Saudi Arabia: Eastern Region Region
Governorates
The population of the governorates (muḥafaẓat) in Eastern Region Region by census years.
| Name | Native | Status | Population Census 2004-09-15 | Population Census 2010-04-28 | Population Census 2022-05-10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abqaīq [Abqaiq] | بقيق | Governorate | 44,793 | 52,849 | 64,632 | → |
| Ad-Dammām [Dammam] | الدمام | Governorate | 745,658 | 914,493 | 1,532,326 | → |
| Al-'Aḥsā' | الأحساء | Governorate | 907,734 | 1,067,691 | 1,104,267 | → |
| Al-Jubaīl [Jubail] | الجبيل | Governorate | 224,481 | 392,948 | 505,162 | → |
| Al-Khafjī | الخفجي | Governorate | 60,414 | 77,328 | 84,316 | → |
| Al-Khubar [Khobar] | الخبر | Governorate | 456,559 | 573,671 | 658,550 | → |
| Al-Qaṭīf | القطيف | Governorate | 473,454 | 524,417 | 552,442 | → |
| Al-'Udayd [← Al-'Aḥsā'] | العديد | Governorate | ... | ... | 8,635 | → |
| An-Na'īryah [Nariyah] | النعيرية | Governorate | 44,571 | 52,403 | 63,815 | → |
| Ḥafar al-Bāṭin | حفر الباطن | Governorate | 338,764 | 387,102 | 467,007 | → |
| Qaryat al-'Ulyā | قرية العليا | Governorate | 20,190 | 25,062 | 21,788 | → |
| R'ās Tanūrah | رأس تنورة | Governorate | 43,413 | 62,069 | 62,314 | → |
| Ash-Sharqiyah [Eastern Region] | المنطقة الشرقية | Region | 3,360,031 | 4,130,033 | 5,125,254 |
Contents: Places
The population of all places with at least 2500 inhabitants in Eastern Region Region by census years.
icon links to further information about a selected place including its population structure (gender, citizenship).| Name | Native | Status | Governorat | Population Census 2004-09-15 | Population Census 2010-04-28 | Population Census 2022-05-10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abū Ma'an | ابومعن | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 1,780 | ... | 4,523 | → |
| Ad-Dammām [Dammam] | الدمام | Place | Ad-Dammām | 745,078 | 903,312 | 1,386,166 | → |
| Adh-Dhībiyah [Thebea] | الذيبية | Place | Ḥafar al-Bāṭin | 12,249 | 14,442 | 17,502 | → |
| 'Aīn Dār al-Jadīdah | عين دار الجديده | Place | Abqaīq | 4,236 | ... | 3,665 | → |
| Al-'Awaḍīyah | العوضيه | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 1,387 | ... | 2,791 | → |
| Al-'Awāmiyah | العوامية | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 25,325 | 26,691 | 26,276 | → |
| Al-'Awjām | الأوجام | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 11,238 | 12,241 | 16,147 | → |
| Al-Baṭaliyah | البطالية | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 16,228 | 17,930 | 15,146 | → |
| Al-Fuḍūl | الفضول | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 6,000 | 6,609 | 5,374 | → |
| Al-Ghawībuh | الغويبه | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 3,518 | ... | 5,139 | → |
| Al-Ḥawaṭah | الحوطة | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 5,842 | 6,547 | 6,786 | → |
| Al-Hufūf - Al-Mubarraz [Hofuf] | الهفوف و المبرز | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 572,679 | 660,788 | 729,606 | → |
| Al-Ḥulaylah | الحليلة | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 16,686 | 18,583 | 12,337 | → |
| Al-Jafr | الجفر | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 8,499 | 9,707 | 6,772 | → |
| Al-Jārūdiyah [Al-Jaroudiya] | الجارودية | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 10,382 | 11,199 | 20,986 | → |
| Al-Jish | الجش | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 10,253 | 11,822 | 22,343 | → |
| Al-Jishah [Al-Jeshah] | الجشة | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 10,714 | 12,024 | 11,482 | → |
| Al-Jubaīl [Jubail; incl. Jubail Industrial City] | الجبيل | Place | Al-Jubaīl | 222,760 | 337,778 | 474,679 | → |
| Al-Jubaīl | الجبيل | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 8,967 | 10,241 | 9,994 | → |
| Al-Jurn [Al-Gorn] | الجرن | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 7,186 | 8,592 | 20,329 | → |
| Al-Khafjī | الخفجي | Place | Al-Khafjī | 54,299 | 67,012 | 78,691 | → |
| Al-Khubar [Khobar] | الخبر | Place | Al-Khubar | 166,581 | 219,679 | 409,549 | → |
| Al-Khuwaīldiyah | الخويلدية | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 7,812 | 8,531 | 6,578 | → |
| Al-Kulābiyah | الكلابية | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 14,529 | 16,984 | 21,992 | → |
| Al-Manṣūrah [Al-Mansourah] | المنصورة | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 7,976 | 8,864 | 7,622 | → |
| Al-Marāḥ | المراح | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 5,088 | 5,633 | 3,791 | → |
| Al-Markaz | المركز | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 6,349 | 7,014 | 8,392 | → |
| Al-Milāḥah [Al-Melaha] | الملاحة | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 5,052 | 5,630 | 5,544 | → |
| Al-Munaīzilah | المنيزلة | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 16,000 | 17,913 | 21,346 | → |
| Al-Muṭayrifī | المطيرفى | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 5,862 | 6,371 | 4,391 | → |
| Al-Qaīṣūmah | القيصومة | Place | Ḥafar al-Bāṭin | 20,348 | 22,538 | 27,307 | → |
| Al-Qārah | القارة | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 8,951 | 9,702 | 8,656 | → |
| Al-Qaṭīf | القطيف | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 97,405 | 118,327 | 87,332 | → |
| Al-Qudaīḥ | القديح | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 25,160 | 27,904 | 22,492 | → |
| Al-Qurīn [Al-Qorin] | القرين | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 11,793 | 13,296 | 7,339 | → |
| Al-'Umrān | العمران | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 15,241 | 17,410 | 22,781 | → |
| Al-'Uyūn | العيون | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 28,362 | 33,042 | 35,226 | → |
| 'Ank | عنك | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 21,172 | 23,125 | 20,038 | → |
| An-Nābiyah | النابية | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 12,315 | 14,008 | 13,018 | → |
| An-Nu'ayriyah [Nariyah] | النعيرية | Place | An-Na'īryah | 21,056 | 26,470 | 40,023 | → |
| Ar-Rufaya'h | الرفيعه | Place | Qaryat al-'Ulyā | 2,638 | ... | 3,138 | → |
| Ar-Rumaīlah | الرميلة | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 7,938 | 9,068 | 9,741 | → |
| Ash-Shahārīn | الشهارين | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 3,908 | ... | 5,518 | → |
| Ash-Shaqīq | الشقيق | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 4,987 | 5,640 | 5,092 | → |
| Āskān al-Kulābiyah | اسكان الكلابيه | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | ... | ... | 12,817 | → |
| As-Sābāṭ | الساباط | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 3,914 | ... | 4,575 | → |
| As-Safāniyah [As-Saffaniyah] | السفانية | Place | Al-Khafjī | 2,908 | 6,259 | 3,426 | → |
| Aṣ-Ṣarār | الصرار | Place | An-Na'īryah | 2,716 | ... | 4,037 | → |
| Ath-Thuqbah | الثقبة | Place | Al-Khubar | 191,822 | 238,066 | 248,888 | → |
| Aṭ-Ṭaraf | الطرف | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 21,018 | 23,543 | 29,588 | → |
| At-Tawbī | التوبى | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 7,601 | 8,339 | 8,801 | → |
| At-Twaīthīr [At-Twaitheer] | التويثير | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 8,068 | 9,259 | 9,700 | → |
| Aẓ-Ẓahrān [Dhahran] | الظهران | Place | Ad-Dammām | 97,678 | 120,521 | 143,936 | → |
| Banī Ma'an | بني معن | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 5,373 | 6,093 | 2,649 | → |
| Buqayq [Abqaiq] | بقيق | Place | Abqaīq | 29,685 | 36,207 | 45,032 | → |
| Dārīn | دارين | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 4,807 | ... | 2,967 | → |
| Ḥafar al-Bāṭin | حفر الباطن | Place | Ḥafar al-Bāṭin | 231,866 | 271,642 | 387,096 | → |
| Ḥalah Maḥīsh [Halat Mahish] | حله محيش | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 8,351 | 9,799 | 7,287 | → |
| Hijrah al-Miḥdār | هجره المحدار | Place | Al-'Udayd | 1,336 | ... | 3,315 | → |
| Hijrah Faḍīlah | هجرة فضيلة | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 924 | ... | 3,034 | → |
| Julayjilah | جليجلة | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 5,266 | 5,906 | 3,190 | → |
| Madīnat al-Malik Khālid al-'Askariyah [King Khalid Military City] | مدينة الملك خالد العسكرية | Military Institution | Ḥafar al-Bāṭin | 54,414 | ... | 25,356 | → |
| Maḥaṭah at-Taḥalīh [Desalination Plant] | محطه التحليه | Place | Al-Jubaīl | ... | ... | 6,632 | → |
| Marīkh | مريخ | Place | An-Na'īryah | ... | ... | 6,349 | → |
| Mashrū' Ḥaraḍ Nādak | مشروع حرض (نادك) وماجاورها | Place | Al-'Aḥsā' | 2,385 | ... | 5,951 | → |
| Mazāri' ad-Dasmah | مزارع الدسمه | Place | Al-Jubaīl | ... | ... | 2,561 | → |
| Mazāri' al-Kawākib | مزارع الكواكب ومجموعه مزارع | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 619 | ... | 4,610 | → |
| Mazāri' aṭ-Ṭufīḥ | مزارع الطفيح | Place | Al-Jubaīl | 466 | ... | 7,716 | → |
| Mazāri' Janūb Umm al-'Urūq | مزارع جنوب ام العروق | Place | Al-Jubaīl | ... | ... | 4,799 | → |
| Mulayjah | مليجة | Place | An-Na'īryah | 5,142 | 5,925 | 3,377 | → |
| Najmah Masākin 'Ārāmkū [Najmah Aramco Accommodation] | نجمة مساكن أرامكو | Place | R'ās Tanūrah | 958 | ... | 3,135 | → |
| Qaryat al-'Ulyā | قرية العليا | Place | Qaryat al-'Ulyā | 7,593 | 8,941 | 10,961 | → |
| Raḥīmah | رحيمة | Place | R'ās Tanūrah | 41,527 | 54,166 | 57,030 | → |
| Ṣafwah [Safwa] | صفوى | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 45,253 | 50,447 | 45,676 | → |
| Saīhāt | سيهات | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 65,883 | 75,794 | 84,818 | → |
| Sharikat M'ādin [Maaden Company] | شركة معادن | Place | Al-Jubaīl | ... | ... | 2,981 | → |
| Tārūt [Tarout] | تاروت | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 80,500 | 77,757 | 117,646 | → |
| Umm al-Ḥamām | ام الحمام | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 15,067 | 16,140 | 12,818 | → |
| 'Umm as-Sāhik [Umm Al-Sahek] | أم الساهك | Place | Al-Qaṭīf | 11,633 | 12,998 | 15,378 | → |
Source: General Statistics Authority, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (web).
Explanation: Population changes are partly result of boundary changes. Area figures are computed by using geospatial data.