 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 1,539,830[8] 2022C
9 Dammam Saudi Arabia 1,532,300[9] 2022C
10 Medina Saudi Arabia 1,477,000[10] 2022C
11 Basra Iraq 1,400,000[11] 2018E
12 Aden Yemen 1,079,670[12] 2023E
13 Kuwait City Kuwait 1,003,003[13] 2012E
14 Ta'izz Yemen 940,600[12] 2023E
15 Ta'if Saudi Arabia 913,400[14] 2022C
16 Doha 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

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  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. ^ a b 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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