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]

Rank Country City Population Founding date Image
1  Egypt Cairo 10,025,657

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 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 5,381,000 332 BCE[7]
5  Jordan Amman 4,642,000 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 2,050,300 ~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

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