The World - Top 100+ Cities by Population

Population data by city is the population of the city itself, not the metro area (for specific metro area data, see our ranking by metro area). Data is as of 2011 estimates.

Rank  City  Country Population 
21,008. Akureyri  Iceland 16,563
46,042. Akusha  Russia 4,810
91,877. Akutan  United States 1,027
21,542. Akwanga  Nigeria 15,985
17,848. Akwatia  Ghana 20,451
2,260. Akyab  Myanmar 177,743
15,157. Akyazı  Turkey 25,068
27,437. Akyurt  Turkey 11,301
54,432. Akzhal  Kazakhstan 3,563
32,054. Ak’ordat  Eritrea 8,857
42,295. Ak”yar  Russia 5,549
68,297. Ål  Norway 2,278
12,191. Al Abyār  Libya 32,563
31,385. Al Arţāwīyah  Saudi Arabia 9,152
27,174. Al Awjām  Saudi Arabia 11,460
3,062. Al Bāb  Syria 130,745
9,340. Al Badārī  Egypt 44,132
65,867. Al Bādhān  Palestinian Territory 2,458
4,660. Al Bāḩah  Saudi Arabia 88,419
10,968. Al Bājūr  Egypt 36,633
8,563. Al Balyanā  Egypt 48,801
21,604. Al Baqāliţah  Tunisia 15,937
126. Al Baṣrah  Iraq 2,015,483
94. Al Başrah  Iraq 2,600,000
20,967. Al Baţţālīyah  Saudi Arabia 16,606
18,180. Al Bawīţī  Egypt 20,000
1,930. Al Bayḑā’  Libya 206,180
10,681. Al Bayḑā’  Yemen 37,821
10,593. Al Bīrah  Palestinian Territory 38,192
15,110. Al Bukayrīyah  Saudi Arabia 25,153
42,163. Al Bunayyāt ash Shamālīyah  Jordan 5,579
87,120. Al Buq‘ah  Palestinian Territory 1,200
11,437. Al Burayj  Palestinian Territory 34,951
5,664. Al Buraymī  Oman 73,670
23,953. Al Burayqah  Libya 13,780
6,134. Al Faḩāḩīl  Kuwait 68,290
2,105. Al Fallūjah  Iraq 190,159
57,008. Al Fandaqūmīyah  Palestinian Territory 3,266
4,774. Al Farwānīyah  Kuwait 86,525
90,795. Al Faşāyil  Palestinian Territory 1,064
6,597. Al Fashn  Egypt 63,793
3,865. Al Fāw  Iraq 104,569
1,288. Al Fayyūm  Egypt 306,393
16,241. Al Finţās  Kuwait 23,071
73,055. Al Firnānah  Tunisia 1,962
6,745. Al Fujayrah  United Arab Emirates 62,415
42,685. Al Fukhkhārī  Palestinian Territory 5,464
27,538. Al Fūlah  Sudan 11,238
74,265. Al Funayţīs  Kuwait 1,878
43,904. Al Fuwayliq  Saudi Arabia 5,205
4,281. Al Ghardaqah  Egypt 95,622
67,534. Al Ghuwayrīyah  Qatar 2,332
37,308. Al Hadā  Saudi Arabia 6,885
25,202. Al Ḩadd  Bahrain 12,797
85,433. Al Ḩamdī  Yemen 1,273
7,860. Al Ḩammāmāt  Tunisia 53,733
39,571. Al Ḩamrā’  Jordan 6,211
9,051. Al Ḩāmūl  Egypt 45,798
15,834. Al Ḩarāk  Syria 23,784
4,438. Al Hārithah  Iraq 92,395
5,085. Al Ḩasakah  Syria 81,539
91,551. Al Hāshimīyah  Palestinian Territory 1,038
3,791. Al Ḩawāmidīyah  Egypt 106,841
15,461. Al Ḩawātah  Sudan 24,513
5,303. Al Ḩayy  Iraq 78,272
85,752. Al Ḩīlah  Palestinian Territory 1,258
20,333. Al Hilāliyya  Sudan 17,345
1,368. Al Ḩillah  Iraq 289,709
7,357. Al Hindīyah  Iraq 57,490
579. Al Ḩudaydah  Yemen 617,871
1,348. Al Hufūf  Saudi Arabia 293,179
11,514. Al Ibrāhīmīyah  Egypt 34,638
3,207. Al Jadīd  Libya 126,386
54,480. Al Jafr  Jordan 3,557
32,356. Al Jafr  Saudi Arabia 8,715
62,166. Al Jaghbūb  Libya 2,768
15,571. Al Jahrā’  Kuwait 24,281
71,899. Al Jalamah  Palestinian Territory 2,035
6,122. Al Jamālīyah  Egypt 68,381
88,509. Al Jāniyah  Palestinian Territory 1,147
35,741. Al Jarādīyah  Saudi Arabia 7,396
20,355. Al Jawf  Libya 17,320
47,745. Al Jīb  Palestinian Territory 4,505
53,608. Al Jiftlik  Palestinian Territory 3,666
105. Al Jīzah  Egypt 2,443,203
48,433. Al Jīzah  Jordan 4,397
8,907. Al Jubayhah  Jordan 46,834
31,484. Al Jubayl  Saudi Arabia 9,108
1,670. Al Jubayl  Saudi Arabia 237,274
71,580. Al Judayrah  Palestinian Territory 2,059
46,742. Al Judayyidah  Palestinian Territory 4,681
75,662. Al Jumaylīyah  Qatar 1,788
16,748. Al Jumūm  Saudi Arabia 22,207
30,930. Al Karāmah  Jordan 9,384
34,883. Al Karīb  Tunisia 7,691
53,467. Al Karmil  Palestinian Territory 3,685
29,383. Al Kawa  Sudan 10,167
8,343. Al Khābūrah  Oman 50,223
31,719. Al Khaḑir  Palestinian Territory 9,003
7,725. Al Khafjī  Saudi Arabia 54,857