This is a list of largest cities in the Arab world.
Largest cities in the Arab world by official cities proper:[better source needed]
Rank | Country | City | Population | Founding date | Image |
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1 | Egypt | Cairo | 10,025,657 | 968 CE | |
2 | Iraq | Baghdad | 8,126,755 | 762 CE | |
3 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 7,676,654 | 1746 CE | |
4 | Egypt | Alexandria | 5,381,000 | 332 BCE | |
5 | Jordan | Amman | 4,642,000 | 7250 BCE | |
6 | Algeria | Algiers | 4,515,000 | 944 CE | |
7 | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | 4,276,000 | 522 BCE | |
8 | Morocco | Casablanca | 3,359,818 | 7th century | |
9 | Yemen | Sana'a | 3,292,497 | ~500 BCE (possibly earlier) | |
10 | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 3,287,007 | 1833 CE | |
11 | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 3,238,523 | 1613 CE | |
12 | Sudan | Khartoum | 2,919,773 | 1824 CE | |
13 | Tunisia | Tunis | 2,800,000 | 814 BCE | |
14 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 2,784,490 | 1761 CE | |
15 | Syria | Damascus | 2,685,000 | ~8,000–10,000 BCE (believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world) | |
16 | Somalia | Mogadishu | 2,610,438 | 800 CE | |
16 | Lebanon | Beirut | 2,600,000 | ~3000 BCE (outer estimate) | |
17 | Syria | Aleppo | 2,318,000 | ~5,000 BCE | |
18 | Jordan | Irbid | 2,050,300 | ~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier) | |
19 | Qatar | Doha | 1,850,000 | 1823 CE | |
20 | Iraq | Erbil | 1,750,564 | ~2300 BCE | |
21 | Iraq | Mosul | 1,683,000 | ~700 BCE | |
22 | Oman | Muscat | 1,560,000 | 550 BCE | |
23 | Palestine | Hebron | 1,004,510 | 1727 BCE | |
24 | Djibouti | Djibouti City | 626,512 | 19th Century CE |
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