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City profile · Saudi Arabia · Asia

Ha'il

Ha'il Region · Saudi Arabia
City population
605,930
#10
in Saudi Arabia
#1
in Ha'il Region
#921
worldwide
RiyadhHa'il
27.522, 41.691 · 593 km from Riyadh
City population
605,930
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#10
of 96 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#921
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Saudi Arabia
1.6%
of the national population

About Ha'il

At an elevation of 1,002 m, Ha'il holds 605,930 residents, making it the tenth-largest city in Saudi Arabia and accounting for 1.6% of the national population. The city sits 593 km from Riyadh and is the largest settlement in Ha'il Region, with its nearest neighbour, Baq'ā', lying 81 km away.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Saudi Arabia
#10of 96
LargestSmallest
Position in Ha'il Region
#1of 3
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Ha'il Region
Rank in region
#1of 3
Distance to capital
593 km
to Riyadh
Elevation
1,002 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Riyadh
Coordinates
27.522, 41.691
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 Arabia

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

81KMBaq‘ā’20K people146KMTurubah28K people223KM‘Uyūn al Jiwā’16K people246KMRiyāḑ al Khabrā’26K people248KMAl Bukayrīyah43K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Ha'il606K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Ha'il compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Ha'il606K

Ha'il Population FAQ

What is the population of Ha'il?

Ha'il has a city population of 605,930. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Ha'il?

Ha'il is in Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia, 593 km from the capital, Riyadh. Its coordinates are 27.522, 41.691.

How big is Ha'il compared with other cities in Saudi Arabia?

It is the 10th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Saudi Arabia, holding 1.6% of the national population.

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