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 in the Arab world by official cities proper:[2][better source needed]
Rank | Country | City | Population | Founding date | Image |
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1 | Egypt | Cairo | 22,623,874 | 968 CE[3] | |
2 | Iraq | Baghdad | 8,126,755 | 762 CE[4] | |
3 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 7,676,654 | 1746 CE[5] | |
4 | Egypt | Alexandria | 5,381,000 | 332 BCE[6] | |
5 | Jordan | Amman | 4,642,000 | 7250 BCE[7][8] | |
6 | Algeria | Algiers | 4,515,000 | 944 CE[9] | |
7 | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | 4,276,000 | 522 BCE[10] | |
8 | Morocco | Casablanca | 3,359,818 | 7th century[11] | |
9 | Yemen | Sana'a | 3,292,497[12] | ~500 BCE (possibly earlier)[13] | |
10 | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 3,287,007 | 1833 CE[14] | |
11 | Sudan | Khartoum | 2,919,773 | 1824 CE[15] | |
12 | Tunisia | Tunis | 2,800,000 | 814 BCE[16] | |
13 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 3,789,860[17] | 1761 CE[18] | |
14 | Somalia | Mogadishu | 2,726,815[19] | 10 Century [20] | |
15 | Syria | Damascus | 2,685,000[21] | ~8,000–10,000 BCE (believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world)[22] | |
16 | Lebanon | Beirut | 2,600,000 | ~3000 BCE (outer estimate)[23] | |
17 | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 2,380,000 | 1613 CE[24] | |
18 | Syria | Aleppo | 2,318,000 | ~5,000 BCE[25] | |
19 | Jordan | Irbid | 2,050,300 | ~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier) | |
20 | Qatar | Doha | 1,850,000 | 1823 CE[26] | |
21 | Iraq | Erbil | 1,750,564 | ~2300 BCE | |
22 | Iraq | Mosul | 1,683,000 | ~700 BCE | |
23 | Oman | Muscat | 1,560,000 | 550 BCE | |
24 | Palestine | Hebron | 1,004,510 | 1727 BCE |