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

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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 Images 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

See also

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References and notes

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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.
  4. ^ a b c "Indonesia: Jawa". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  5. ^ a b c 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. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ "Lagos State Government". Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  9. ^ Data refer to Lagos State
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  11. ^ a b c d e "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.
  15. ^ "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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