Riyadh Region · Saudi Arabia
Riyadh population
4,205,961people · latest figure
Riyadh has a population of 4,205,961, making it the 2nd largest place we list in Saudi Arabia. It is in Riyadh Region.
Riyadh holds 12.0% of Saudi Arabia's 35,165,787 people. Jeddah, the largest place we list there, is only slightly larger. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 4,208,051, almost unchanged.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Jeddah | Mecca Region | 4,697,000 |
| Makkah | Mecca Region | 1,578,722 |
| Madinah | Medina Region | 1,300,000 |
| Dammam | Eastern Province | 1,252,523 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.