List of largest cities in 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]
23 largest agglomerations in the OIC
| Rank | City | Images | Population | Country | Statistical concept | Area (km²)[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakarta |  | 30,000,000 |  Indonesia | Metropolitan area[3] | 1,360 |
| 2 | Karachi |  | 24,500,000 |  Pakistan | Urban agglomeration | 4,966 |
| 3 | Greater Cairo |  | 18,420,000 |  Egypt | Official metropolitan area | 1,310 |
| 4 | Lagos[4] |  | 17,060,307 |  Nigeria | Urban agglomeration[5] | 907 |
| 5 | Dhaka |  | 17,000,000 |  Bangladesh | Official metropolitan area | 1,600 |
| 6 | Istanbul | .JPG) | 14,500,000 |  Turkey | Metropolitan Municipality | 5,343 |
| 7 | Tehran[6] |  | 13,532,000 |  Iran | City proper | 1,489 |
| 8 | Lahore[7] |  | 10,052,000 | Pakistan | Urban agglomeration | 1,370 |
| 9 | Baghdad |  | 6,625,000 |  Iraq | Metropolitan area | 730 |
| 10 | Faisalabad[8] |  | 6,480,000 | Pakistan | Urban agglomeration | 1,097 |
| 11 | Kuala Lumpur[9] |  | 6,088,000 |  Malaysia | Metropolitan area[3] | 673 |
| 12 | Riyadh[10] |  | 5,666,000 |  Saudi Arabia | City proper | 1,550 |
| 13 | Khartoum[11] | _003.jpg) | 5,185,000 |  Sudan | Urban agglomeration | 580 |
| 14 | Ankara |  | 5,045,083 | Turkey | Urban agglomeration[12] | 2,516 |
| 15 | Chittagong |  | 5,012,000 | Bangladesh | Official metropolitan area | 990 |
| 16 | Surabaya[13] | align=right|4,881,000 | Indonesia | Metropolitan area[3] | 673 | |
| 17 | Alexandria |  | 4,421,000 | Egypt | City proper | 2,970 |
| 18 | Abidjan |  | 4,175,000 |  Ivory Coast | Urban agglomeration | 2,550 |
| 19 | Kabul |  | 3,768,000 |  Afghanistan | City proper | 275 |
| 20 | Algiers |  | 3,574,000 |  Algeria | Urban agglomeration[14] | |
| 21 | Rawalpindi[15] |  | 3,510,000 | Pakistan | Urban agglomeration | 1,556 |
| 22 | Peshawar[16] |  | 3,201,000 | Pakistan | Urban agglomeration | 957 |
| 23 | Mashhad |  | 3,131,586[17] | Iran | City proper | 3,946 |
See also
| Organisation of Islamic Cooperation |
|---|
| Economy |
| Education |
| Member states |
| Parliamentary Union |
- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
- Islamic World
- Metropolitan areas
- Largest cities of the European Union
References and notes
- ↑ World Urbanization Prospects, 2007 revision (online data)
- ↑ The area figures are taken from individual national censuses according to the criteria and statistical concepts noted in the World Urbanization Prospects.
- 1 2 3 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.
- ↑ http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagelinks.php?p=6
- ↑ Data refer to Lagos State
- ↑ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
- ↑ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
- ↑ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
- ↑ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
- ↑ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
- ↑ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
- ↑ Ankara includes Altindag, Cankaya, Etimesgut, Golbasi, Keçioren, Mamak, Sincan and Yenimahalle
- ↑ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
- ↑ Data refer to the Governorate of Grand Algiers.
- ↑ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
- ↑ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
- ↑ http://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/2/pdf/jamiat_shahrestan_keshvar3.pdf
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