List of largest cities in the Arab world

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]

Rank Country City Population Founding date Image
1  Egypt Cairo 9,500,000

[3]

 968 CE[4]
3  Iraq Baghdad 6,719,500 762 CE[5]
2  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 7,676,654 1746 CE[6]
4  Sudan Khartoum 5,274,321 1824 CE[7]
6  Jordan Amman 4,007,526 7250 BCE[8][9]
5  Egypt Alexandria 5,200,000 332 BCE[10]
13  Kuwait Kuwait City 2,400,000 1613 CE[11]
11  Morocco Casablanca 3,359,818 7th century BCE[12]
10  United Arab Emirates Dubai 3,385,000 1833 CE[13]
7  Saudi Arabia Jeddah 3,976,000 522 BCE[14]
15  Syria Aleppo 1,850,000 ~5,000 BCE[15]
9  Algeria Algiers 3,915,811 944 CE[16]
8  Yemen Sana'a 3,937,451 ~500 BCE (possibly earlier)[17]
16  Syria Damascus 1,711,000 6,300 BCE (possibly earlier)[18]
12  Somalia Mogadishu 2,590,000 950 CE[19]
19  Lebanon Beirut 1,000,000 500 BCE[20]
20  Tunisia Tunis 638,845 814 BCE[21]
21  Morocco Rabat 577,827 1150 CE[22]
18  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1,450,000 1761 CE[23]
17  Saudi Arabia Mecca 1,675,368 1812 BCE[24][25]
14  Qatar Doha 2,382,000 1823 CE[26]

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