List of largest metropolitan areas in the Middle East
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This is a list of metropolitan areas in the 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 |
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| 1 | Cairo |  Egypt
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22,800,000 | 9,500,000 | .jpg)
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| 2 | Tehran |  Iran
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16,800,000 | 9,134,000 | 
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| 3 | Istanbul |  Turkey
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16,000,000 | 15,241,177 | 
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| 4 | Baghdad |  Iraq
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7,800,000 | 6,624,000 | 
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| 5 | Riyadh |  Saudi Arabia
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7,700,000 | 6,506,700 | 
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| 6 | Amman |  Jordan
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6,847,964 | 4,920,100 | 
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| 7 | Alexandria | Egypt
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6,250,000 | 4,984,387 | 
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| 8 | Dubai |  United Arab Emirates
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6,050,000 | 3,287,007 | .jpg)
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| 9 | Ankara | Turkey
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5,200,000 | 5,067,565 | 
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| 10 | Kuwait City |  Kuwait
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5,050,000 | 2,380,000 | 
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| 11 | Damascus |  Syria
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3,975,000 | 2,078,000 | 
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| 12 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia
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3,950,000 | 3,751,722 | 
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| 13 | Mashhad | Iran
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3,475,000 | 3,372,090 | 
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| 14 | Isfahan | Iran
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3,425,000 | 2,000,000 | 
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| 15 | Sanaa |  Yemen
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3,275,000 | 1,937,451 | .jpg)
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| 16 | İzmir | Turkey
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3,025,000 | 2,938,292 | 
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| 17 | Tel Aviv |  Israel
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3,000,000 | 467,875 | .jpg)
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| 18 | Dammam | Saudi Arabia
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2,925,000 | 1,386,671 | 
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| 19 | Mecca | Saudi Arabia
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2,675,000 | 2,042,000 | 
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| 20 | Doha |  Qatar
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2,650,000 | 1,850,000 | 
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| 21 | Gaza City |  Palestine
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2,275,000 | 590,481 | 
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| 22 | Bursa | Turkey
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2,200,000 | 2,083,698 | 
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| 23 | Aleppo | Syria
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2,098,210 | 1,980,000 | 
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| 24 | Tabriz | Iran
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1,970,000 | 1,773,033 | 
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| 25 | Shiraz | Iran
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1,950,000 | 1,869,001 | 
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| 26 | Beirut |  Lebanon
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1,930,000 | 433,249 | 
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| 27 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates
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1,850,000 | 1,570,000 | _-_panoramio_(1).jpg)
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| 28 | Gaziantep | Turkey
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1,835,508 | 1,750,000 | 
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| 29 | Adana | Turkey
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1,816,750 | 1,780,000 | 
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| 30 | Mosul | Iraq
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1,792,000 | 1,550,000 | 
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| 31 | Basra | Iraq
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1,710,000 | 1,485,000 | 
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| 32 | Muscat |  Oman
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1,620,000 | 1,560,000 | 
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| 33 | Manama |  Bahrain
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1,560,000 | 727,000 | 
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| 34 | Ahvaz | Iran
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1,550,000 | 1,325,000 | 
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| 35 | Medina | Saudi Arabia
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1,530,000 | 1,411,599 | 
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See also
[edit]- List of cities of the ancient Near East
- List of largest cities in the Arab world
- List of largest cities in the Levant region by population
- List of Middle Eastern countries by population
References
[edit]- ^ "Major Agglomerations of the World - Population Statistics and Maps". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ^ "City Populations, Largest Cities of the World - Worldatlas.com". www.worldatlas.com. 9 June 2024.
- ^ "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
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