List of cities in Saudi Arabia
The list of cities in Saudi Arabia provides an overview of the population development in the larger cities of the Middle East state of Saudi Arabia .
The largest city in Saudi Arabia is Riyadh with 5,188,286 inhabitants ( 2010 census ). This means that around 13.5 percent of the country's people live in the capital. Mecca and Medina are considered Haram (holy district) and are therefore completely closed to non-Muslims.
The following table contains the cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants, their names in international spelling or in German transcription and in Arabic as well as the results of the population censuses (VZ) of September 9, 1974, September 27, 1992, September 15, 2004 and September 28 April 2010. The province to which the city belongs is also listed. The population figures refer to the actual city without the suburbs.
rank | city | Arabic | 1974 census |
1992 census |
2004 census |
census 2010 |
province |
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1. | Riad | الرياض | 666.840 | 2,776,096 | 4,087,152 | 5,188,286 | Riad |
2. | Jeddah | جدة | 561.104 | 2,046,251 | 2,801,481 | 3,430,697 | Mecca |
3. | Mecca | مكة | 366,801 | 965.697 | 1,294,168 | 1,534,731 | Mecca |
4th | Medina | المدينة | 198.186 | 608.295 | 918.889 | 1,100,093 | Medina |
5. | Damam | الدمام | 127,844 | 482,321 | 744.321 | 903.312 | al-Sharqiyyah |
6th | Ta'if | الطائف | 204.857 | 416.121 | 521.273 | 579.970 | Mecca |
7th | Taboo | تبوك | 74,825 | 292,555 | 441.351 | 512,629 | Taboo |
8th. | Buraida | بريدة | 69,940 | 248,636 | 378.422 | 467.410 | al-Qasim |
9. | Khamis Mushait | خميس مشيط | 49,581 | 217.870 | 372,695 | 430,828 | Asir |
10. | Hofuf | الهفوف | 101.271 | 225,847 | 287.841 | 330.394 |
al-Sharqiyyah |
11. | al-Mubarraz | المبرز | 54,325 | 219.123 | 285,067 | 330.394 |
al-Sharqiyyah |
12. | al-Jubail | الجبيل | ... | 140,828 | 222,544 | 337.778 | al-Sharqiyyah |
13. | Ha'il | حائل | 40.502 | 176,757 | 267.005 | 310,897 | Hail |
14th | Najran | نجران | 47.502 | 90,983 | 246.880 | 298.288 | Najran |
15th | Hafar al-Batin | حفر الباطن | ... | 137.793 | 231.978 | 271,642 | al-Sharqiyyah |
16. | Abha | أبها | 30,150 | 112,316 | 201.912 | 236.157 | Asir |
17th | ath-thuqba | الثقبة | ... | 125,650 | 191,826 | 238.066 | al-Sharqiyyah |
18th | al-Khardj | الخرج | ... | 152.071 | 200,958 | 234,607 | Riad |
19th | Yanbuʿ al-Bahr | ينبع البحر | ... | 119,819 | 188,430 | 233.236 | Medina |
20th | al-Chubar | الخبر | 48,817 | 141,683 | 165.799 | 219,679 | al-Sharqiyyah |
21st | ʿArʿar | عرعر | ... | 108.055 | 145.237 | 167.057 | al-Hudud al-Shamaliyya |
22nd | Unaiza | عنيزة | ... | 91.106 | 128,930 | 152.895 | al-Qasim |
23. | Sakaka | سكاكا | ... | 65,793 | 122,686 | 150.257 | al-Jauf |
24. | al-Hawiyya | الحوية | ... | 93,888 | 132.078 | 148.151 | Mecca |
25th | Jazan | جازان | 32,814 | 56,565 | 100,694 | 127,743 | Jazan |
26th | Dhahran | الظهران | ... | 73,691 | 97,446 | 120,521 | al-Sharqiyyah |
27. | al-Qatif | القطيف | ... | 98,920 | 98.278 | 118,327 | al-Sharqiyyah |
28. | al-Qurayyat | القريات | ... | 72,921 | 100,436 | 116.162 | al-Jauf |
29 | al-Baha | الباحة | ... | ... | 85.212 | 95,089 | al-Baha |
30th | Wadi ad-Dawasir | وادى الدواسر | ... | ... | 79,558 | 93,036 | Riad |
31. | ar race | الرس | ... | 56,866 | 79,632 | 92.501 | al-Qasim |
32. | Bishop | بيشة | ... | 43,485 | 78,303 | 86,201 | Asir |
33. | Tarut (island) | تاروت | ... | 38,055 | 80,686 | 77,757 | al-Sharqiyyah |
34. | Sayhat | سيهات | ... | 58,060 | 66,038 | 75,794 | al-Sharqiyyah |
35. | Sharura | شرورة | ... | 37.091 | 65,185 | 75,237 | Najran |
36. | Bahra | بحرة | ... | ... | 59,809 | 75.213 | Mecca |
37. | al-Khafji | الخفجي | ... | 49,729 | 54,464 | 67.012 | al-Sharqiyyah |
38. | Sabya | صبياء | 34,951 | 52,441 | 63.143 | Jazan | |
39. | Dawadimi | الدوادمى | ... | 37,871 | 53,071 | 61,834 | Riad |
40. | az-Zulfi | الزلفي | ... | 41,660 | 52.209 | 60,867 | Riad |
41. | Ahad Rafida | أحد رفيدة | ... | ... | 50,080 | 57,112 | Asir |
- ↑ a b The cities of Hofuf and Al-Mubarraz were recorded separately up to and including the 2004 census, but in 2010 together with a total of 660,788 inhabitants. In order to ensure that the table can still be sorted, the recorded number of inhabitants was divided equally between the two cities, which were almost equally large
See also
Web links
- Central Department of Statistics & Information
- City Population - the population of the cities of Saudi Arabia
Individual evidence
- ^ Central Department of Statistics & Information
- ↑ Central Department of Statistics & Information: Census 1992 ( Memento of the original of July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Arabic)
- ↑ a b Central Department of Statistics & Information: Releases for 2004 census ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Arabic)