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][better source needed]}

Rank	Country	City	Population	Founding date	Image
1	Egypt	Cairo	9,500,000 [3]	968 CE[4]
2	Iraq	Baghdad	8,126,755	762 CE[5]
3	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	7,676,654	1746 CE[6]
4	Egypt	Alexandria	4,984,387	332 BCE[7]
5	Jordan	Amman	4,536,500	7250 BCE[8][9]
6	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	4,276,000	522 BCE[10]
7	Algeria	Algiers	3,915,811	944 CE[11]
8	Morocco	Casablanca	3,359,818	7th century BCE[12]
9	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	3,287,007	1833 CE[13]
10	Sudan	Khartoum	2,919,773	1824 CE[14]
11	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	2,784,490	1761 CE[15]
12	Kuwait	Kuwait City	2,380,000	1613 CE[16]
13	Syria	Damascus	2,079,000[17]	~8,000–10,000 BCE (believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world)[18]
14	Jordan	Irbid	2,003,800	~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier)
15	Tunisia	Tunis	1,993,000	814 BCE[19]
16	Yemen	Sana'a	1,937,451	~500 BCE (possibly earlier)[20]
17	Qatar	Doha	1,850,000	1823 CE[21]
18	Syria	Aleppo	1,800,000	~5,000 BCE[22]

See also[]

• Largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East
• List of Arab countries by population
• List of largest cities in the Levant region by population

References[]