List of Arabian cities by population
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![Riyadh](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png)
Riyadh
![Sanaa](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png)
Sanaa
![Jeddah](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Jeddah
![Dubai](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Dubai
![Mecca](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Mecca
![Sharjah](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Sharjah
![Muscat](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png)
Muscat
![Abu Dhabi](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png)
Abu Dhabi
![Dammam](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Dammam
![Medina](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Medina
![Basra](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Basra
![Aden](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Aden
![Kuwait City](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png)
Kuwait City
![Taiz](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Taiz
![Ta'if](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Ta'if
![Doha](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png)
Doha
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Location of the cities. Green dots represent capital cities, red dots represent normal citiesThis 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
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 |
- ^ By city proper, neither Bahrain nor Southern Jordan currently have any cities with a municipal population higher than 500,000.
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- ^ "Sanaa Population 2024". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
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- ^ "Sharjah Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ Fulmer, Shane. "Muscat Population 2023". World Population Review. United States. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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