List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea
Metropolitan areas
[edit]Metropolitan areas with a population of 1,000,000 or higher on the Mediterranean, sorted by their population according to national sources. They can be reordered by name (alphabetically), country, or their population according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Population Division or Citypopulation.de.
| Metropolitan area | Country | National source | OECD (2020)[1] |
United Nations (2020)[2] |
Citypopulation.de (2025)[3] |
Area[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria |  Egypt
|
5,481,679[5] | 7,165,715 | 5,281,000 | 6,250,000 | 293 km2 (113 sq mi) |
| Barcelona |  Spain
|
5,270,609[6] | 5,345,763 | 5,586,000 | 4,875,000 | 1,072 km2 (414 sq mi) |
| Algiers |  Algeria
|
4,381,238[7] | 5,009,842 | 2,768,000 | 4,325,000 | 443 km2 (171 sq mi) |
| Tel Aviv |  Israel
|
4,293,000[8] | 3,174,057 | 4,181,000 | 3,000,000 | 578 km2 (223 sq mi) |
| Rome |  Italy
|
4,223,885[9] | 3,684,930 | 4,257,000 | 3,425,000 | 1,145 km2 (442 sq mi) |
| Athens |  Greece
|
3,638,281[10] | 3,618,860 | 3,153,000 | 3,575,000 | 583 km2 (225 sq mi) |
| Naples | Italy
|
2,958,410[9] | 4,095,364 | 2,187,000 | 4,050,000 | 466 km2 (180 sq mi) |
| İzmir |  Turkey
|
2,938,292[11] | 2,870,159 | 2,993,000 | 3,025,000 | 300 km2 (120 sq mi) |
| Tunis |  Tunisia
|
2,906,900[12] | 2,872,207 | 2,365,000 | 2,725,000 | 451 km2 (174 sq mi) |
| Gaza |  Palestine
|
2,257,051[13] | 1,772,136 | 714,000 | 2,275,000 | 228 km2 (88 sq mi) |
| Beirut |  Lebanon
|
2,244,800[14] | 2,165,018 | 2,424,000 | 1,930,000 | 528 km2 (204 sq mi) |
| Marseille |  France
|
1,888,788[15] | 1,322,989 | 1,608,000 | 1,710,000 | 689 km2 (266 sq mi) |
| Valencia | Spain
|
1,609,843[6] | 1,916,932 | 834,000 | 1,940,000 | 394 km2 (152 sq mi) |
| Tripoli |  Libya
|
1,519,000[16] | 1,555,446 | 1,165,000 | 1,870,000 | 502 km2 (194 sq mi) |
| Antalya | Turkey
|
1,508,134[11] | 1,385,471 | 1,254,000 | 1,400,000 | 181 km2 (70 sq mi) |
| Oran | Algeria
|
1,454,078[7] | 1,330,620 | 899,000 | 1,640,000 | 153 km2 (59 sq mi) |
| Tangier |  Morocco
|
1,275,428[17] | 1,232,254 | 1,198,000 | 1,410,000 | 96 km2 (37 sq mi) |
| Bari | Italy
|
1,218,191[9] | 608,350 | 622,000 | Not listed | 117 km2 (45 sq mi) |
| Palermo | Italy
|
1,194,439[9] | 955,720 | 851,000 | Not listed | 176 km2 (68 sq mi) |
| Mersin | Turkey
|
1,084,789[11] | 930,220 | 1,016,000 | 1,060,000 | 205 km2 (79 sq mi) |
| Catania | Italy
|
1,068,563[9] | 765,469 | 586,000 | Not listed | 269 km2 (104 sq mi) |
| Málaga | Spain
|
1,033,125[6] | 1,048,764 | 590,000 | 1,100,000 | 135 km2 (52 sq mi) |
| Haifa | Israel
|
1,030,000[8] | 831,987 | 1,147,000 | Not listed | 150 km2 (58 sq mi) |
| Nice | France
|
1,019,905[15] | 1,143,557 | 942,000 | Not listed | 466 km2 (180 sq mi) |
| Thessaloniki | Greece
|
1,006,112[10] | 1,011,795 | 812,000 | Not listed | 225 km2 (87 sq mi) |
Cities
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Cities are ordered by their position on the Mediterranean Sea, following the coastline clockwise from the Strait of Gibraltar; settlements on islands are listed after the settlemtns on their country's mainland. They can be reordered by name (alphabetically), country, subdivision of the Mediterranean or population.
References
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- ^ "Population of Urban Agglomerations with 300,000 Inhabitants or More in 2018, by country, 1950-2035 (thousands)". United Nations Population Division. 2018.
- ^ "Major Agglomerations of the World". Citypopulation.de. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
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- ^ "تقديرات السكان" (in Arabic). CAPMAS. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Atlas Digital de las Áreas Urbanas de España" (in Spanish). Ministry of Development. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs (MOC) selon la wilaya de résidence et le sexe et le taux d'accroissement annuel moyen (1998-2008)" (PDF) (in French). ONS. 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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- ^ "Labour Force and Household Living Conditions Survey 2018-2019" (PDF). CAS. 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ a b "France par aire d'attraction des villes - Population municipale 2021" (in French). Insee. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
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- ^ "Population légale du Royaume du Maroc selon les résultats du Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat de 2024" (in French). HCP. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
See also
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