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 |  Egypt |
Cairo | 23,200,000 | 968 CE[4] | .jpg) |
| 2 |  Iraq |
Baghdad | 8,000,000 | 762 CE[5] |  |
| 3 |  Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh | 7,900,000 | 1746 CE[6] | _and_the_famous_Kingdom_Tower_.jpg) |
| 4 |  Sudan |
Khartoum | 7,400,000 | 1824 CE[7] |  |
| 5 |  United Arab Emirates |
Dubai | 6,650,000 | 1833 CE[8] |  |
| 6 | Egypt |
Alexandria | 6,350,000 | 332 BCE[9] |  |
| 7 |  Jordan |
Amman | 6,300,000 | 7250 BCE[10][11] |  |
| 8 |  Kuwait |
Kuwait City | 4,825,000 | 1613 CE[12] |  |
| 9 |  Morocco |
Casablanca | 4,500,000 | 7th century[13] |  |
| 10 |  Algeria |
Algiers | 4,400,000 | 944 CE[14] |  |
| 11 |  Syria |
Damascus | 4,050,000 | ~8,000–10,000 BCE[15] |  |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia |
Jeddah | 4,000,000 | 522 BCE[16] |  |
| 13 |  Yemen |
Sanaa | 3,400,000 | ~500 BCE (possibly earlier)[17] | .jpg) |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia |
Dammam | 3,000,000 | 1923 |  |
| 15 |  Tunisia |
Tunis | 2,775,000 | 814 BCE[18] |  |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia |
Mecca | 2,775,000 | 2nd century CE[19] |  |
| 17 |  Qatar |
Doha | 2,700,000 | 1823 CE[20] |  |
| 18 |  Somalia |
Mogadishu | 2,325,000 | 10th Century[21] |  |
| 19 | Morocco |
Rabat | 2,150,000 | 10th century[22] | .jpg) |
| 20 | Syria |
Aleppo | 2,025,000 | ~5,000 BCE[23] |  |
| 21 |  Palestine |
Gaza City | 1,990,000 | 15th century BC |  |
| 22 |  Lebanon |
Beirut | 1,970,000 | ~3000 BCE (outer estimate)[24] |  |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi | 1,960,000 | 1761 CE[25] | _-_panoramio_(1).jpg) |
| 24 |  Libya |
Tripoli | 1,930,000 | 7th century BC |  |
| 25 | Iraq |
Basra | 1,750,000 | 636 AD |  |
| 26 |  Oman |
Muscat | 1,700,000 | 550 BCE |  |
| 27 | Algeria |
Oran | 1,670,000 | AD 944 |  |
| 28 |  Bahrain |
Manama | 1,580,000 | 1345 or earlier |  |
| 29 | Iraq |
Mosul | 1,580,000 | ~700 BCE |  |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia |
Medina | 1,560,000 | 9th century BC |  |
| 31 |  Mauritania |
Nouakchott | 1,550,000 | 1903[26] |  |
| 32 | Morocco |
Tangier | 1,460,000 | 10th century BCE[27][28] |  |
| 33 | Somalia |
Hargeisa | 1,401,000 | 1860[29][30][31] |  |
| 34 | Morocco |
Fez | 1,330,000 | 789 |  |
| 35 | Morocco |
Agadir | 1,300,000 | 12th century |  |
| 36 | Yemen |
Taiz | 1,276,000 | first half of the 12th century CE[32] | _(retouched).jpg) |
| 37 | Iraq |
Erbil | 1,240,000 | ~2300 BCE |  |
| 38 | Tunisia |
Sousse | 1,200,000 | 800–909[33] |  |
| 39 | Iraq |
Kirkuk | 1,190,000 | 2335 BC[34] |  |
| 40 | Morocco |
Marrakesh | 1,150,000 | 1070 |  |
| 41 | Jordan |
Irbid | 1,090,000 | ~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier) |  |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia |
Hofuf | 1,070,000 | 1871[35] | .jpg) |
| 43 | Iraq |
Najaf | 1,070,000 | 791 AD[36] |  |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates |
Al Ain | 1,060,000 | 985 CE[37] |  |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia |
Khamis Mushait | 1,050,000 | 1760s[38][39] |  |
| 46 | Yemen |
Aden | 1,021,000 | 8th century BC[40] |  |
| 47 | Egypt |
Mansoura | 993,000 | 1219 |  |