Saudi Arabia: cities by population
Saudi Arabia has a population of 33,699,947, with Riyadh as its capital. The 50 largest of its 154 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeddah | Mecca Region | 4,697,000 |
| 2 | Riyadh | Riyadh Region | 4,205,961 |
| 3 | Makkah | Mecca Region | 1,578,722 |
| 4 | Madinah | Medina Region | 1,300,000 |
| 5 | Dammam | Eastern Province | 1,252,523 |
| 6 | Sulţānah | Medina Region | 946,697 |
| 7 | Buraydah | Al-Qassim Region | 745,353 |
| 8 | Ta’if | Mecca Region | 688,693 |
| 9 | Tabuk | Tabuk Region | 667,000 |
| 10 | Ha'il | Ha'il Region | 605,930 |
| 11 | Najrān | Najran Region | 505,652 |
| 12 | Al Kharj | Riyadh Region | 425,300 |
| 13 | Khamis Mushait | 'Asir Region | 387,553 |
| 14 | Al Hufūf | Eastern Province | 293,179 |
| 15 | Al Mubarraz | Eastern Province | 290,802 |
| 16 | Hafar Al-Batin | Eastern Province | 271,642 |
| 17 | Al Jubayl | Eastern Province | 237,274 |
| 18 | Şabyā | Jazan Region | 228,375 |
| 19 | Abha | 'Asir Region | 210,886 |
| 20 | Yanbu | Medina Region | 200,161 |
| 21 | Unaizah | Al-Qassim Region | 183,319 |
| 22 | Khobar | Eastern Province | 165,799 |
| 23 | Arar | Northern Borders Region | 148,540 |
| 24 | Sakakah | Al Jawf Region | 128,332 |
| 25 | Az Zulfī | Riyadh Region | 125,000 |
| 26 | Jizan | Jazan Region | 105,198 |
| 27 | Qurayyat | Al Jawf Region | 102,903 |
| 28 | Sabt Alalayah | 'Asir Region | 100,000 |
| 29 | Dhahran | Eastern Province | 99,540 |
| 30 | Al Qaţīf | Eastern Province | 98,259 |
| 31 | Al Bahah | Al Bahah Region | 88,419 |
| 32 | Ad Dawādimī | Riyadh Region | 86,861 |
| 33 | Tārūt | Eastern Province | 85,371 |
| 34 | Qal‘at Bīshah | 'Asir Region | 81,828 |
| 35 | Ar Rass | Al-Qassim Region | 81,728 |
| 36 | Bariq | 'Asir Region | 75,351 |
| 37 | Rābigh | Mecca Region | 72,928 |
| 38 | Ash Shafā | Mecca Region | 72,190 |
| 39 | Al Līth | Mecca Region | 72,000 |
| 40 | Abū ‘Arīsh | Jazan Region | 69,632 |
| 41 | Sayhāt | Eastern Province | 66,702 |
| 42 | Ţurayf | Northern Borders Region | 66,014 |
| 43 | King Faisal Military City | Eastern Province | 65,000 |
| 44 | Ras Tanura | Eastern Province | 62,314 |
| 45 | Ad Dir‘īyah | Riyadh Region | 61,609 |
| 46 | Al Khafjī | Eastern Province | 54,857 |
| 47 | Baljurashi | Al Bahah Region | 51,787 |
| 48 | Al Badā’i‘ al Wusţá | Al-Qassim Region | 48,474 |
| 49 | Ranyah | 'Asir Region | 45,942 |
| 50 | Şafwá | Eastern Province | 45,876 |
Twenty years earlier: Saudi Arabia in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 23,130,024.