Cities and urban areas in Middle East with population over 100,000, sorted by City Population
[Source: UN]

Copyright Rhett Butler 2003

The table below includes cities with populations exceeding 100 000 people. All figures are estimates for 2002.

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POPULATION data has been updated here

Largest Cities/Urban Areas Tables:
Regional:
Africa [ North Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Africa ]
Asia [ Middle East, Southeast Asia, Central Asia ]
Europe
Oceania + Australia
North America [ Central America, Caribbean Latin America ]
South America

Countries: Afghanistan | Aland Islands | Albania | Algeria | American Samoa | Andorra | Angola | Anguilla | Antarctica | Antigua and Barbuda | Argentina | Armenia | Aruba | Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Bahamas | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Barbados | Belarus | Belgium | Belize | Benin | Bermuda | Bhutan | Bolivia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Botswana | Bouvet Island | Brazil | British Indian Ocean Territory | British Virgin Islands | Brunei Darussalam | Bulgaria | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cambodia | Cameroon | Canada | Cape Verde | Cayman Islands | Central African Republic | Chad | Chile | China | Christmas Island | Cocos Islands | Colombia | Comoros | Congo | Cook Islands | Costa Rica | Cote d'Ivoire | Croatia | Cuba | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Denmark | Djibouti | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | Egypt | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Estonia | Ethiopia | Falkland Islands | Faroe Islands | Fiji | Finland | France | French Guiana | French Polynesia | French Southern Territories | Gabon | Gambia | Georgia | Germany | Ghana | Gibraltar | Greece | Greenland | Grenada | Guadeloupe | Guam | Guatemala | Guernsey | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Guyana | Haiti | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Honduras | Hong Kong | Hungary | Iceland | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Ireland | Isle of Man | Israel | Italy | Jamaica | Japan | Jersey | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Kiribati | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Laos | Latvia | Lebanon | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Macao | Macedonia | Madagascar | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Mali | Malta | Marshall Islands | Martinique | Mauritania | Mauritius | Mayotte | Mexico | Micronesia | Moldova | Monaco | Mongolia | Montenegro | Montserrat | Morocco | Mozambique | Myanmar | Namibia | Nauru | Nepal | Netherlands | Netherlands Antilles | New Caledonia | New Zealand | Nicaragua | Niger | Nigeria | Niue | Norfolk Island | North Korea | Northern Mariana Islands | Norway | Occupied Palestinian Territory | Oman | Pakistan | Palau | Panama | Papua New Guinea | Paraguay | Peru | Philippines | Pitcairn | Poland | Portugal | Puerto Rico | Qatar | Reunion | Romania | Russian Federation | Rwanda | Saint Barth�lemy | Saint Helena | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Martin | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Samoa | San Marino | Sao Tome and Principe | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Serbia | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Singapore | Slovakia | Slovenia | Solomon Islands | Somalia | South Africa | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | South Korea | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sudan | Suriname | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Swaziland | Sweden | Switzerland | Syria | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Tanzania | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Togo | Tokelau | Tonga | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Turkey | Turkmenistan | Turks and Caicos Islands | Tuvalu | U.S. Virgin Islands | Uganda | Ukraine | United Arab Emirates | United Kingdom | United States | United States Minor Outlying Islands | Uruguay | Uzbekistan | Vanuatu | Vatican City State | Venezuela | Viet Nam | Wallis and Futuna | Western Sahara | Yemen | Zambia | Zimbabwe

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Largest Cities/Urban Areas Tables:
Regional:
Africa | Asia | Asia-Pacific | Atlantic Ocean Islands | Balkans | Caribbean | Central Africa | Central America | Central Asia | East Africa | East Asia | Eastern Europe | Europe | Former Soviet Union | g20 | g7 | Horn of Africa | Indian Ocean | Latin America | Mesoamerica | Middle East | North Africa | North America | Oceania | Pacific Ocean Islands | Scandinavia | South America | South Asia | Southeast Asia | Southern Africa | West Africa | Western Europe

Countries: Afghanistan | Aland Islands | Albania | Algeria | American Samoa | Andorra | Angola | Anguilla | Antarctica | Antigua and Barbuda | Argentina | Armenia | Aruba | Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Bahamas | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Barbados | Belarus | Belgium | Belize | Benin | Bermuda | Bhutan | Bolivia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Botswana | Bouvet Island | Brazil | British Indian Ocean Territory | British Virgin Islands | Brunei Darussalam | Bulgaria | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cambodia | Cameroon | Canada | Cape Verde | Cayman Islands | Central African Republic | Chad | Chile | China | Christmas Island | Cocos Islands | Colombia | Comoros | Congo | Cook Islands | Costa Rica | Cote d'Ivoire | Croatia | Cuba | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Denmark | Djibouti | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | Egypt | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Estonia | Ethiopia | Falkland Islands | Faroe Islands | Fiji | Finland | France | French Guiana | French Polynesia | French Southern Territories | Gabon | Gambia | Georgia | Germany | Ghana | Gibraltar | Greece | Greenland | Grenada | Guadeloupe | Guam | Guatemala | Guernsey | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Guyana | Haiti | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Honduras | Hong Kong | Hungary | Iceland | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Ireland | Isle of Man | Israel | Italy | Jamaica | Japan | Jersey | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Kiribati | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Laos | Latvia | Lebanon | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Macao | Macedonia | Madagascar | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Mali | Malta | Marshall Islands | Martinique | Mauritania | Mauritius | Mayotte | Mexico | Micronesia | Moldova | Monaco | Mongolia | Montenegro | Montserrat | Morocco | Mozambique | Myanmar | Namibia | Nauru | Nepal | Netherlands | Netherlands Antilles | New Caledonia | New Zealand | Nicaragua | Niger | Nigeria | Niue | Norfolk Island | North Korea | Northern Mariana Islands | Norway | Occupied Palestinian Territory | Oman | Pakistan | Palau | Panama | Papua New Guinea | Paraguay | Peru | Philippines | Pitcairn | Poland | Portugal | Puerto Rico | Qatar | Reunion | Romania | Russian Federation | Rwanda | Saint Barthélemy | Saint Helena | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Martin | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Samoa | San Marino | Sao Tome and Principe | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Serbia | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Singapore | Slovakia | Slovenia | Solomon Islands | Somalia | South Africa | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | South Korea | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sudan | Suriname | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Swaziland | Sweden | Switzerland | Syria | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Tanzania | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Togo | Tokelau | Tonga | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Turkey | Turkmenistan | Turks and Caicos Islands | Tuvalu | U.S. Virgin Islands | Uganda | Ukraine | United Arab Emirates | United Kingdom | United States | United States Minor Outlying Islands | Uruguay | Uzbekistan | Vanuatu | Vatican City State | Venezuela | Viet Nam | Wallis and Futuna | Western Sahara | Yemen | Zambia | Zimbabwe

Regional [archived):
Africa [ North Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Africa ]
Asia [ Middle East, Southeast Asia, Central Asia ]
Europe [ Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Balkans CIS ]
Oceania + Australia
North America [ Central America, Caribbean ]
South America

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Country Population Projections 2010, 2015, 2020



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Country Population Projections 2010, 2015, 2020

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Largest Cities in Middle East

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City Country City Population Urban Area Population Urban Area Rank [World] City Pop Rank [World] Urban Area Rank [Asia] City Pop Rank [Asia] Istanbul Turkey 9216400 9640500 25 9 14 7 Tehran Iran 7722900 10978900 21 18 11 12 Baghdad Iraq 4948300 6492200 41 28 23 16 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 3627700 3627700 81 41 41 26 Ankara Turkey 3329400 3436400 92 50 44 33 Jiddah Saudi Arabia 2674000 2674000 127 63 58 39 Izmir Turkey 2322500 2378700 153 84 71 49 Mashhad Iran 2040700 2040700 175 102 83 59 Aleppo (Halab) Syria 1891900 2404500 150 107 69 61 Damascus Syria 1803700 2306000 159 113 73 64 Sana'a Yemen 1653300 1653300 217 126 98 69 Mecca Saudi Arabia 1541800 1541800 239 138 105 72 Esfahan Iran 1362300 2593100 135 168 59 88 Amman Jordan 1252900 2524300 142 188 63 102 Tabriz Iran 1210600 1210600 321 201 147 106 Bursa Turkey 1190000 1190000 326 204 151 109 Adana Turkey 1162000 1162000 333 211 154 111 Shiraz Iran 1158500 1158500 335 216 155 114 Beirut Lebanon 1147800 1878200 187 218 89 116 Mosul Iraq 1139200 1139200 342 220 157 118 Irbil Iraq 1100400 1100400 368 236 170 127 Basrah Iraq 1030900 1030900 403 261 185 140 Ahvaz Iran 973600 973600 427 281 197 151 Qom Iran 893500 893500 473 306 214 159 Dubai United Arab Emirates 872700 1455400 262 311 116 163 Medinah Saudi Arabia 818800 818800 508 336 229 179 Gaziantep Turkey 795300 795300 521 346 237 184 Masqat-Matrah Oman 776300 776300 536 355 241 187 Kermanshah Iran 771400 771400 543 357 243 189 Suleymaniye Iraq 757300 757300 552 369 249 197 Homs Syria 724700 724700 576 388 260 205 Kirkuk Iraq 712900 712900 586 398 267 212 Konya Turkey 695500 695500 601 412 273 219 Jerusalem (ISR) Israel 684700 1036500 398 418 183 220 ad-Dammam Saudi Arabia 675000 1549200 236 422 104 222 at-Taif Saudi Arabia 633900 633900 642 448 294 238 Antalya Turkey 571300 571300 709 508 322 265 Diyarbakir Turkey 570900 570900 711 509 324 266 Mersin Turkey 559400 559400 728 522 333 272 Kayseri Turkey 555900 555900 732 529 337 278 al-Najaf Iraq 549800 549800 741 533 342 279 Karbala Iraq 536400 536400 758 549 351 285 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 519900 519900 782 574 366 299 Nasirah Iraq 519500 519500 783 575 367 300 Aden Yemen 510400 510400 798 591 377 308 Hillah Iraq 510300 510300 799 593 378 309 Zahedan Iran 509300 509300 800 595 379 310 Eskisehir Turkey 507100 507100 803 598 382 313 Orumiyeh Iran 482600 482600 844 638 410 338 Urfa Turkey 458300 458300 868 668 425 356 Malatya Turkey 446600 446600 881 690 431 365 Rasht Iran 426000 426000 905 721 447 381 Kerman Iran 419200 419200 912 735 451 387 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 417400 417400 915 739 452 389 Hamadan Iran 408700 408700 923 750 456 393 Rumadiya Iraq 407900 407900 924 752 457 395 Diwaniyah Iraq 407400 407400 926 757 459 399 Taizz Yemen 406900 406900 927 758 460 400 Ladhiqiyah Syria 404000 404000 932 767 463 404 Gaza Palestine 398300 1300600 303 777 135 409 Arak Iran 397900 397900 941 778 468 410 Hudaydah Yemen 382400 382400 962 810 479 426 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 382300 382300 963 811 480 427 Samsun Turkey 377500 377500 970 823 483 432 al-Kut Iraq 369500 369500 987 846 490 442 Hamah Syria 365300 365300 1001 860 497 449 Yazd Iran 359800 359800 1009 869 504 457 Ardabil Iran 349400 349400 1031 897 512 466 Tel Aviv-Yafo Israel 347800 2896900 116 909 54 471 Kahramanmaras Turkey 338700 338700 1061 936 524 483 Erzurum Turkey 333300 333300 1075 954 533 491 Amarah Iraq 333200 333200 1076 955 534 492 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 324900 324900 1090 971 541 500 Samarra Iraq 321600 321600 1099 982 547 507 Bandar-e Abbas Iran 321400 321400 1101 984 549 509 Qazvin Iran 313200 313200 1123 1014 555 517 Doha Qatar 308800 533900 760 1032 352 527 Sanandaj Iran 307600 307600 1144 1038 565 530 Zanjan Iran 299100 299100 1172 1071 582 548 Al Ain United Arab Emirates 294700 294700 1186 1089 589 557 Khorramabad Iran 290200 290200 1209 1113 602 571 al-Hufuf Saudi Arabia 286100 784100 530 1133 239 580 Khamis Mushayt Saudi Arabia 284700 284700 1232 1139 612 582 Elazig Turkey 279500 279500 1244 1153 619 590 Haifa Israel 276100 975600 425 1170 196 598 Baqubah Iraq 269000 269000 1282 1198 640 613 Denizli Turkey 260700 260700 1322 1242 663 639 Irbid Jordan 260000 555800 733 1248 338 644 Sivas Turkey 259200 259200 1329 1251 669 646 Van Turkey 253200 253200 1358 1282 683 659 Abadan Iran 249200 249200 1374 1300 692 668 Dezful Iran 245100 245100 1388 1315 700 676 Batman Turkey 237300 237300 1428 1360 719 696 Adiyaman Turkey 237100 237100 1429 1361 720 697 Jerusalem (PAL) Palestine 236100 236100 1437 1371 726 703 Fallujah Iraq 232600 232600 1454 1392 736 714 Borujerd Iran 231700 231700 1459 1399 740 719 Hail Saudi Arabia 231000 231000 1463 1403 742 721 Kirrikkale Turkey 227000 227000 1497 1440 755 735 Manisa Turkey 224600 224600 1514 1458 765 746 Izmit Turkey 221100 221100 1540 1486 778 760 Kashan Iran 216700 216700 1561 1508 792 775 Dayr az-Zawr Syria 216200 216200 1565 1514 795 778 Rakkah Syria 214800 214800 1575 1525 803 788 Tarsus Turkey 212200 212200 1598 1549 815 801 Balikesir Turkey 212000 212000 1599 1551 816 803 Tripoli Lebanon 208700 208700 1622 1575 826 812 Gorgan Iran 207300 207300 1631 1586 832 820 Sari Iran 207200 207200 1633 1589 833 822 Adapazari Turkey 204500 204500 1654 1611 839 829 Trabzon Turkey 203700 203700 1660 1617 842 832 Kharj Saudi Arabia 198700 198700 1705 1666 860 851 Hasakah Syria 194400 194400 1743 1704 872 864 Jubail Saudi Arabia 184000 184000 1831 1798 903 895 Kutahya Turkey 181100 181100 1855 1823 913 906 Iskenderun Turkey 180400 180400 1860 1830 916 909 Be'er Sheva Israel 180300 180300 1861 1831 917 910 Hafar-al-Batin Saudi Arabia 180100 180100 1866 1836 920 913 Osmaniye Turkey 179500 179500 1876 1846 925 918 Qamishly Syria 177000 177000 1892 1864 931 925 Sabzevar Iran 171900 171900 1935 1906 945 939 Salalah Oman 170700 170700 1951 1923 952 946 Amol Iran 168300 168300 1977 1949 962 957 Babol Iran 167500 167500 1984 1957 967 962 Khoy Iran 165200 165200 2009 1983 979 974 Corum Turkey 164100 164100 2020 1994 985 980 Neyshabur Iran 159900 159900 2064 2041 1004 999 Zubayr Iraq 158600 158600 2080 2057 1011 1006 Mukalla Yemen 156800 156800 2099 2076 1021 1016 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 156600 156600 2102 2079 1023 1018 Bushehr Iran 155600 155600 2110 2087 1026 1021 Antakya Turkey 155100 155100 2123 2101 1031 1026 Qacemshahr Iran 151600 151600 2167 2146 1053 1049 Isparta Turkey 149800 149800 2190 2169 1059 1055 Aydin Turkey 149200 149200 2194 2173 1061 1057 Ajman United Arab Emirates 149200 149200 2195 2174 1062 1058 Tartus Syria 148600 148600 2203 2183 1064 1060 Manamah Bahrain 148000 515300 791 2192 371 1066 Malayer Iran 147000 147000 2230 2211 1075 1072 Sirjan Iran 147000 147000 2231 2212 1076 1073 Abha Saudi Arabia 146800 146800 2233 2214 1077 1074 Tilafar Iraq 146700 146700 2234 2215 1078 1075 Sayda Lebanon 146100 146100 2240 2221 1081 1078 as-Salimiyah Kuwait 144800 144800 2261 2243 1090 1087 Ilam Iran 142200 142200 2301 2283 1108 1105 Masjed-e Soleyman Iran 141400 141400 2316 2298 1116 1113 Araar Saudi Arabia 141200 141200 2320 2302 1118 1115 Usak Turkey 138700 138700 2351 2335 1134 1132 Corlu Turkey 137500 137500 2365 2349 1141 1139 Bojnurd Iran 135700 135700 2395 2379 1151 1149 Maragheh Iran 134500 134500 2414 2399 1158 1157 Hebron Palestine 133900 133900 2425 2410 1167 1166 Bukan Iran 133100 133100 2438 2423 1173 1172 Ibb Yemen 132400 132400 2447 2432 1175 1174 Ordu Turkey 131300 131300 2467 2451 1183 1182 Alanya Turkey 130900 130900 2473 2457 1185 1184 Andimeshk Iran 129300 129300 2492 2476 1189 1188 Birjand Iran 128500 128500 2504 2488 1194 1193 Edirne Turkey 128400 128400 2507 2491 1197 1196 Khorramshahr Iran 127800 127800 2516 2500 1200 1199 Saqqez Iran 127800 127800 2517 2501 1201 1200 Afyonkarahisar Turkey 126600 126600 2536 2520 1211 1210 Jabaliyah Palestine 126500 126500 2538 2522 1213 1212 Kiziltepe Turkey 125000 125000 2577 2561 1229 1228 Suhar Oman 124000 124000 2597 2581 1235 1234 al-Hawiyah Saudi Arabia 122700 122700 2618 2602 1243 1242 Zabol Iran 122500 122500 2627 2611 1247 1246 Gonbad-e Qabus Iran 122200 122200 2633 2617 1249 1248 as-Samawah Iraq 121600 121600 2648 2632 1252 1251 Mahabad Iran 119500 119500 2686 2671 1268 1267 Siirt Turkey 119500 119500 2689 2674 1270 1269 Unayzah Saudi Arabia 119100 119100 2692 2677 1272 1271 Viransehir Turkey 118700 118700 2700 2685 1277 1276 Zonguldak Turkey 118500 118500 2702 2687 1278 1277 Shahrud Iran 116400 116400 2736 2721 1288 1287 Saveh Iran 116200 116200 2740 2725 1290 1289 Karaman Turkey 116200 116200 2744 2729 1291 1290 Karab�k Turkey 115800 115800 2750 2735 1295 1294 Sur Lebanon 114800 114800 2777 2761 1305 1304 Erzincan Turkey 114100 114100 2796 2780 1313 1312 Jalib as-Suyuh Kuwait 113500 113500 2807 2791 1318 1317 Bismil Turkey 113100 113100 2816 2800 1322 1321 Marv Dasht Iran 112900 112900 2818 2802 1324 1323 Aksaray Turkey 112900 112900 2819 2803 1325 1324 Nablus Palestine 112800 112800 2823 2807 1327 1326 Tekirdag Turkey 112200 112200 2841 2825 1333 1332 Najran Saudi Arabia 112100 112100 2845 2829 1335 1334 Ibri Oman 111800 111800 2859 2843 1342 1341 Nazilli Turkey 111500 111500 2867 2851 1343 1342 Tokat Turkey 111000 111000 2880 2864 1346 1345 Suwayq Oman 107200 107200 2974 2959 1381 1380 Rafsanjan Iran 107000 107000 2977 2962 1384 1383 Bandar-e Mahshahr Iran 106900 106900 2980 2965 1386 1385 Behbahan Iran 106700 106700 2983 2968 1388 1387 Dhamar Yemen 106300 106300 2996 2981 1391 1390 Kars Turkey 103800 103800 3060 3046 1410 1409 Ashqelon Israel 103600 103600 3067 3053 1411 1410 Rafah Palestine 103100 103100 3087 3073 1419 1418 Jahrom Iran 102700 102700 3096 3082 1422 1421 Shahr-e Kord Iran 102600 102600 3097 3083 1423 1422 Ceyhan Turkey 101600 101600 3123 3109 1437 1436 Semnan Iran 101100 101100 3131 3117 1441 1440 Ras al Khaymah United Arab Emirates 101100 101100 3133 3119 1443 1442 Inegol Turkey 101000 101000 3136 3122 1446 1445 Bandirma Turkey 100700 100700 3141 3127 1448 1447 Bandar-e Anzali Iran 100500 100500 3147 3133 1451 1450 Miandoab Iran 100000 100000 3158 3144 1455 1454 Kuwait City Kuwait 32100 1680400 210 95 1455

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