What is the population of Tabuk?
Tabuk has a city population of 667,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Saudi Arabia · Asia
Tabuk
City population
667,000
#9
in Saudi Arabia
#1
in Tabuk Region
#828
worldwide
28.400, 36.572 · 1,090 km from Riyadh
About Tabuk
At 667,000 people, Tabuk accounts for 1.8% of Saudi Arabia's national population, ranking ninth among the country's 96 listed cities. The city lies 1,090 km from Riyadh and sits at an elevation of 768 m. Within Tabuk Region, it is the largest of five listed settlements; the nearest other city of comparable size is Aqaba at 197 km away with a population of 95,048.
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 5
Elevation
768 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Riyadh
Coordinates
28.400, 36.572
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 |
| Tabuk | 667K |
Tabuk Population FAQ
Where is Tabuk?
Tabuk is in Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia, 1,090 km from the capital, Riyadh. Its coordinates are 28.400, 36.572.
How big is Tabuk compared with other cities in Saudi Arabia?
It is the 9th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Saudi Arabia, holding 1.8% of the national population.