List of Arabian cities by population

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.^{[note 1]} C stands for Census, E stands for estimate.

Map

Riyadh

Sanaa

Jeddah

Dubai

Mecca

Sharjah

Muscat

Abu Dhabi

Dammam

Medina

Basra

Aden

Kuwait City

Taiz

Ta'if

Doha

Location of the cities. Green dots represent national capital cities, red dots represent normal cities

Table of largest cities in Arabia

Rank	City	Image	Country	Population	Census/Est. Year
1	Riyadh		Saudi Arabia	7,009,100[1]	2022C
2	Jeddah		Saudi Arabia	3,751,700[2]	2022C
3	Dubai		United Arab Emirates	3,488,745[3]	2022C
4	Sana'a		Yemen	3,407,814[4]	2024E
5	Mecca		Saudi Arabia	2,427,900[5]	2022C
6	Sharjah		United Arab Emirates	1,785,684[6]	2022C
7	Muscat		Oman	1,650,319[7]	2023C
8	Abu Dhabi		United Arab Emirates	1,539,830[8]	2022C
9	Dammam		Saudi Arabia	1,532,300[9]	2022C
10	Medina		Saudi Arabia	1,477,000[10]	2022C
11	Basra		Iraq	1,400,000[11]	2018E
12	Aden		Yemen	1,079,670[12]	2023E
13	Kuwait City		Kuwait	1,003,003[13]	2012E
14	Ta'izz		Yemen	940,600[12]	2023E
15	Ta'if		Saudi Arabia	913,400[14]	2022C
16	Doha		Qatar	796,947[15]	2010C

1. By city proper, neither Bahrain nor Southern Jordan currently have any cities with a municipal population higher than 500,000.