What is the population of Dammam?
Dammam has a city population of 1,252,523. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Saudi Arabia · Asia
Dammam
City population
1,252,523
#5
in Saudi Arabia
#1
in Eastern Province
#412
worldwide
26.434, 50.103 · 391 km from Riyadh
About Dammam
Ringed by smaller cities within 20 km—Sayhāt at 8 km (66,702), Dhahran at 16 km (99,540), and Al Qaţīf at 17 km (98,259)—this city of 1,252,523 forms the largest urban centre in the Eastern Province. It accounts for 3.4% of Saudi Arabia's national population and sits 391 km from Riyadh at an elevation of 10 m.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 23
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Riyadh
Coordinates
26.434, 50.103
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 96 in Saudi ArabiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Dammam | 1.25M |
Dammam Population FAQ
Where is Dammam?
Dammam is in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, 391 km from the capital, Riyadh. Its coordinates are 26.434, 50.103.
How big is Dammam compared with other cities in Saudi Arabia?
It is the 5th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Saudi Arabia, holding 3.4% of the national population.