List of largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries

This is a list of the largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states, based on the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report (2010 population estimates from the report's 2007 revision).[1]

Urban agglomerations
Rank City Images Population Country Statistical concept[2] Area (km2)[3]
1Jakarta[4]
30,214,303 IndonesiaUrban agglomeration[5]6,392
2Karachi[6]
24,700,000 PakistanUrban agglomeration4,966
3Dhaka[7]
22,690,116 BangladeshUrban agglomeration2,161
4Cairo
18,420,000 EgyptOfficial metropolitan area1,310
5Lagos[8]
17,060,307 NigeriaUrban agglomeration[9]907
6Istanbul
14,500,000 TurkeyMetropolitan municipality5,343
7Tehran[10]
13,532,000 IranCity proper1,489
8Lahore[10]
11,126,285 PakistanUrban agglomeration1,370
9Bandung[4]
8,199,892 IndonesiaUrban agglomeration1,876
10Faisalabad[10]
7,873,910 PakistanUrban agglomeration1,097
11Islamabad-Rawalpindi[11]
7,412,205 PakistanMetropolitan Area6,451
12Surabaya[4]
7,302,283 IndonesiaUrban agglomeration[5]2,787
13Baghdad
6,625,000 IraqMetropolitan area730
14Semarang6,544,289 IndonesiaUrban agglomeration5,287
15Kuala Lumpur[10]
6,088,000 MalaysiaMetropolitan area[5]673
16Riyadh[10]
5,666,000 Saudi ArabiaCity proper1,550
17Khartoum[10]
5,185,000 SudanUrban agglomeration580
18Ankara
5,045,083 TurkeyUrban agglomeration[12]2,516
19Gujranwala[10]
5,014,196 PakistanUrban agglomeration1,556
20Chittagong
5,012,000 BangladeshOfficial metropolitan area990
21Multan[11]
4,745,109 PakistanCity District3,721
22Alexandria
4,421,000 EgyptCity proper2,970
23Casablanca4,270,750 MoroccoUrban agglomeration1,615
24Peshawar[10]
4,269,079 PakistanUrban agglomeration1,257
25Abidjan
4,175,000 Ivory CoastUrban agglomeration2,550
26Medan[13]
4,103,696 IndonesiaMetropolitan area1,991
27Yogyakarta
4,010,436 IndonesiaUrban agglomeration1,900
28Sargodha[11]
3,903,588 PakistanCity District5,854
29Sialkot[11]
3,893,672 PakistanCity District3,016
30Kabul
3,768,000 AfghanistanCity proper275
31 Bahawalpur[11] 3,668,106  Pakistan City District 24,830
32Algiers
3,500,000 AlgeriaUrban agglomeration[14]363
33Mashhad3,131,586[15] IranCity proper3,946

See also

References and notes
  1. World Urbanization Prospects, 2007 revision (online data) Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision Population Database". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
  3. The area figures are taken from individual national censuses according to the criteria and statistical concepts noted in the World Urbanization Prospects.
  4. "Indonesia: Jawa". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  5. Data refer to the functional urban area, that is, contiguous areas which are consistently urban in character as indicated by levels of population density, economic functions and facilities.
  6. "Population explosion: Put an embargo on industrialisation in Karachi". 6 October 2013.
  7. Desk, Tribune (2022-01-14). "Dhaka ranks world's sixth most populous city". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  8. "Lagos State Government". Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  9. Data refer to Lagos State
  10. http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
  11. "Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". citypopulation.de.
  12. Ankara includes Altindag, Cankaya, Etimesgut, Golbasi, Keçioren, Mamak, Sincan and Yenimahalle
  13. "Indonesia: Provinces, Regencies, Cities, Districts, Communes, Settlements - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts".
  14. Data refer to the Governorate of Grand Algiers.
  15. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2008-02-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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