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City profile · Saudi Arabia · Asia

Ta’if

Mecca Region · Saudi Arabia
City population
688,693
#8
in Saudi Arabia
#3
in Mecca Region
#799
worldwide
RiyadhTa’if
21.270, 40.416 · 749 km from Riyadh
City population
688,693
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#8
of 96 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#799
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Saudi Arabia
1.9%
of the national population

About Ta’if

At 1,672 m above sea level, this city in the Mecca Region holds a population of 688,693, making it the eighth-largest of Saudi Arabia's listed cities and accounting for 1.9% of the national population. Situated 749 km from Riyadh, it sits 64 km from Makkah, which has a population of 1,578,722.

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
#8of 96
LargestSmallest
Position in Mecca Region
#3of 11
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Mecca Region
Rank in region
#3of 11
Distance to capital
749 km
to Riyadh
Elevation
1,672 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Riyadh
Coordinates
21.270, 40.416
Record updated
2022-10-23
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.

24KMAsh Shafā72K people64KMMakkah1.58M people84KMAl Jumūm22K people125KMAl ‘Aqīq19K people126KMAl Līth72K 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. Ta’if689K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Ta’if 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
Ta’if689K

Ta’if Population FAQ

What is the population of Ta’if?

Ta’if has a city population of 688,693. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Ta’if?

Ta’if is in Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia, 749 km from the capital, Riyadh. Its coordinates are 21.270, 40.416.

How big is Ta’if compared with other cities in Saudi Arabia?

It is the 8th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Saudi Arabia, holding 1.9% of the national population.

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