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 |
Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairo |  Egypt
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20,439,541 | 9,500,000 | .jpg)
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| 2 | Tehran |  Iran
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17,672,000 | 9,134,000 | 
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| 3 | Istanbul |  Turkey
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15,519,267 | 15,241,177 | 
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| 4 | Baghdad |  Iraq
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10,500,000 | 8,126,755 | 
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| 5 | Riyadh |  Saudi Arabia
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10,500,000 | 6,506,700 | 
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| 6 | Ankara | Turkey
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5,663,322 | 5,067,565 | 
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| 7 | Dubai |  United Arab Emirates
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5,640,000 | 3,287,007 | .jpg)
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| 8 | Alexandria | Egypt
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4,984,387 | 4,984,387 | 
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| 9 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia
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4,697,000 | 4,697,000 | 
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| 10 | Amman |  Jordan
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4,642,000 | 4,061,150 | 
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| 11 | İzmir | Turkey
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4,394,694 | 4,367,251 | 
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| 12 | Tel Aviv |  Israel
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4,156,900 | 467,875 | .jpg)
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| 13 | Mosul | Iraq
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3,750,000 | 1,683,000 | 
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| 14 | Mashhad | Iran
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3,600,650 | 3,372,090 | 
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| 15 | Isfahan | Iran
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2,989,070 | 2,000,000 | 
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| 16 | Damascus |  Syria
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2,900,000 | 2,078,000 | 
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| 17 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates
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3,789,860 | 2,495,925 | _-_panoramio_(1).jpg)
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| 18 | Doha |  Qatar
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2,382,000 | 1,850,000 | 
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| 19 | Kuwait City |  Kuwait
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2,380,000 | 2,380,000 | 
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| 20 | Adana | Turkey
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2,274,000 | 2,000,000 | 
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| 21 | Sanaa |  Yemen
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2,167,000 | 1,937,451 | .jpg)
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| 22 | Aleppo | Syria
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2,098,210 | 2,098,210 | 
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| 23 | Irbid | Jordan
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2,050,300 | 582,276 | 
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| 24 | Gaza City |  Palestine
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2,047,969 | 590,481 | 
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| 25 | Mecca | Saudi Arabia
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2,042,000 | 2,042,000 | 
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| 26 | Karaj | Iran
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1,973,470 | 1,973,470 | 
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| 27 | Shiraz | Iran
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1,869,001 | 1,869,001 | 
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| 28 | Tabriz | Iran
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1,773,033 | 1,773,033 | 
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| 29 | Erbil | Iraq
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1,750,564 | 1,750,564 | 
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| 30 | Muscat |  Oman
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1,560,000 | 1,560,000 | 
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| 31 | Najaf | Iraq
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1,500,000 | 1,389,500 | 
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See also
editReferences
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