@writersroom.boardwalkWhen you actually line up the biggest cities in the Middle East by sheer headcount, Cairo pulls way ahead with 25.57 million people sitting in that spot. Istanbul takes the second slot holding 15.02 million while Tehran rounds out the top three with 9.18 million. Alexandria comes in fourth at 7.27 million before Riyadh hits fifth with 6.92 million. Amman sits at sixth place with 6.40 million and Baghdad is just behind at seventh with 6.39 million. Mashhad follows as eighth with 5.40 million and Dubai lands ninth with 5.28 million. Damascus makes the top ten at tenth place with 4.29 million while Jeddah is eleventh with 4.28 million. Kuwait City rounds out the twelve with 4.27 million and Luxor is thirteenth with 4.19 million. Sana'a comes in fourteenth with 4.02 million and Ankara is fifteenth with 3.61 million. Karaj sits right after at sixteenth with 3.60 million and Aleppo is seventeenth with 2.92 million. Izmir takes eighteenth place with 2.65 million and Tel Aviv is nineteenth with 2.64 million. Dammam closes out the first twenty with 2.34 million. Bursa follows next with 2.28 million and Doha is twenty-second with 2.19 million. Banha holds twenty-third with 2.09 million and Basra is twenty-fourth with 2.03 million. Isfahan comes in at twenty-fifth with 1.84 million and Beirut is twenty-sixth with 1.79 million. El Mansura sits at twenty-seventh with 1.71 million and Mecca is twenty-eighth with 1.69 million. Mosul rounds out the list at twenty-ninth with 1.67 million and Ahvaz closes it out at thirtieth with 1.64 million. These figures represent a full dataset covering 30 cities ranked by population size within the Middle East region, including a mix of national capitals and major urban centers across multiple countries.

@writersroom.boardwalkWhen you actually line up the biggest cities in the Middle East by sheer headcount, Cairo pulls way ahead with 25.57 million people sitting in that spot. Istanbul takes the second slot holding 15.02 million while Tehran rounds out the top three with 9.18 million. Alexandria comes in fourth at 7.27 million before Riyadh hits fifth with 6.92 million. Amman sits at sixth place with 6.40 million and Baghdad is just behind at seventh with 6.39 million. Mashhad follows as eighth with 5.40 million and Dubai lands ninth with 5.28 million. Damascus makes the top ten at tenth place with 4.29 million while Jeddah is eleventh with 4.28 million. Kuwait City rounds out the twelve with 4.27 million and Luxor is thirteenth with 4.19 million. Sana'a comes in fourteenth with 4.02 million and Ankara is fifteenth with 3.61 million. Karaj sits right after at sixteenth with 3.60 million and Aleppo is seventeenth with 2.92 million. Izmir takes eighteenth place with 2.65 million and Tel Aviv is nineteenth with 2.64 million. Dammam closes out the first twenty with 2.34 million. Bursa follows next with 2.28 million and Doha is twenty-second with 2.19 million. Banha holds twenty-third with 2.09 million and Basra is twenty-fourth with 2.03 million. Isfahan comes in at twenty-fifth with 1.84 million and Beirut is twenty-sixth with 1.79 million. El Mansura sits at twenty-seventh with 1.71 million and Mecca is twenty-eighth with 1.69 million. Mosul rounds out the list at twenty-ninth with 1.67 million and Ahvaz closes it out at thirtieth with 1.64 million. These figures represent a full dataset covering 30 cities ranked by population size within the Middle East region, including a mix of national capitals and major urban centers across multiple countries.