Largest Cities by Population in Saudi Arabia (2025)

Below are the urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Saudi Arabia ranked by population.

Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2025)	1 Year Change (over 2024)	Land Area (Km²)	Density (P/Km²)	Global Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Ar-Riyāḑ (Riyadh)	6,916,417	1.83%	1,091	6,340	52	7,455,576	9,152,552
2	Jeddah	4,284,080	1.86%	699	6,129	100	4,622,180	5,784,917
3	Dammam	2,335,647	2.19%	518	4,509	212	2,512,528	3,189,731
4	Mecca	1,692,152	2.22%	235	7,201	289	1,832,698	2,374,142
5	Medina	1,432,287	3.01%	267	5,364	354	1,567,920	2,100,837
6	Al Ahsa	725,760	4.23%	176	4,124	738	785,398	1,178,810
7	Tabuk	553,389	2.75%	94	5,887	990	644,777	926,478
8	Khamis Mushayt	497,246	0.82%	92	5,405	1,113	511,527	528,114
9	At Ta'if	481,818	3.25%	109	4,420	1,151	525,562	697,670
10	Hafar Al-Batin	302,534	2.74%	83	3,645	1,895	321,646	392,830
11	Zahrat Laban	257,467	2.13%	44	5,852	2,266	278,258	359,855
12	Ash Sharai	244,064	2.63%	45	5,424	2,393	285,724	389,790
13	Ha'il	236,744	3.57%	88	2,690	2,479	270,784	394,998
14	Najran	216,530	0.67%	50	4,331	2,726	220,977	229,609
15	`Ar`ar	208,320	2.45%	43	4,845	2,859	229,014	307,499
16	Unaizah	197,665	4.95%	59	3,350	3,025	218,082	348,307
17	Buraydah	195,152	7.62%	73	2,673	3,079	224,901	364,540
18	Hayy as Salihiyah	173,257	2.92%	43	4,029	3,499	193,325	281,384
19	As Sayh	170,406	8.52%	59	2,888	3,553	186,739	274,777
20	Al Hawiyah	150,574	3.95%	59	2,552	4,026	176,351	252,953
21	Yanbu`	118,653	1.98%	37	3,207	5,176	143,496	195,094
22	Abha	117,510	0.71%	29	4,052	5,236	119,268	126,075
23	الفاروق	109,514	3.22%	48	2,282	5,640	124,059	184,406
24	Sakaka	107,686	4.12%	39	2,761	5,738	128,168	186,219
25	Al Qurayyat	104,984	2.25%	29	3,620	5,886	113,098	152,251
26	Al Jubayl	98,153	2.87%	31	3,166	6,297	111,589	181,510
27	Sharurah	93,951	0.95%	16	5,872	6,585	95,050	97,420
28	الياقوت	92,729	3.68%	26	3,567	6,679	106,271	186,611
29	Dammam 2nd Industrial City	88,079	3.1%	24	3,670	7,048	97,970	150,803
30	Abu `Arish	86,357	0.65%	11	7,851	7,202	87,384	94,374
31	Wadi Ad Dawasir	83,409	–	25	3,336	7,459	84,805	87,507
32	Al Khafji	70,670	1.9%	31	2,280	8,783	77,863	118,669
33	Al Ared	68,881	5%	23	2,995	9,004	84,284	149,458
34	Ad Dawadimi	68,336	3.76%	21	3,254	9,072	80,061	127,394
35	Al `Aziziyah	67,730	–	26	2,605	9,150	73,457	107,487
36	Sabya	60,206	0.75%	11	5,473	10,284	61,227	64,614
37	Samitah	60,206	1.4%	11	5,473	10,285	61,646	64,194
38	Jizan	59,983	0.55%	18	3,332	10,318	60,719	65,541
39	Ra's Tannurah	56,992	–	21	2,714	10,811	62,909	88,450
40	Az Zulfi	55,533	–	19	2,923	11,092	61,210	93,124
41	Al Reheli	54,483	–	11	4,953	11,295	58,932	87,019
42	Bishah	52,316	0.51%	15	3,488	11,751	52,586	53,215
43	Safwa	51,473	–	10	5,147	11,906	56,477	78,708
44	Bahrah	50,024	–	14	3,573	12,135	56,292	150,916

Largest Cities by Population in Saudi Arabia (2025)

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