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List of Arabian cities by population

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This is a list of cities on the Arabian Peninsula by population, based primarily on national census estimates of the number of residents residing within the limits of a municipality (i.e. city proper); if recent official data is unavailable, reputable non-governmental estimates are used instead. The minimum population for a city to be included is 500,000. The geographic definition of Arabia is used, encompassing the countries of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen in their entirety, as well as the island nation of Bahrain and the southern regions of Iraq and Jordan.By city proper, neither Bahrain nor Southern Jordan currently have any cities with a municipal population higher than 500,000. C stands for Census, E stands for estimate.

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Table of largest cities in Arabia

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!Rank

!City

!Image

!Country

!Population

!Census/Est. Year

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|1

| Riyadh

| 120px

| Saudi Arabia

| 7,009,100{{cite web | url=https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15/45?type=DASHBOARD | title=GASTAT Portal }}

| 2022C

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|2

| Jeddah

| 120px

| Saudi Arabia

| 3,751,700{{cite web | url=https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15/45?type=DASHBOARD | title=GASTAT Portal }}

| 2022C

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|3

| Dubai

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| United Arab Emirates

| 3,488,745{{cite web |title=Dubai Population |url=https://www.globalmediainsight.com/blog/uae-population-statistics/ |website=citypopulation.de|date=18 March 2022 }}

| 2022C

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|4

| Sana'a

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| Yemen

| 3,407,814{{Cite web |title=Sanaa Population 2024 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/sanaa-population |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=worldpopulationreview.com}}

| 2024E

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|5

| Mecca

| 120px

| Saudi Arabia

| 2,427,900{{cite web | url=https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15/45?type=DASHBOARD | title=GASTAT Portal }}

| 2022C

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|6

| Sharjah

| 120px

| United Arab Emirates

| 1,785,684{{Cite web |title=Sharjah Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs) |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/sharjah-population |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=worldpopulationreview.com}}

| 2022C

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|7

| Muscat

| 120px

| Oman

| 1,650,319{{cite web |last1=Fulmer |first1=Shane |title=Muscat Population 2023 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/muscat-population |website=World Population Review |access-date=16 May 2023 |location=United States |language=English}}

| 2023C

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|8

| Abu Dhabi

| 120px

| United Arab Emirates

| 1,539,830{{Cite web |title=Abu Dhabi Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs) |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/abu-dhabi-population |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=worldpopulationreview.com}}

| 2022C

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|9

| Dammam

| 120x120px

| Saudi Arabia

| 1,532,300{{cite web | url=https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15/45?type=DASHBOARD | title=GASTAT Portal }}

| 2022C

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|10

| Medina

| 120px

| Saudi Arabia

| 1,477,000{{cite web | url=https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15/45?type=DASHBOARD | title=GASTAT Portal }}

| 2022C

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|11

| Basra

| 120px

| Iraq

| 1,400,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/iraq/admin/al_ba%E1%B9%A3rah/1501__al_ba%E1%B9%A3rah/|title=Al-Baṣrah (District, Iraq) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location|website=www.citypopulation.de}}

| 2018E

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|12

| Aden

| 122x122px

| Yemen

| 1,079,670

| 2023E

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|13

| Kuwait City

| 120px

| Kuwait

| 1,003,003{{cite web|url=http://citypopulation.de/Kuwait-Cities.html|title=Kuwait: Governorates & Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information|website=citypopulation.de}}

| 2012E

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|14

| Ta'izz

| 120px

| Yemen

| 940,600{{cite web |last1=Fulmer |first1=Shane |title=Aden Population 2023 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/aden-population |website=World Population Review |at=Other Cities in Yemen |access-date=16 May 2023 |location=United States |language=English}}

| 2023E

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|15

| Ta'if

| 120px

| Saudi Arabia

| 913,400{{cite web | url=https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15/45?type=DASHBOARD | title=GASTAT Portal }}

| 2022C

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|16

|Doha

|120px

|Qatar

|796,947{{cite web |title=Populations |url=http://www.qsa.gov.qa/QatarCensus/Populations.aspx |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709192746/http://www.qsa.gov.qa/QatarCensus/Populations.aspx |archivedate=2010-07-09 |accessdate=2013-07-26}}

|2010C

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