List of largest metropolitan areas in the Middle East

This is a list of metropolitan areas in 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

RankCityCountryMetropolitan
Population
City
Population
Image
1Cairo  Egypt20,439,5419,500,000
2Tehran  Iran17,672,0009,134,000
3Istanbul  Turkey15,519,26715,241,177
4Baghdad  Iraq10,500,0008,126,755
5Riyadh  Saudi Arabia10,500,0006,506,700
6Ankara  Turkey5,663,3225,067,565
7Dubai  United Arab Emirates5,640,0003,287,007
8Alexandria  Egypt4,984,3874,984,387
9Jeddah  Saudi Arabia4,697,0004,697,000
10Amman  Jordan4,642,0004,061,150
11İzmir  Turkey4,394,6944,367,251
12Tel Aviv  Israel4,156,900467,875
13Mosul  Iraq3,750,0001,683,000
14Mashhad  Iran3,600,6503,372,090
15Isfahan  Iran2,989,0702,000,000
16Damascus  Syria2,900,0002,078,000
17Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates3,789,8602,495,925
18Doha  Qatar2,382,0001,850,000
19Kuwait City  Kuwait2,380,0002,380,000
20Adana  Turkey2,274,0002,000,000
21Sanaa  Yemen2,167,0001,937,451
22Aleppo  Syria2,098,2102,098,210
23Irbid  Jordan2,050,300582,276
24Gaza City  Palestine2,047,969590,481
25Mecca  Saudi Arabia2,042,0002,042,000
26Karaj  Iran1,973,4701,973,470
27Shiraz  Iran1,869,0011,869,001
28Tabriz  Iran1,773,0331,773,033
29Erbil  Iraq1,750,5641,750,564
30Muscat  Oman1,560,0001,560,000
31Najaf  Iraq1,500,0001,389,500

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