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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23,200,000 | 10,248,385 | .jpg)
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| 2 | Tehran |  Iran
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17,200,000 | 14,437,000 | 
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| 3 | Istanbul |  Turkey
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16,200,000 | 15,907,951 | 
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| 4 | Baghdad |  Iraq
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8,000,000 | 6,719,476 | 
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| 5 | Riyadh |  Saudi Arabia
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7,900,000 | 7,009,120 | 
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| 6 | Dubai |  United Arab Emirates
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6,650,000 | 3,655,000 | .jpg)
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| 7 | Alexandria | Egypt
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6,350,000 | 5,546,663 | 
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| 8 | Amman |  Jordan
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6,300,000 | 4,642,000 | 
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| 9 | Ankara | Turkey
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5,250,000 | 5,186,002 | 
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| 10 | Kuwait City |  Kuwait
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4,825,000 | 3,405,000 | 
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| 11 | Damascus |  Syria
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4,050,000 | 2,103,000 | 
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| 12 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia
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4,000,000 | 3,751,722 | 
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| 13 | Mashhad | Iran
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3,525,000 | 3,372,660 | 
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| 14 | Isfahan | Iran
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3,475,000 | 2,243,249 | 
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| 15 | Sanaa |  Yemen
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3,400,000 | 2,545,000 | .jpg)
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| 16 | Tel Aviv |  Israel
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3,050,000 | 1,481,400 | .jpg)
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| 17 | İzmir | Turkey
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3,025,000 | 2,948,609 | 
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| 18 | Dammam | Saudi Arabia
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3,000,000 | 1,532,326 | 
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| 19 | Mecca | Saudi Arabia
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2,775,000 | 2,385,509 | 
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| 20 | Doha |  Qatar
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2,700,000 | 1,186,023 | 
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| 21 | Bursa | Turkey
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2,225,000 | 2,083,698 | 
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| 22 | Aleppo | Syria
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2,025,000 | 1,800,000 | 
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| 23 | Tabriz | Iran
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2,000,000 | 1,773,033 | 
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| 24 | Shiraz | Iran
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1,990,000 | 1,869,001 | 
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| 25 | Gaza City |  Palestine
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1,990,000 | 749,100 | 
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| 26 | Beirut |  Lebanon
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1,970,000 | 1,650,000 | 
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| 27 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates
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1,960,000 | 1,750,000 | _-_panoramio_(1).jpg)
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| 28 | Adana | Turkey
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1,790,000 | 1,779,463 | 
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| 29 | Gaziantep | Turkey
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1,770,000 | 1,680,723 | 
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| 30 | Basra | Iraq
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1,750,000 | 1,436,253 | 
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| 31 | Muscat |  Oman
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1,700,000 | 1,302,440 | 
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| 32 | Mosul | Iraq
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1,580,000 | 1,438,351 | 
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| 33 | Ahvaz | Iran
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1,580,000 | 1,302,591 | 
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| 34 | Manama |  Bahrain
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1,580,000 | 743,066 | 
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| 35 | Medina | Saudi Arabia
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1,560,000 | 1,477,047 | 
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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 12 March 2026.
- ^ "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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