What is the population of Najrān?
Najrān has a city population of 505,652. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Saudi Arabia · Asia
Najrān
Najran Region · Saudi Arabia
City population
505,652
#11
in Saudi Arabia
#1
in Najran Region
#1,132
worldwide
17.493, 44.128 · 844 km from Riyadh
About Najrān
At 1.4% of Saudi Arabia's population, Najrān holds the eleventh position among the country's cities. The city proper contains 505,652 people and sits 844 km from Riyadh. Located at 1,310 m elevation, Najrān is the largest settlement in Najran Region, with the next-nearest substantial city, Sa'dah at 51,870 people, lying 73 km away.
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
Najran Region
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
1,310 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Riyadh
Coordinates
17.493, 44.128
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 |
| Najrān | 506K |
Najrān Population FAQ
Where is Najrān?
Najrān is in Najran Region, Saudi Arabia, 844 km from the capital, Riyadh. Its coordinates are 17.493, 44.128.
How big is Najrān compared with other cities in Saudi Arabia?
It is the 11th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Saudi Arabia, holding 1.4% of the national population.