This is a list of cities and towns in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
List of metropolitan cities
Saudi Arabia has five metropolitan areas with populations exceeding one million.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! City
! Population (2022)
! Notes
|-
| Riyadh || 7,009,100 || Capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia
|-
| Jeddah || 3,751,917 || Second-largest city in Saudi Arabia and largest in Mecca Province
|-
| Dammam || 2,638,166 || Capital of the Eastern Province
|-
| Mecca || 2,385,509 || Capital of Mecca Province and holiest city in Islam
|-
| Medina || 1,477,023 || Capital of the Medina Province and second holiest city in Islam
|-
|}
List of cities
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! City
! Province
! Population (2022)
|-
| 1
| Riyadh
| Riyadh Province
| 7,000,100
|-
| 2
| Jeddah
| Mecca Province
| 3,712,917
|-
| 3
| Mecca
| Mecca Province
| 2,385,509
|-
| 4
| Medina
| Medina Province
| 1,411,599
|-
| 5
| Dammam
| Eastern Province
| 1,386,671
|-
| 6
| Hofuf
| Eastern Province
| 729,606
|-
| 7
| Tabuk
| Tabuk Province
| 594,350
|-
| 8
| Buraydah
| Al-Qassim Province
| 574,169
|-
| 9
| Taif
| Mecca Province
| 563,282
|-
| 10
| Khamis Mushait
| Asir Province
| 535,065
|-
| 11
| Jubail
| Eastern Province
| 474,679
|-
| 12
| Hail
| Hail Province
| 448,623
|-
| 13
| Khobar
| Eastern Province
| 409,549
|-
| 14
| Najran
| Najran Province
| 381,431
|-
| 15
| Abha
| Asir Province
| 334,290
|-
| 16
| Yanbu
| Medina Province
| 331,916
|-
| 17
|
| Riyadh Province
| 295,462
|-
| 18
| Al-Mubarraz
| Eastern Province
| 290,800
|-
| 19
| Sabya
| Jazan Province
| 223,083
|-
| 20
| Arar
| Northern Borders Province
| 202,719
|-
| 21
| Unaizah
| Al-Qassim Province
| 184,600
|-
| 22
| Jizan
| Jazan Province
| 173,919
|-
| 23
| Qurayyat
| Al-Jouf Province
| 167,104
|-
| 24
| Dhahran
| Eastern Province
| 143,936
|-
| 25
| Ar Rass
| Al-Qassim Province
| 121,359
|-
| 26
| Rabigh
| Mecca Province
| 112,383
|-
| 27
| Tabarjal
| Al-Jouf Province
| 109,796
|-
| 28
| Wadi Al-Dawasir
| Riyadh Province
| 91,535
|-
| 29
| Al-Baha
| Al-Baha Province
| 90,515
|-
| 30
| Qatif
| Eastern Province
| 87,332
|-
| 31
| Dawadmi
| Riyadh Province
| 86,861
|-
| 32
| Saihat
| Eastern Province
| 84,818
|-
| 33
| Rafha
| Northern Borders Province
| 84,536
|-
| 34
| Khafji
| Eastern Province
| 84,316
|-
| 35
| Majmaah
| Riyadh Province
| 70,243
|-
| 36
| Umluj
| Tabuk Province
| 69,656
|-
| 37
| Al-Zulfi
| Riyadh Province
| 68,317
|-
| 38
| Turaif
| Northern Borders Province
| 66,004
|-
| 39
| Al-Muzahmiyya
| Riyadh Province
| 62,760
|-
| 40
| al-Ula
| Medina Province
| 60,103
|-
| 41
| Duba
| Tabuk Province
| 54,917
|-
| 42
| Ad-Dilam
| Riyadh Province
| 54,822
|-
| 43
| Dumat al-Jandal
| Al-Jouf Province
| 54,341
|-
| 44
| Bareq
| Asir Province
| 44,880
|-
| 45
| Al-Qunfudhah
| Mecca Province
| 42,447
|}
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List of planned cities
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! City
! Province
|-
| Jazan City for Primary and Downstream Industries
| Jazan Province
|-
| King Abdullah Economic City
| Mecca Province
|-
| Al-Faisaliah City
| Mecca Province
|-
| NEOM
| Tabuk Province
|-
| Qiddiya City
| Riyadh Province
|}
See also
- Provinces of Saudi Arabia
- List of governorates of Saudi Arabia
References
- Central Department of Statistics and Information
- [http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3A240]