What is the population of Sulţānah?
Sulţānah has a city population of 946,697. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Saudi Arabia · Asia
Sulţānah
City population
946,697
#6
in Saudi Arabia
#2
in Medina Region
#586
worldwide
24.493, 39.586 · 722 km from Riyadh
About Sulţānah
Saudi Arabia's sixth-largest listed city, Sulţānah holds 946,697 residents and accounts for 2.6% of the national population. It lies 722 km from Riyadh and sits 4 km from Madinah, which at 1,300,000 is more than a third larger. The next nearest substantial settlement, Yanbu, stands 161 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
Rank in region
#2of 6
Coordinates
24.493, 39.586
Record updated
16 January 2012
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 |
| Sulţānah | 947K |
Sulţānah Population FAQ
Where is Sulţānah?
Sulţānah is in Medina Region, Saudi Arabia, 722 km from the capital, Riyadh. Its coordinates are 24.493, 39.586.
How big is Sulţānah compared with other cities in Saudi Arabia?
It is the 6th largest of the 96 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, holding 2.6% of the national population.