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.By city proper, neither Bahrain nor Southern Jordan currently have any cities with a municipal population higher than 500,000. C stands for Census, E stands for estimate.

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Table of largest cities in Arabia RankCityImageCountryPopulationCensus/Est. Year1 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 7,009,100 2022C2 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3,751,700 2022C3 Dubai United Arab Emirates 3,488,745 2022C4 Sana'a Yemen 3,407,814 2024E5 Mecca Saudi Arabia 2,427,900 2022C6 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 1,785,684 2022C7 Muscat Oman 1,650,319 2023C8 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 1,539,830 2022C9 Dammam Saudi Arabia 1,532,300 2022C10 Medina Saudi Arabia 1,477,000 2022C11 Basra Iraq 1,400,000 2018E12 Aden Yemen 1,079,670 2023E13 Kuwait City Kuwait 1,003,003 2012E14 Ta'izz Yemen 940,600 2023E15 Ta'if Saudi Arabia 913,400 2022C16DohaQatar796,9472010C

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