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 |
Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cairo | ![]() |
20,439,541 | 9,500,000 | ![]() |
2 | Tehran | ![]() |
17,672,000 | 9,134,000 | ![]() |
3 | Istanbul | ![]() |
15,519,267 | 15,241,177 | |
4 | Baghdad | ![]() |
10,500,000 | 8,126,755 | ![]() |
5 | Riyadh | ![]() |
10,500,000 | 6,506,700 | ![]() |
6 | Ankara | ![]() |
5,663,322 | 5,067,565 | |
7 | Dubai | ![]() |
5,640,000 | 3,287,007 | ![]() |
8 | Alexandria | ![]() |
4,984,387 | 4,984,387 | ![]() |
9 | Jeddah | ![]() |
4,697,000 | 4,697,000 | |
10 | Amman | ![]() |
4,642,000 | 4,061,150 | ![]() |
11 | İzmir | ![]() |
4,394,694 | 4,367,251 | ![]() |
12 | Tel Aviv | ![]() |
4,156,900 | 467,875 | ![]() |
13 | Mosul | ![]() |
3,750,000 | 1,683,000 | ![]() |
14 | Mashhad | ![]() |
3,600,650 | 3,372,090 | ![]() |
15 | Isfahan | ![]() |
2,989,070 | 2,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | Damascus | ![]() |
2,900,000 | 2,078,000 | ![]() |
17 | Abu Dhabi | ![]() |
3,789,860 | 2,495,925 | ![]() |
18 | Doha | ![]() |
2,382,000 | 1,850,000 | ![]() |
19 | Kuwait City | ![]() |
2,380,000 | 2,380,000 | ![]() |
20 | Adana | ![]() |
2,274,000 | 2,000,000 | ![]() |
21 | Sanaa | ![]() |
2,167,000 | 1,937,451 | ![]() |
22 | Aleppo | ![]() |
2,098,210 | 2,098,210 | ![]() |
23 | Irbid | ![]() |
2,050,300 | 582,276 | ![]() |
24 | Gaza City | ![]() |
2,047,969 | 590,481 | |
25 | Mecca | ![]() |
2,042,000 | 2,042,000 | |
26 | Karaj | ![]() |
1,973,470 | 1,973,470 | ![]() |
27 | Shiraz | ![]() |
1,869,001 | 1,869,001 | ![]() |
28 | Tabriz | ![]() |
1,773,033 | 1,773,033 | ![]() |
29 | Erbil | ![]() |
1,750,564 | 1,750,564 | ![]() |
30 | Muscat | ![]() |
1,560,000 | 1,560,000 | ![]() |
31 | Najaf | ![]() |
1,500,000 | 1,389,500 | ![]() |
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]- ^ "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.
- ^ "City Populations, Largest Cities of the World - Worldatlas.com". www.worldatlas.com.
- ^ "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