List of largest cities in the Arab world

This is a List of largest cities in the Arab World.

Khartoum, Overview

Damascus, Umayyad Mosque

Beirut

Jeddah, Seaport

Aleppo, Citadel of Aleppo

Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Algiers, Ketchaoua Mosque

Amman, Jabal al-Qal'a

Kuwait City, Overview

Mosul City

Rank	Country	City	Population (est. 2007)	Foundation date	Image
1	Egypt	Cairo	17,856,000	969 AD
2	Iraq	Baghdad	9,028,636	762 AD
3	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	5,899,528	100–200 AD
4	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	5,318,636	600 BC
5	Saudi Arabia	Dammam	5,118,636	1923
6	Morocco	Casablanca	4,750,000	768 AD
7	Jordan	Amman	4,044,000	7250 BC
9	Syria	Damascus	3,780,000	8000 BC
10	Egypt	Alexandria	3,500,000	331 BC
11	Egypt	Shubra al Khaymah	3,510,000	1094 AD
12	Algeria	Algiers	3,518,083	944 AD
13	Iraq	Mosul	3,439,800	3000 BC
14	Iraq	Basra	3,250,000	636 AD
15	Saudi Arabia	Mecca	3,103,873
16	Libya	Tripoli	2,624,000	7th century BC
17	Kuwait	Kuwait City	2,380,000	1600 AD
18	Lebanon	Beirut	2,250,912	2000 BC
19	Syria	Aleppo	2,132,100	6300 BC
20 1.280.00	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	921,000	2000 BC
21	Morocco	Rabat	1,769,858	1146 AD
22	Yemen	Sana'a	1,747,627	Prehistoric; 600 BC
23	Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan	Arbil	1,657,000	446 BC
24	Iraq	Hilla	1,565,834	6000 BC
25	Egypt	Port Said	1,500,000	1839 AD
26	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	1,492,000	1821 AD
27	Morocco	Marrakech	1,420,000	1070 AD
28	Saudi Arabia	Medina	1,300,000	150 BC
29	Yemen	Al Hudaydah	1,300,000	____
30	Sudan	Omdurman	1,208,000	1884 AD
31	Egypt	Damietta	1,093,580	____
32	Syria	Homs	1,033,000	2300 BC
33	Egypt	Kafr Dawar	1,005,000	____
34	Libya Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (disputed)	Benghazi	990,000	12,000 BC
35	Morocco	Fez	946,815	789 AD
36	Sudan	Bahri	932,000	____
37	Mauritania	Nouakchott	881,000	1958 AD
38	Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan	Sulaymaniyah	800,000	1784 AD
39	Morocco	Safi	793,000	____
40	Jordan	Zarqa	792,665	____
41	Algeria	Oran	771,066	903 AD
42	Iraq	Kirkuk	755,700	1360 BC
43	Egypt	Ismailia	752,000	____
44	Saudi Arabia	Dammam	750,000	1923
45	Tunisia	Tunis	750,000	2000 BC
46	Morocco	Agadir	678,596	Before the 2nd century AD
47	Morocco	Tangier	669,680	400 BC
48	United Arab Emirates	Sharjah	636,000	3000 BC
49	Egypt	Shibin El Kom	630,000	____
50	Qatar	Doha	612,707	1850 BC
51	Libya	Misrata	601,112
52	Oman	Muscat	606,024	6000 BC[1]
53	Oman	Matrah	650,000	____
54	Yemen	Aden	590,000	100 BC
55	Iraq	Najaf	585,000	791 AD
56	Iraq	Karbala	572,300	680 AD
57	Syria	Latakia	554,000	1200 BC
58	Tunisia	Sousse	540,000	1200 BC
59	Morocco	Meknes	536,322	700 AD
60	Lebanon	Tripoli	533,000	1400 BC
61	Egypt	Asyut	530,000	3100 BC
62	Saudi Arabia	Taif	521,273	____
63	Morocco	Oujda	510,000	994 AD
64	Algeria	Constantine	507,224	203 BC
65	Saudi Arabia	Buraydah	505,000	969 AD
66	Egypt	Suez	497,000	1859 AD
67	Saudi Arabia	Qatif	475,573	3500 BC
68	Sudan	Port Sudan	475,000	1905 AD
69	Egypt	El-Mahalla El-Kubra	462,500	1923
70	Saudi Arabia	Abha	450,912	1660
71	Saudi Arabia	Tabouk	441,351	500 BC
72	Egypt	El Mansurah	420,000	1219 AD
73	Syria	Hama	410,680	5000 BC
74	Palestinian Authority	Gaza	449,221	3000 BC
75	Libya	Derna	400,300	12000 BC
76	Iraq	Al Kut	400,200	____
77	Iraq	Ramadi	400,000	____
78	Algeria	Annaba	383,504	____
79	Iraq	Fallujah	350,000	258 BC
80	Bahrain	Manama	345,000	1345
81	Tunisia	Sfax	340,000	849 AD
82	Egypt	Tanta	335,000	1060 BC
83	Jordan	Irbid	327,543	4000 BC
84	Algeria	Batna	317,206	____
85	Egypt	Aswan	270,000	1000 BC
86	Saudi Arabia	Ha'il	267,005	1836 AD
87	Lebanon	Sidon	266,000	8000 BC
88	Algeria	Blida	264,598	____
89	Algeria	Sétif	246,379	297 AD
90	Sudan	Kassala	234,622	1840
91	Sudan	Al-Ubayyid	229,425	1821
92	Egypt	Sohag	209,419	____
93	Lebanon	Jounieh	203,000	1000 BC
94	Lebanon	Zahlé	200,000	1700

References

1. Rice (1994), p.255-256