List of largest cities in the Arab world

This is a list of largest cities with a population of at least 1 million 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: RankCountryCityPopulationFounding dateImage 1 Cairo 23,200,000 968 CE 2 Baghdad 8,000,000 762 CE 3 Riyadh 7,900,000 1746 CE 4 Khartoum 7,400,000 1824 CE 5 Dubai 6,650,000 1833 CE 6 Alexandria 6,350,000 332 BCE 7 Amman 6,300,000 7250 BCE 8 Kuwait City 4,825,000 1613 CE 9 Casablanca 4,500,000 7th century 10 Algiers 4,400,000 944 CE 11 Damascus 4,050,000 ~8,000–10,000 BCE 12 Jeddah 4,000,000 522 BCE 13 Sanaa 3,400,000 ~500 BCE (possibly earlier) 14 Dammam 3,000,000 1923 15 Tunis 2,775,000 814 BCE 16 Mecca 2,775,000 2nd century CE 17 Doha 2,700,000 1823 CE 18 Mogadishu 2,325,000 10th Century 19 Rabat 2,150,000 10th century 20 Aleppo 2,025,000 ~5,000 BCE, Sixth Edition (2010) 21 Gaza City 1,990,000 15th century BC 22 Beirut 1,970,000 ~3000 BCE (outer estimate) 23 Abu Dhabi 1,960,000 1761 CE 24 Tripoli 1,930,000 7th century BC 25 Basra 1,750,000 636 AD 26 Muscat 1,700,000 550 BCE 27 Oran 1,670,000 AD 944 28 Manama 1,580,000 1345 or earlier 29 Mosul 1,580,000 ~700 BCE 30 Medina 1,560,000 9th century BC 31 Nouakchott 1,550,000 1903 32 Tangier 1,460,000 10th centuryBCE. 33 Hargeisa 1,401,000 1860 34 Fez 1,330,000 789 35 Agadir 1,300,000 12th century 36 Taiz 1,276,000 first half of the 12th century CE 37 Erbil 1,240,000 ~2300 BCE 38 Sousse 1,200,000 800–909 39 Kirkuk 1,190,000 2335 BC 40 Marrakesh 1,150,000 1070 41 Irbid 1,090,000 ~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier) 42 Hofuf 1,070,000 1871 43 Najaf 1,070,000 791 AD 44 Al Ain 1,060,000 985 CE 45 Khamis Mushait 1,050,000 1760sكتاب الشيخ سعيد بن عبدالعزيز ابن مشيط شيخ شمل قبائل شهران و ابنه عبدالعزيز في ذاكرة التاريخ 46 Aden 1,021,000 8th century BC

See also List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East List of Arab countries by population List of largest cities

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