Makkah Al-Mokarramah · Population

Question: What is the population of Makkah Al-Mokarramah? Answer: Makkah Al-Mokarramah (مكة المكرمة), Saudi Arabia (capital: Makkah) - last known population is ≈ 8 293 300 (year 2016). This was 25.789% of total Saudi Arabia population. In this year, Makkah Al-Mokarramah population density was 54.2 p/km². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2014-2016 (+2.47%/year), Makkah Al-Mokarramah population in 2017 would be: 8 498 322*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1992-2004] +2.19 %/year
[2004-2010] +2.98 %/year
[2010-2014] +3.38 %/year
[2014-2016] +2.47 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 27.538828, 41.684351

Makkah Al-Mokarramah on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Sources, Notices

1992c, 2004c, 2010c, 2014e, 2016e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• General Authority for Statistics
• Central Department of Statistics and Information | Saudi Open Data
• Population Distribution by Areas
• Saudi Arabia: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population World Gazeeteer
• UN HABITAT III - report PDF, p.9
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).