List of Arabian cities by population

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.

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Riyadh

Sanaa

Jeddah

Dubai

Mecca

Sharjah

Muscat

Abu Dhabi

Dammam

Medina

Basra

Aden

Kuwait City

Taiz

Taif

Doha

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

## Table of largest cities in Arabia

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Rank  | City  | Image  | Country  | Population  | Census/Est. Year

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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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