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Najrān

Najran Region · Saudi Arabia
City population
505,652
#11
in Saudi Arabia
#1
in Najran Region
#1,132
worldwide
RiyadhNajrān
17.493, 44.128 · 844 km from Riyadh
Share of Saudi Arabia
1.4%
Of the national population
Elevation
1,310 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
844 km
To Riyadh
Time zone
Asia/Riyadh
IANA zone identifier

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.

Position in Saudi Arabia
#11of 96
LargestSmallest
Position in Najran Region
#1of 2
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Najran Region
Rank in region
#1of 2
Coordinates
17.493, 44.128
Record updated
14 April 2026
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.

46KMAl Mash‘ilīyah23K people73KMSa'dah52K people · Yemen108KMFayfā’30K people125KMSarāt ‘Abīdah20K people149KMḐamad26K 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. Najrān506K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Najrān 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
Najrān506K

Najrān Population FAQ

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.

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 listed in Saudi Arabia, holding 1.4% of the national population.

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