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This is a list of largest cities in the Arab world. The Arab world is here defined as the 22 member states of the Arab League.

Largest cities

Largest cities in the Arab world by official cities proper:

Rank Country City Population Founding date Image
1  Egypt Cairo 22,623,874 968 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  Sudan Khartoum 2,919,773 1824 CE
12  Tunisia Tunis 2,800,000 814 BCE
13  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 3,789,860 1761 CE
14  Somalia Mogadishu 2,726,815 10th Century
15 Syria Damascus 2,685,000 ~8,000–10,000 BCE
16  Lebanon Beirut 2,600,000 ~3000 BCE (outer estimate)
17  Kuwait Kuwait City 2,380,000 1613 CE
18 Syria Aleppo 2,318,000 ~5,000 BCE
19  Jordan Irbid 2,050,300 ~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier)
20  Qatar Doha 1,850,000 1823 CE
21  Iraq Erbil 1,750,564 ~2300 BCE
22  Iraq Mosul 1,683,000 ~700 BCE
23  Oman Muscat 1,560,000 550 BCE

See also

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