Metropolitan areas Metropolitan areas with a population of 1,000,000 or higher on the Mediterranean, sorted by their population according to national sources. They can be reordered by name (alphabetically), country, or their population according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Population Division or Citypopulation.de.

Metropolitan areaCountryNational sourceOECD(2020)United Nations(2020)Citypopulation.de(2025)AreaAlexandria5,481,6797,165,7155,281,0006,250,000Barcelona5,270,6095,345,7635,586,0004,875,000Algiers4,381,2385,009,8422,768,0004,325,000Tel Aviv4,293,0003,174,0574,181,0003,000,000Rome4,223,8853,684,9304,257,0003,425,000Athens3,638,2813,618,8603,153,0003,575,000İzmir3,025,000 2,870,1592,993,0004,493,000Naples2,958,4104,095,3642,187,0004,050,000Tunis2,906,9002,872,2072,365,0002,725,000Gaza2,257,0511,772,136714,0002,275,000Beirut2,244,8002,165,0182,424,0001,930,000Marseille1,888,7881,322,9891,608,0001,710,000Valencia1,609,8431,916,932834,0001,940,000Tripoli1,519,0001,555,4461,165,0001,870,000Antalya1,508,1341,385,4711,254,0001,400,000Oran1,454,0781,330,620899,0001,640,000Tangier1,275,4281,232,2541,198,0001,410,000Bari1,218,191608,350622,000Not listedPalermo1,194,439955,720851,000Not listedMersin1,084,789930,2201,016,0001,060,000Catania1,068,563765,469586,000Not listedMálaga1,033,1251,048,764590,0001,100,000Haifa1,030,000831,9871,147,000Not listedNice1,019,9051,143,557942,000Not listedThessaloniki1,006,1121,011,795812,000Not listed

Cities

Cities are ordered by their position on the Mediterranean Sea, following the coastline clockwise from the Strait of Gibraltar; settlements on islands are listed after the settlemtns on their country's mainland. They can be reordered by name (alphabetically), country, subdivision of the Mediterranean or population.

CityCountrySubdivision (smaller seas)PopulationOECD(2020)Algeciras Strait of Gibraltar ? 237,819Gibraltar Strait of Gibraltar 32,000 Not listedMarbella Alboran Sea ? 239,929Málaga Alboran Sea ? Almería Alboran Sea ? 239,929Cartagena None ? 221,905Torrevieja None ? 239,019Alicante None ? 554,887Benidorm None ? 171,848Gandia Balearic Sea ? 140,312Valencia Balearic Sea ? Castellón de la Plana Balearic Sea ? 376,115Tarragona Balearic Sea ? 410,236Vilanova i la Geltrú Balearic Sea ? 180,303Castelldefels Balearic Sea 69,450 ? Barcelona Balearic Sea ? Badalona Balearic Sea 226,219 ? Mataró Balearic Sea 131,798 ? Blanes Balearic Sea 42,198 ? Lloret de Mar Balearic Sea 42,600 ? Ibiza Balearic Sea ? 74,097Palma de Mallorca Balearic Sea ? 629,955Sète Gulf of Lion 45,090 ? Martigues Gulf of Lion 48,818 ? Marseille Gulf of Lion ? Toulon Gulf of Lion ? 605,875Fréjus Ligurian Sea 58,499 ? Cannes Ligurian Sea 74,040 ? Antibes Ligurian Sea 76,612 ? Nice Ligurian Sea ? Ajaccio None ? 89,687Monaco Ligurian Sea 38,423 Not listedSanremo Ligurian Sea ? 145,677Savona Ligurian Sea ? 114,419Genoa Ligurian Sea ? 717,077La Spezia Ligurian Sea ? 166,312Massa Ligurian Sea ? 178,956Viareggio Ligurian Sea ? 129,122Livorno Ligurian Sea ? 166,651Rome Tyrrhenian Sea ? Anzio Tyrrhenian Sea ? 166,477Naples Tyrrhenian Sea ? Salerno Tyrrhenian Sea ? 383,138Reggio Calabria Ionian Sea ? 197,409Taranto Ionian Sea ? 261,786Brindisi Adriatic Sea ? 82,963Bari Adriatic Sea ? 608,350Molfetta Adriatic Sea ? 68,218Bisceglie Adriatic Sea ? 54,511Trani Adriatic Sea ? 55,893Barletta Adriatic Sea ? 95,073Pescara Adriatic Sea ? 409,604Ancona Adriatic Sea ? 123,539Pesaro Adriatic Sea ? 117,048Rimini Adriatic Sea ? 297,464Mestre Adriatic Sea ? 391,880Venice Adriatic Sea ? 78,994Trieste Adriatic Sea ? 220,012Messina Ionian Sea ? 255,141Catania Ionian Sea ? 765,469Syracuse Ionian Sea ? 109,023Gela None ? 67,694Trapani Tyrrhenian Sea ? 104,142Palermo Tyrrhenian Sea ? 955,720Cagliari Tyrrhenian Sea ? 382,558Valletta None ? 479,905Koper Adriatic Sea 25,753 Not listedPula Adriatic Sea ? 52,220Rijeka Adriatic Sea ? 196,336Zadar Adriatic Sea ? 89,670Split Adriatic Sea ? 277,611Neum Adriatic Sea 4,653 Not listedDubrovnik Adriatic Sea 65,808 Not listedBudva Adriatic Sea 24,667 Not listedDurrës Adriatic Sea ? 203,101 Sarandë Adriatic Sea ? 22,613Vlorë Adriatic Sea ? 87,252CorfuIonian Sea23.541PrevezaIonian Sea30.816CorinthIonian Sea30.841Patras Ionian Sea170.934 204,247KalamataIonian Sea57.706SalamisAegean Sea24.537ElefsinaAegean Sea24.971Athens Aegean Sea 3.190.154 ArtemidaAegean Sea21.924Chalcis Aegean Sea 64.490 95,612Volos Aegean Sea 117.487 131,232Thessaloniki Aegean Sea 802.392 KavalaAegean Sea51.947AlexandroupolisAegean Sea59.476MytileneAegean Sea31.714ChiosAegean Sea27.015KosAegean Sea21.430RhodesAegean Sea54.562Chania Aegean Sea 54.559 109,551RethymnonAegean Sea34.085Heraklion Aegean Sea 158.469 202,711Ayvalik Aegean Sea 74,030 İzmir Aegean Sea 4,493,000 Kusadasi Aegean Sea 130,835 Didim Aegean Sea 97,000 Bodrum None ? 175,000Marmaris None ? 97,818Fethiye None ? 125,887Antalya None ? Alanya None ? 364,000Mersin None ? 1,030,220İskenderun None ? 251,682Famagusta None ? 91,307Kyrenia None ? 96,663Larnaca None ? 155,753Limassol None ? 262,000Paphos None ? 100,175Akrotiri (village) None ? Not listedLatakia None ? 551,140Jableh None ? 104,496Baniyas None ? 87,229Tartus None ? 129,710Tripoli None ? 462,519Beirut None ? Sidon None ? 298,405Tyre None ? 118,612Haifa None ? 831,987Netanya None ? 508,666Tel Aviv None ? Ashdod None ? 372,195Ashkelon None ? 126,699Gaza None ? Deir al-Balah None ? Arish None ? 119,958Port Said None ? 809,147Damietta None ? 707,216New Mansoura None ? 166,372Rosetta None ? 263,235Idku None ? 150,636Alexandria None ? Marsa Matruh None ? 186,175New Alamein None ? Tobruk None ? 131,128Derna None ? 70,021Benghazi None ? 754,448Sirte None ? 78,941Misrata None ? 337,670Zliten None ? 143,927Al-Khums None ? 186,234Tripoli None ? Zawiya None ? 311,742Gabès None ? 194,217Sfax None ? 664,478Mahdia None ? 68,952Ksar Hellal None ? 153,664Monastir None ? 98,398Sousse None ? 636,151Hammamet None ? 258,292Tunis None ? Bizerte None ? 216,220Annaba None ? 552,037Skikda None ? 303,186Jijel None ? 234,962Béjaïa None ? 237,533Algiers None ? Mostaganem None ? 318,244Arzew None ? 120,264Oran None ? Aïn El Turk None ? 119,131Nador Alboran Sea ? 283,476Melilla Alboran Sea ? 81,105Al Hoceima Alboran Sea ? 60,735Tétouan Alboran Sea ? 565,062Ceuta Strait of Gibraltar ? 85,053Tangier Strait of Gibraltar ?

References

See also List of Mediterranean countries