List of largest cities in the Arab world
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This is a list of largest cities in the Arab world. The Arab world is here defined as the 22 member states of the Arab League.[1]
Largest cities
Largest cities in the Arab world by population:[2][3]
| Rank | Country | City | Population | Founding date | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairo | 23,200,000 | 968 CE[4] | ||
| 2 | Baghdad | 8,000,000 | 762 CE[5] | ||
| 3 | Riyadh | 7,900,000 | 1746 CE[6] | ||
| 4 | Khartoum | 7,400,000 | 1824 CE[7] | ||
| 5 | Dubai | 6,650,000 | 1833 CE[8] | ||
| 6 | Alexandria | 6,350,000 | 332 BCE[9] | ||
| 7 | Amman | 6,300,000 | 7250 BCE[10][11] | ||
| 8 | Kuwait City | 4,825,000 | 1613 CE[12] | ||
| 9 | Casablanca | 4,500,000 | 7th century[13] | ||
| 10 | Algiers | 4,400,000 | 944 CE[14] | ||
| 11 | Damascus | 4,050,000 | ~8,000–10,000 BCE[15] | ||
| 12 | Jeddah | 4,000,000 | 522 BCE[16] | ||
| 13 | Sanaa | 3,400,000 | ~500 BCE (possibly earlier)[17] | ||
| 14 | Dammam | 3,000,000 | 1923 | ||
| 15 | Tunis | 2,775,000 | 814 BCE[18] | ||
| 16 | Mecca | 2,775,000 | 2nd century CE[19] | ||
| 17 | Doha | 2,700,000 | 1823 CE[20] | ||
| 18 | Mogadishu | 2,325,000 | 10th Century[21] | ||
| 19 | Rabat | 2,150,000 | 10th century[22] | ||
| 20 | Aleppo | 2,025,000 | ~5,000 BCE[23] | ||
| 21 | Gaza City | 1,990,000 | 15th century BC | ||
| 22 | Beirut | 1,970,000 | ~3000 BCE (outer estimate)[24] | ||
| 23 | Abu Dhabi | 1,960,000 | 1761 CE[25] | ||
| 24 | Tripoli | 1,930,000 | 7th century BC | ||
| 25 | Basra | 1,750,000 | 636 AD | ||
| 26 | Muscat | 1,700,000 | 550 BCE | ||
| 27 | Oran | 1,670,000 | AD 944 | ||
| 28 | Manama | 1,580,000 | 1345 or earlier | ||
| 29 | Mosul | 1,580,000 | ~700 BCE | ||
| 30 | Medina | 1,560,000 | 9th century BC | ||
| 31 | Nouakchott | 1,550,000 | 1903[26] | ||
| 32 | Tangier | 1,460,000 | 10th century BCE[27][28] | ||
| 33 | Hargeisa | 1,401,000 | 1860[29][30][31] | ||
| 34 | Fez | 1,330,000 | 789 | ||
| 35 | Agadir | 1,300,000 | 12th century | ||
| 36 | Taiz | 1,276,000 | first half of the 12th century CE[32] | ||
| 37 | Erbil | 1,240,000 | ~2300 BCE | ||
| 38 | Sousse | 1,200,000 | 800–909[33] | ||
| 39 | Kirkuk | 1,190,000 | 2335 BC[34] | ||
| 40 | Marrakesh | 1,150,000 | 1070 | ||
| 41 | Irbid | 1,090,000 | ~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier) | ||
| 42 | Hofuf | 1,070,000 | 1871[35] | ||
| 43 | Najaf | 1,070,000 | 791 AD[36] | ||
| 44 | Al Ain | 1,060,000 | 985 CE[37] | ||
| 45 | Khamis Mushait | 1,050,000 | 1760s[38][39] | ||
| 46 | Aden | 1,021,000 | 8th century BC[40] | ||
| 47 | Mansoura | 993,000 | 1219 |





