ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · SAUDI ARABIA
Capital of Saudi Arabia
The capital of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh. The largest, Riyadh, has around 7,009,100 residents in the city proper — a giant capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALRiyadh
POPULATION7,009,100
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Riyadh7,009,100 people
In context
Where Riyadhsits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10MRiyadh is here
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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