List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia

This is a list of cities and towns in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

List of metropolitan cities Saudi Arabia has five metropolitan areas with populations exceeding one million. City Population (2022) Notes Riyadh 7,009,100 Capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia Jeddah 3,751,917 Second-largest city in Saudi Arabia and largest in Mecca Province Dammam 2,638,166 Capital of the Eastern Province Mecca 2,385,509 Capital of Mecca Province and holiest city in Islam Medina 1,477,023 Capital of the Medina Province and second holiest city in Islam

List of cities Rank City Province Population (2022) 1 Riyadh Riyadh Province 7,000,100 2 Jeddah Mecca Province 3,712,917 3 Mecca Mecca Province 2,385,509 4 Medina Medina Province 1,411,599 5 Dammam Eastern Province 1,386,671 6 Hofuf Eastern Province 729,606 7 Tabuk Tabuk Province 594,350 8 Buraydah Al-Qassim Province 574,169 9 Taif Mecca Province 563,282 10 Khamis Mushait Asir Province 535,065 11 Jubail Eastern Province 474,679 12 Hail Hail Province 448,623 13 Khobar Eastern Province 409,549 14 Najran Najran Province 381,431 15 Abha Asir Province 334,290 16 Yanbu Medina Province 331,916 17 Riyadh Province 295,462 18 Al-Mubarraz Eastern Province 290,800 19 Sabya Jazan Province 223,083 20 Arar Northern Borders Province 202,719 21 Unaizah Al-Qassim Province 184,600 22 Jizan Jazan Province 173,919 23 Qurayyat Al-Jouf Province 167,104 24 Dhahran Eastern Province 143,936 25 Ar Rass Al-Qassim Province 121,359 26 Rabigh Mecca Province 112,383 27 Tabarjal Al-Jouf Province 109,796 28 Wadi Al-Dawasir Riyadh Province 91,535 29 Al-Baha Al-Baha Province 90,515 30 Qatif Eastern Province 87,332 31 Dawadmi Riyadh Province 86,861 32 Saihat Eastern Province 84,818 33 Rafha Northern Borders Province 84,536 34 Khafji Eastern Province 84,316 35 Majmaah Riyadh Province 70,243 36 Umluj Tabuk Province 69,656 37 Al-Zulfi Riyadh Province 68,317 38 Turaif Northern Borders Province 66,004 39 Al-Muzahmiyya Riyadh Province 62,760 40 al-Ula Medina Province 60,103 41 Duba Tabuk Province 54,917 42 Ad-Dilam Riyadh Province 54,822 43 Dumat al-Jandal Al-Jouf Province 54,341 44 Bareq Asir Province 44,880 45 Al-Qunfudhah Mecca Province 42,447

List of planned cities

City Province Jazan City for Primary and Downstream Industries Jazan Province King Abdullah Economic City Mecca Province Al-Faisaliah City Mecca Province NEOM Tabuk Province Qiddiya City Riyadh Province

See also Provinces of Saudi Arabia List of governorates of Saudi Arabia

References

Central Department of Statistics and Information