List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East

Summary

This is a list of metropolitan areas in Middle East, with their population according to different sources. The list includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1.5 million.[1][2][3]

List edit

Rank City Country Metropolitan
Population
City
Population
Image
1 Cairo   Egypt 20,439,541 9,500,000  
2 Tehran   Iran 16,672,000 9,134,000  
3 Istanbul   Turkey 15,519,267 15,241,177  
4 Baghdad   Iraq 10,500,000 8,126,755  
5 Riyadh   Saudi Arabia 10,500,000 6,506,700  
6 Ankara   Turkey 5,663,322 5,067,565  
7 Dubai   United Arab Emirates 5,640,000 3,287,007  
8 Alexandria   Egypt 4,984,387 4,984,387  
9 Jeddah   Saudi Arabia 4,697,000 4,697,000  
10 Amman   Jordan 4,642,000 4,061,150  
11 İzmir   Turkey 4,394,694 4,367,251  
12 Tel Aviv   Israel 4,156,900 467,875  
13 Mosul   Iraq 3,750,000 1,683,000  
14 Mashhad   Iran 3,600,650 3,372,090  
15 Isfahan   Iran 2,989,070 2,000,000  
16 Damascus   Syria 2,900,000 2,078,000  
17 Abu Dhabi   United Arab Emirates 2,784,490 2,784,490  
18 Doha   Qatar 2,382,000 1,850,000  
19 Kuwait City   Kuwait 2,380,000 2,380,000  
20 Adana   Turkey 2,274,000 2,000,000  
21 Sanaa   Yemen 2,167,000 1,937,451  
22 Aleppo   Syria 2,098,210 2,098,210  
23 Irbid   Jordan 2,050,300 582,276  
24 Gaza City   Palestine 2,047,969 590,481  
25 Mecca   Saudi Arabia 2,042,000 2,042,000  
26 Karaj   Iran 1,973,470 1,973,470  
27 Shiraz   Iran 1,869,001 1,869,001  
28 Tabriz   Iran 1,773,033 1,773,033  
29 Erbil   Iraq 1,750,564 1,750,564  
30 Muscat   Oman 1,560,000 1,560,000  
31 Najaf   Iraq 1,500,000 1,389,500  

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "All urban agglomerations of the world with a population of 1 million inhabitants or more". www.citypopulation.de. Citypopulation. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  2. ^ "City Populations, Largest Cities of the World - Worldatlas.com". www.worldatlas.com.
  3. ^ "Turkey: Provinces and Major Cities". www.citytpopulation.de. Citypopulation. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2015. The population of the Turkish cities and provinces according to census results and latest register-based tabulations

External links edit

  • Where are the largest cities in the Middle East?. City Monitor