Saudi Arabia — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Saudi Arabia — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Saudi Arabia had an estimated population of 23,130,024 in 2005, with 51 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Saudi Arabia today — population now 33,699,947, against 23,130,024 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	ad-Dammam	1,617,873
2	al-Hufuf	818,840

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Riyadh	Riyadh	4,208,051
2	Jiddah	Makkah	2,869,141
3	Mecca	Makkah	1,324,383
4	al-Madīnah	al-Madīnah	944,925
5	ad-Dammām	aš-Šarqīyah	769,057
6	aţ-Ţāʿīf	Makkah	531,183
7	Tabūk	Tabūk	363,676
8	Buraydah	al-Qaşīm	349,902
9	al-Hufūf	aš-Šarqīyah	296,090
10	al-Mubarraz	aš-Šarqīyah	287,249
11	H̱amīs Mušayţ	ʿAsīr	282,894
12	H̨āʿil	H̨āʿil	242,018
13	al-H̱arj	Riyadh	213,896
14	al-H̱ubar	aš-Šarqīyah	187,457
15	H̨afar-al-Bāţin	aš-Šarqīyah	181,452
16	aṯ-Ṯuqbah	aš-Šarqīyah	165,212
17	Abhā	ʿAsīr	145,539
18	ʿUnayzah	al-Qaşīm	132,775
19	al-Qaţīf	aš-Šarqīyah	129,690
20	Najrān	Najrān	128,541
21	al-H̨awīyah	Makkah	122,370
22	Yanbu	al-Madīnah	115,932
23	Araʿar	al-H̨udūd-aš-Šamālīyah	110,326
24	al-Jubayl	aš-Šarqīyah	103,207
25	az̨-Z̨ahran	aš-Šarqīyah	96,613
26	Sakākah	al-Jawf	95,438
27	ar-Rass	al-Qaşīm	82,875
28	Jīzān	Jīzān	81,799
29	Sayhāt	aš-Šarqīyah	76,120
30	al-Qurayyah	al-H̨udūd-aš-Šamālīyah	76,075
31	al-H̱afjī	aš-Šarqīyah	65,198
32	az-Zulfī	Riyadh	59,931
33	Rah̨īmah	aš-Šarqīyah	59,615
34	Bīšah	ʿAsīr	56,432
35	al-Jawf	al-Jawf	56,175
36	ad-Dawādimī	Riyadh	54,480
37	Šarūrah	Najrān	52,402
38	Şabyā	Jīzān	50,543
39	Tārūt	aš-Šarqīyah	49,892
40	Şafwah	aš-Šarqīyah	48,888
41	Abū ʿArīs	ʿAsīr	45,613
42	ad-Dilam	Riyadh	42,559
43	al-Majmaʿah	Riyadh	42,466
44	Buqayq	aš-Šarqīyah	41,936
45	Rābig	Makkah	41,659
46	ʿAfīf	Riyadh	40,356
47	Ţurayf	al-H̨udūd-aš-Šamālīyah	33,407
48	D̨arīyah	Najrān	33,201
49	Umm Lajj	Tabūk	32,194
50	Rafh̨ah	al-H̨udūd-aš-Šamālīyah	31,438
51	al-Bāh̨ah	al-Bāh̨ah	19,397

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Makkah	5,822,976
2	Riyadh	5,516,882
3	aš-Šarqīyah	3,377,053
4	ʿAsīr	1,739,188
5	al-Madīnah	1,501,222
6	Jīzān	1,252,264
7	al-Qaşīm	1,094,456
8	Tabūk	617,337
9	al-Bāh̨ah	588,237
10	H̨āʿil	567,110
11	Najrān	425,246
12	al-Jawf	389,086
13	al-H̨udūd-aš-Šamālīyah	238,967

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.