Largest Cities in Saudi Arabia

27 cities with population over 100,000

Saudi Arabia has 27 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Jeddah with 4,697,000 people. The capital city is Riyadh.

Country Population

35.3M

Major Cities

Largest City

Jeddah

Capital

Riyadh

Top 10 Cities

Jeddah

4.7M

Riyadh

4.2M

Makkah

1.6M

Madinah

1.3M

Dammam

1.3M

Sulţānah

946,697

Buraydah

745,353

Ta’if

688,693

Tabuk

667,000

Ha'il

605,930

Cities in Saudi Arabia ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	Jeddah	4,697,000	13.31%
2	RiyadhCapital	4,205,961	11.91%
3	Makkah	1,578,722	4.47%
4	Madinah	1,300,000	3.68%
5	Dammam	1,252,523	3.55%
6	Sulţānah	946,697	2.68%
7	Buraydah	745,353	2.11%
8	Ta’if	688,693	1.95%
9	Tabuk	667,000	1.89%
10	Ha'il	605,930	1.72%
11	Najrān	505,652	1.43%
12	Al Kharj	425,300	1.20%
13	Khamis Mushait	387,553	1.10%
14	Al Hufūf	293,179	0.83%
15	Al Mubarraz	290,802	0.82%
16	Hafar Al-Batin	271,642	0.77%
17	Thuqbah	248,888	0.71%
18	Al Jubayl	237,274	0.67%
19	Abha	210,886	0.60%
20	Yanbu	200,161	0.57%
21	Unaizah	183,319	0.52%
22	Khobar	165,799	0.47%
23	Arar	148,540	0.42%
24	Sakakah	128,332	0.36%
25	Az Zulfī	125,000	0.35%
26	Jizan	105,198	0.30%
27	Qurayyat	102,903	0.29%