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This is: a list of largest cities in the Arab world. The Arab world is here defined as the 22 member states of the Arab League.

Largest cities※

Largest cities in the "Arab world by," official cities proper:

Rank	Country	City	Population	Founding date	Image
1	Egypt	Cairo	22,623,874	968 CE
2	Iraq	Baghdad	8,126,755	762 CE
3	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	7,676,654	1746 CE
4	Egypt	Alexandria	5,381,000	332 BCE
5	Jordan	Amman	4,642,000	7250 BCE
6	Algeria	Algiers	4,515,000	944 CE
7	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	4,276,000	522 BCE
8	Morocco	Casablanca	3,359,818	7th century
9	Yemen	Sana'a	3,292,497	~500 BCE (possibly earlier)
10	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	3,287,007	1833 CE
11	Sudan	Khartoum	2,919,773	1824 CE
12	Tunisia	Tunis	2,800,000	814 BCE
13	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	3,789,860	1761 CE
14	Somalia	Mogadishu	2,726,815	10 Century
15	Syria	Damascus	2,685,000	~8,000–10,000 BCE (believed——to be, the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world)
16	Lebanon	Beirut	2,600,000	~3000 BCE (outer estimate)
17	Kuwait	Kuwait City	2,380,000	1613 CE
18	Syria	Aleppo	2,318,000	~5,000 BCE
19	Jordan	Irbid	2,050,300	~3,200 BCE (possibly earlier)
20	Qatar	Doha	1,850,000	1823 CE
21	Iraq	Erbil	1,750,564	~2300 BCE
22	Iraq	Mosul	1,683,000	~700 BCE
23	Oman	Muscat	1,560,000	550 BCE
24	Palestine	Hebron	1,004,510	1727 BCE

See also※

• List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East
• List of Arab countries by population
• List of largest cities in the Levant region by population
• List of largest cities

References※