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 official cities proper:[2][better source needed]

Rank Country City Population Founding date Image
1 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Cairo 22,623,874 968 CE[3] File:مصر العظيمة.jpg
2 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Baghdad 8,126,755 762 CE[4] File:5628442718 b10fc2c47f o.jpg
3 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Riyadh 7,676,654 1746 CE[5] File:Masmak castle.jpg
4 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Alexandria 5,381,000 332 BCE[6] File:Citadel of Qaitbay - Sea View.jpg
5 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Amman 4,642,000 7250 BCE[7][8] File:New Abdali 2024.png
6 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Algiers 4,515,000 944 CE[9] File:Alger Grande-Poste IMG 0875.JPG
7 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Jeddah 4,276,000 522 BCE[10] File:Historical Jeddah.jpg
8 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Casablanca 3,359,818 7th century[11] File:Old Medina, Casablanca, a view from United Nations square.JPG
9 File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen Sana'a 3,292,497[12] ~500 BCE (possibly earlier)[13] File:Sana'a, Yemen (14667934933).jpg
10 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Dubai 3,287,007 1833 CE[14] File:DubaiSkyline.JPG
11 File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Khartoum 2,919,773 1824 CE[15] File:University of Khartoum 002.jpg
12 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Tunis 2,800,000 814 BCE[16] File:TunisAveHabibBourguiba.jpg
13 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 3,789,860[17] 1761 CE[18] File:Sheikh Zayed Mosque view.jpg
14 File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Mogadishu 2,726,815[19] 10th Century[20] File:Lido beach from the sea in Mogadishu.jpg
15 File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria Damascus 2,685,000[21] ~8,000–10,000 BCE[22] File:A view from Umayyad Mosque.jpg
16 File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Beirut 2,600,000 ~3000 BCE (outer estimate)[23] File:ChurchMosque.jpg
17 File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Kuwait City 2,380,000 1613 CE[24] File:Seifpalace.jpg
18 File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria Aleppo 2,318,000 ~5,000 BCE[25] File:Great Aleppo mosque 176.jpg
19 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Irbid 2,050,300 ~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier) File:Irbid clock on Memorial Square 1000.jpg
20 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Doha 1,850,000 1823 CE[26] File:Fuerte Al Koot, Doha, Catar, 2013-08-06, DD 03.JPG
21 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Erbil 1,750,564 ~2300 BCE
File:Hawler Castle.jpg
22 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Mosul 1,683,000 ~700 BCE
File:مدينة الموصل.jpg
23 File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman Muscat 1,560,000 550 BCE File:Muscat, Oman مسقط، عمان 05.jpg

See also

References

  1. ↑ Frishkopf, Michael (2010). Music and media in the Arab world. The American University in Cairo Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-977-416-293-0.
  2. ↑ "Demographia World Urban Areas" (PDF). Demographia. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ↑ https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/cairo-population [bare URL]
  4. ↑ Corzine, Phyllis (2005). The Islamic Empire. Thomson Gale. pp. 68–69.
  5. ↑ Saud Al-Oteibi; Allen G. Noble; Frank J. Costa (February 1993). "The Impact of Planning on Growth and Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1970-1990". GeoJournal. 29 (2): 163. Bibcode:1993GeoJo..29..163A. doi:10.1007/BF00812813.
  6. ↑ Reimer, Michael (2016). "Alexandria". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  7. ↑ "Prehistoric Settlements of the Middle East". Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "The Old Testament Kingdoms of Jordan". kinghussein.gov.jo. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  9. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Algiers" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 653–655.
  10. ↑ "صحيفة عكاظ - جدة اليوم.. والعم وهيب". Okaz.com.sa. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  11. ↑ "Virtual Jewish World: Casablanca, Morocco". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  12. ↑ "Sanaa Population 2023". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  13. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sana" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 125–126.
  14. ↑ "تاريخ دبي". حكومة دبي. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  15. ↑ Abdel Salam Sidahmed; Alsir Sidahmed (2004). "Chronology". Sudan. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-47947-4.
  16. ↑ Serge Lancel (1995). Carthage. Translated by Antonia Nevill. Oxford: Blackwell. pp. 20–23.
  17. ↑ "Abu Dhabi Population 2023". census.scad.gov.ae. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  18. ↑ Malcolm C. Peck (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6416-0.
  19. ↑ Mogadishu Population 2024
  20. ↑ https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/places-global-african-history/mogadishu-somalia-ca-950/ [bare URL]
  21. ↑ https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/22610/damascus/population=January 1, 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Ancient City of Damascus".
  23. ↑ "Under Beirut's Rubble, Remnants of 5,000 Years of Civilization". New York Times. 23 February 1997. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  24. ↑ Al-Jassar, Mohammad Khalid A. (May 2009). Constancy and Change in Contemporary Kuwait City: The Socio-cultural Dimensions of the Kuwait Courtyard and Diwaniyya (PhD thesis). The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-109-22934-9.[permanent dead link‍]
  25. ↑ [1], Sixth Edition (2010)
  26. ↑ Dumper, Michael; Stanley, Bruce E.; Abu-Lughod, Janet L. (2007). Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-919-5.
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