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🌆 Largest Cities in Saudi Arabia

Saudi cities ranked by population at the 2022 census.

📅 2022📏 people45 entries🇸🇦 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 24,557,320 (45 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank. The smallest 5 are merged into one grey tile.
1
RiyadhRiyadh
7,000,100
2
JeddahMecca
3,712,917
3
MeccaMecca
2,385,509
4
MedinaMedina
1,411,599
5
DammamEastern
1,386,671
6
HofufEastern
729,606
7
TabukTabuk
594,350
8
BuraydahAl-Qassim
574,169
9
TaifMecca
563,282
10
Khamis MushaitAsir
535,065
11
JubailEastern
474,679
12
HailHail
448,623
13
KhobarEastern
409,549
14
NajranNajran
381,431
15
AbhaAsir
334,290
16
YanbuMedina
331,916
17
Al-SaihRiyadh
295,462
18
Al-MubarrazEastern
290,800
19
SabyaJazan
223,083
20
ArarNorthern Borders
202,719
21
UnaizahAl-Qassim
184,600
22
JizanJazan
173,919
23
QurayyatAl-Jouf
167,104
24
DhahranEastern
143,936
25
Ar RassAl-Qassim
121,359
26
RabighMecca
112,383
27
TabarjalAl-Jouf
109,796
28
Wadi Al-DawasirRiyadh
91,535
29
Al-BahaAl-Baha
90,515
30
QatifEastern
87,332
31
DawadmiRiyadh
86,861
32
SaihatEastern
84,818
33
RafhaNorthern Borders
84,536
34
KhafjiEastern
84,316
35
MajmaahRiyadh
70,243
36
UmlujTabuk
69,656
37
Al-ZulfiRiyadh
68,317
38
TuraifNorthern Borders
66,004
39
Al-MuzahmiyyaRiyadh
62,760
40
al-UlaMedina
60,103
41
DubaTabuk
54,917
42
Ad-DilamRiyadh
54,822
43
Dumat al-JandalAl-Jouf
54,341
44
BareqAsir
44,880
45
Al-QunfudhahMecca
42,447

Highlights

Within Saudi Arabia, Riyadh ranks first in 2022 with 7,000,100, followed by Jeddah (3,712,917) and Mecca (2,385,509).

Riyadh is 1.9 times higher than Jeddah, the runner-up.

Across 45 entries, values run from 7,000,100 (Riyadh) to 42,447 (Al-Qunfudhah), with a median of 167,104.

Source: General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), 2022 census (via Wikipedia), 2022. Unit: people.

Source: General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), 2022 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026