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.
Largest cities
Largest cities in the Arab world by population:
| Rank | Country | City | Population | Founding date | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | Cairo | 23,200,000 | 968 CE | |
| 2 | Iraq | Baghdad | 8,000,000 | 762 CE | |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 7,900,000 | 1746 CE | |
| 4 | Sudan | Khartoum | 7,400,000 | 1824 CE | |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 6,650,000 | 1833 CE | |
| 6 | Egypt | Alexandria | 6,350,000 | 332 BCE | |
| 7 | Jordan | Amman | 6,300,000 | 7250 BCE | |
| 8 | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 4,825,000 | 1613 CE | |
| 9 | Morocco | Casablanca | 4,500,000 | 7th century | |
| 10 | Algeria | Algiers | 4,400,000 | 944 CE | |
| 11 | Syria | Damascus | 4,050,000 | ~8,000–10,000 BCE | |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | 4,000,000 | 522 BCE | |
| 13 | Yemen | Sanaa | 3,400,000 | ~500 BCE (possibly earlier) | |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | Dammam | 3,000,000 | 1923 | |
| 15 | Tunisia | Tunis | 2,775,000 | 814 BCE | |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | Mecca | 2,775,000 | 2nd century CE | |
| 17 | Qatar | Doha | 2,700,000 | 1823 CE | |
| 18 | Somalia | Mogadishu | 2,325,000 | 10th Century | |
| 19 | Morocco | Rabat | 2,150,000 | 10th century | |
| 20 | Syria | Aleppo | 2,025,000 | ~5,000 BCE | |
| 21 | Palestine | Gaza City | 1,990,000 | 15th century BC | |
| 22 | Lebanon | Beirut | 1,970,000 | ~3000 BCE (outer estimate) | |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 1,960,000 | 1761 CE | |
| 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 | |
| 32 | Morocco | Tangier | 1,460,000 | 10th centuryBCE | |
| 33 | Somalia | Hargeisa | 1,401,000 | 1860 | |
| 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 | |
| 37 | Iraq | Erbil | 1,240,000 | ~2300 BCE | |
| 38 | Tunisia | Sousse | 1,200,000 | 800–909 | |
| 39 | Iraq | Kirkuk | 1,190,000 | 2335 BC | |
| 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 | |
| 43 | Iraq | Najaf | 1,070,000 | 791 AD | |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | Al Ain | 1,060,000 | 985 CE | |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | Khamis Mushait | 1,050,000 | 1760s | |
| 46 | Yemen | Aden | 1,021,000 | 8th century BC | |
| 47 | Egypt | Mansoura | 993,000 | 1219 |