Regions
The population of the regions of Saudi Arabia according to census results and latest official projections.
| Name | Abbr. | Native | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (C) 1992-09-27 | Population Census (C) 2004-09-15 | Population Census (Cp) 2010-04-28 | Population Projection (P) 2016-07-01 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | السعودية | Ar-Riyād | 2,149,690 | 16,948,388 | 22,678,262 | 27,136,977 | 32,248,100 | ||
| Al-Bāḥah {Al-Bahah} | BAH | الباحة | Al-Bāḥah | 9,921 | 332,157 | 377,900 | 411,888 | 481,900 | 992100 | |
| Al-Ḥudūd ash-Shamālīyah [Northern Frontier] {Al-Hudud ash-Shamaliyah} | HDS | الحدود الشمالية | 'Ar'ar | 111,797 | 229,060 | 279,971 | 320,524 | 375,400 | 11179700 | |
| Al-Jawf (incl. Al-Qurayyāt) | JWF | الجوف | Sakākah | 100,212 | 268,228 | 361,738 | 440,009 | 517,500 | 10021200 | |
| Al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah [Medina] {Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah} | MDM | المدينة المنورة | Al-Madīnah | 151,990 | 1,084,947 | 1,512,724 | 1,777,933 | 2,108,500 | 15199000 | |
| Al-Qaṣīm [Al-Qaseem] {Al-Qasim} | QSM | القصيم | Buraydah | 58,046 | 750,979 | 1,015,972 | 1,215,858 | 1,434,300 | 5804600 | |
| Ar-Riyāḍ [Riyadh] {Ar-Riyad} | RYD | الرياض | Ar-Riyād | 404,240 | 3,834,986 | 5,458,273 | 6,777,146 | 8,097,300 | 40424000 | |
| Ash-Sharqīyah [Eastern Region] {Ash-Sharqiyah} | SHQ | المنطقة الشرقية | Ad-Dammām | 672,522 | 2,575,820 | 3,360,031 | 4,105,780 | 4,872,000 | 67252200 | |
| 'Asīr [Aseer] {Asir} | ASI | عسير | Abhā | 76,693 | 1,340,168 | 1,687,939 | 1,913,392 | 2,242,100 | 7669300 | |
| Ḥā'il {Hail} | HAL | حائل | Ḥā'il | 103,887 | 411,284 | 526,882 | 597,144 | 700,800 | 10388700 | |
| Jīzān {Jizan} | JIZ | جازان | Jīzān | 11,671 | 865,961 | 1,187,587 | 1,365,110 | 1,603,100 | 1167100 | |
| Makkah al-Mukarramah [Mecca] | MKM | مكة المكرمة | Makkah | 153,128 | 4,467,670 | 5,797,184 | 6,915,006 | 8,293,300 | 15312800 | |
| Najrān {Najran} | NJR | نجران | Najrān | 149,511 | 300,994 | 420,345 | 505,652 | 594,600 | 14951100 | |
| Tabūk [Tabouk] {Tabuk} | TBK | تبوك | Tabūk | 146,072 | 486,134 | 691,716 | 791,535 | 927,200 | 14607200 |
- Central Department of Statistics, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (web).
Major Cities
| Name | Adm. | Population Census (Cp) 2010-04-28 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ar-Riyād | RYD | 5,188,286 |
| 2 | Jiddah | MKM | 3,430,697 |
| 3 | Makkah | MKM | 1,534,731 |
| 4 | Al-Madīnah | MDM | 1,100,093 |
| 5 | Ad-Dammām | SHQ | 903,312 |
| 6 | Al-Hufūf | SHQ | 660,788 |
| 7 | Aṭ-Ṭa'if | MKM | 579,970 |
| 8 | Tabūk | TBK | 512,629 |
Contents: Cities
The population of all Saudi Arabian cities having more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results.
| Name | Native | Adm. | Population Census (C) 1992-09-27 | Population Census (Cp) 2004-09-15 | Population Census (Cp) 2010-04-28 | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhā {Abha} | ابها | ASI | 112,316 | 201,912 | 236,157 | 0 | |
| Abū 'Arīsh {Abu Arish} | ابو عريش | JIZ | 35,148 | 47,992 | 61,047 | 0 | |
| Ad-Dammām [Dammam] {Ad-Dammam} | الدمام | SHQ | 482,321 | 744,321 | 903,312 | 0 | |
| Ad-Dawādimī [Dawadmi] {Ad-Dawadimi} | الدوادمى | RYD | 37,871 | 53,071 | 61,834 | 0 | |
| Ad-Dilam | الدلم | RYD | 29,584 | 34,905 | 40,114 | 0 | |
| Ad-Dir'iyah {Ad-Diriyah} | الدرعيه | RYD | ... | 33,213 | 43,269 | 0 | |
| 'Afïf {Afif} | عفيف | RYD | 28,053 | 39,581 | 45,525 | 0 | |
| Aḥad al-Masāriḥah {Ahad al-Masarihah} | احد المسارحه | JIZ | ... | 17,931 | 25,007 | 0 | |
| Aḥad Rāfidah {Ahad Rafidah} | احد رفيده | ASI | ... | 50,080 | 57,112 | 0 | |
| Al-'Awāmīyah {Al-Awamiyah} | العواميه | SHQ | ... | 25,279 | 26,691 | 0 | |
| Al-Badā'i' {Al-Badai} | البدائع | QSM | ... | 36,137 | 46,620 | 0 | |
| Al-Bāḥah {Al-Bahah} | الباحه | BAH | ... | 85,212 | 95,089 | 0 | |
| Al-Bukayrīyah {Al-Bukayriyah} | البكيريه | QSM | ... | 24,629 | 29,547 | 0 | |
| Al-Ḥawīyah {Al-Hawiyah} | الحويه | MKM | 93,888 | 132,078 | 148,151 | 0 | |
| Al-Hufūf (incl. Al-Mubarraz) [Hofuf] {Al-Hufuf} | الهفوف و المبرز | SHQ | 444,970 | 572,908 | 660,788 | 0 | |
| Al-Jawf (Dūmat al-Jandal) | دومة الجندل | JWF | ... | 26,179 | 32,613 | 0 | |
| Al-Jubayl [Jubail] | الجبيل | SHQ | 140,828 | 222,544 | 337,778 | 0 | |
| Al-Jumūm {Al-Jumum} | الجموم | MKM | ... | 21,825 | 25,601 | 0 | |
| Al-Khafjī {Al-Khafji} | الخفجى | SHQ | 49,729 | 54,464 | 67,012 | 0 | |
| Al-Kharj | الخرج | RYD | 152,071 | 200,958 | 234,607 | 0 | |
| Al-Khubar [Khobar] | الخبر | SHQ | 141,683 | 165,799 | 219,679 | 0 | |
| Al-Khurmah | الخرمه | MKM | ... | 24,026 | 27,032 | 0 | |
| Al-Madīnah [Medina] {Al-Madinah} | المدينه | MDM | 608,295 | 918,889 | 1,100,093 | 0 | |
| Al-Majma'ah {Al-Majmaah} | المجمعه | RYD | 29,520 | 39,875 | 47,743 | 0 | |
| Al-Makhwāh {Al-Makhwah} | المخواه | BAH | ... | 18,991 | 21,999 | 0 | |
| Al-Midhnab | المذنب | QSM | ... | 24,039 | 29,210 | 0 | |
| Al-Muzāḥimīyah {Al-Muzahimiyah} | المزاحميه | RYD | ... | 24,224 | 30,164 | 0 | |
| Al-Qaṭīf {Al-Qatif} | القطيف | SHQ | 98,920 | 98,278 | 118,327 | 0 | |
| Al-Qayṣūmah [Qaisumah] {Al-Qaysumah} | القيصومه | SHQ | ... | 20,316 | 22,538 | 0 | |
| Al-Qudaīḥ {Al-Qudaih} | القديح | SHQ | ... | 25,269 | 27,904 | 0 | |
| Al-Qunfudhah | القنفذه | MKM | ... | 20,317 | 24,512 | 0 | |
| Al-Qurayyāt {Al-Qurayyat} | القريات | JWF | 72,921 | 100,436 | 116,162 | 0 | |
| Al-Qūway'īyah {Al-Quwayiyah} | القويعيه | RYD | ... | 18,275 | 22,519 | 0 | |
| Al-Qūz {Al-Quz} | القوز | MKM | ... | 20,248 | 23,391 | 0 | |
| Al-'Ulā {Al-Ula} | العلا | MDM | ... | 29,112 | 32,413 | 0 | |
| Al-'Ulāyah {Al-Ulayah} | العلاية | ASI | ... | 17,329 | 19,956 | 0 | |
| Al-'Uyūn {Al-Uyun} | العيون | SHQ | ... | 27,526 | 33,042 | 0 | |
| Al-Wajh | الوجه | TBK | ... | 25,984 | 30,512 | 0 | |
| 'Ank {Ank} | عنك | SHQ | ... | 21,159 | 23,125 | 0 | |
| An-Nimāṣ [Namas] {An-Nimas} | النماص | ASI | ... | 23,780 | 27,021 | 0 | |
| An-Nu'ayrīyah [Nariyah] {An-Nuayriyah} | النعيريه | SHQ | ... | 20,964 | 26,470 | 0 | |
| 'Ar'ar {Arar} | عرعر | HDS | 108,055 | 145,237 | 167,057 | 0 | |
| Ar-Rass | الرس | QSM | 56,866 | 79,632 | 92,501 | 0 | |
| Ar-Riyād [Riyadh] {Ar-Riyad} | الرياض | RYD | 2,776,096 | 4,087,152 | 5,188,286 | 0 | |
| As-Sulayyil | السليل | RYD | ... | 23,521 | 26,639 | 0 | |
| Ath-Thuqbah | الثقبه | SHQ | 125,650 | 191,826 | 238,066 | 0 | |
| Aṭ-Ṭa'if {At-Taif} | الطائف | MKM | 416,121 | 521,273 | 579,970 | 0 | |
| Aṭ-Ṭaraf {At-Taraf} | الطرف | SHQ | ... | 21,004 | 23,543 | 0 | |
| Aẓ-Ẓahrān [Dhahran] {Az-Zahran} | الظهران | SHQ | 73,691 | 97,446 | 120,521 | 0 | |
| Az-Zulfī {Az-Zulfi} | الزلفى | RYD | 41,660 | 52,209 | 60,867 | 0 | |
| Badr | بدر | MDM | ... | 26,633 | 28,999 | 0 | |
| Baḥrah {Bahrah} | بحره | MKM | ... | 59,809 | 75,213 | 0 | |
| Baljurashī {Baljurashi} | بلجرشى | BAH | ... | 39,650 | 43,493 | 0 | |
| Bīsh {Bish} | بيش | JIZ | ... | 24,167 | 30,835 | 0 | |
| Bīshah [Bisha] {Bishah} | بيشه | ASI | 43,485 | 78,303 | 86,201 | 0 | |
| Buqayq | بقيق | SHQ | 31,986 | 29,631 | 36,207 | 0 | |
| Buraydah [Buraidah] | بريده | QSM | 248,636 | 378,422 | 467,410 | 0 | |
| Ḍamad {Damad} | ضمد | JIZ | ... | 18,056 | 24,056 | 0 | |
| Ḍubā {Duba} | ضباء | TBK | ... | 21,939 | 25,568 | 0 | |
| Ḥafar al-Bāṭin {Hafar al-Batin} | حفر الباطن | SHQ | 137,793 | 231,978 | 271,642 | 0 | |
| Ḥā'il {Hail} | حائل | HAL | 176,757 | 267,005 | 310,897 | 0 | |
| Ḥaql {Haql} | حقل | TBK | ... | 22,272 | 25,649 | 0 | |
| Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm [Hotat Bani Tamim] {Hawtah Bani Tamim} | حوطه بنى تميم | RYD | ... | 16,261 | 26,270 | 0 | |
| Jiddah [Jeddah] | جدة | MKM | 2,046,251 | 2,801,481 | 3,430,697 | 0 | |
| Jīzān {Jizan} | جيزان | JIZ | 56,565 | 100,694 | 127,743 | 0 | |
| Khamīs Mushayṭ [Khamis Mushait] {Khamis Mushayt} | خميس مشيط | ASI | 217,870 | 372,695 | 430,828 | 0 | |
| Laylā {Layla} | ليلى | RYD | ... | 27,026 | 30,906 | 0 | |
| Maḥā'il {Mahail} | محائل | ASI | ... | 48,760 | 56,953 | 0 | |
| Makkah [Mecca] | مكه | MKM | 965,697 | 1,294,168 | 1,534,731 | 0 | |
| Najrān (Aba as-Suud) {Najran} | نجران | NJR | 90,983 | 246,880 | 298,288 | 0 | |
| Rābigh {Rabigh} | رابغ | MKM | 31,963 | 40,986 | 55,304 | 0 | |
| Rafḥah [Rafha] {Rafhah} | رفحاء | HDS | 30,135 | 44,889 | 52,712 | 0 | |
| Raḥīmah {Rahimah} | رحيمة | SHQ | 45,471 | 41,458 | 54,166 | 0 | |
| Ranyah | رنيه | MKM | ... | 19,643 | 21,656 | 0 | |
| Rumāḥ {Rumah} | رماح | RYD | ... | 18,086 | 20,276 | 0 | |
| Ṣabyā {Sabya} | صبياء | JIZ | 34,951 | 52,441 | 63,143 | 0 | |
| Ṣafwah [Safwa] {Safwah} | صفوى | SHQ | 37,289 | 45,202 | 50,447 | 0 | |
| Sakākah {Sakakah} | سكاكا | JWF | 65,793 | 122,686 | 150,257 | 0 | |
| Ṣāmiṭah [Samtah] {Samitah} | صامطه | JIZ | ... | 26,362 | 32,458 | 0 | |
| Sayhāt [Saihat] {Sayhat} | سيهات | SHQ | 58,060 | 66,038 | 75,794 | 0 | |
| Shaqrā' [Shaqraa] {Shaqra} | شقراء | RYD | ... | 22,791 | 26,651 | 0 | |
| Sharūrah {Sharurah} | شروره | NJR | 37,091 | 65,185 | 75,237 | 0 | |
| Ṭabarjal {Tabarjal} | طبرجل | JWF | ... | 39,195 | 48,525 | 0 | |
| Tabūk {Tabuk} | تبوك | TBK | 292,555 | 441,351 | 512,629 | 0 | |
| Tārūt {Tarut} | تاروت | SHQ | 38,055 | 80,686 | 77,757 | 0 | |
| Taymā' {Tayma} | تيماء | TBK | ... | 26,587 | 30,411 | 0 | |
| Turabah | تربه | MKM | ... | 22,836 | 25,937 | 0 | |
| Ṭurayf [Turaif] {Turayf} | طريف | HDS | 32,022 | 40,137 | 48,108 | 0 | |
| Umm Lajj | املج | TBK | 25,352 | 33,157 | 37,757 | 0 | |
| 'Unayzah [Unaizah] {Unayzah} | عنيزه | QSM | 91,106 | 128,930 | 152,895 | 0 | |
| Wādī ad-Dawāsir {Wadi ad-Dawasir} | وادي الدواسر | RYD | ... | 79,558 | 93,036 | 0 | |
| Yanbu' al-Baḥr {Yanbu al-Bahr} | ينبع البحر | MDM | 119,819 | 188,430 | 233,236 | 0 | |
| Ẓahrān al-Janūb {Zahran al-Janub} | ظهران الجنوب | ASI | ... | 20,890 | 23,758 | 0 |
- (1992) provided by Clive Thornton.
(2004) (2010) Central Department of Statistics, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (web).