Iraq — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Iraq — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Iraq had an estimated population of 26,095,283 in 2005, with 82 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Iraq today — population now 38,433,600, against 26,095,283 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Bagdad	7,413,683
2	al-Başrah	2,469,406

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Baghdad	Baghdad	5,672,513
2	al-Mawşil	Nīnawā	2,065,597
3	al-Başrah	al-Başrah	2,015,483
4	Irbīl	Irbīl	932,800
5	as-Sulaymānīyah	as-Sulaymānīyah	723,170
6	Kirkūk	at-Taʿmīm	601,433
7	an-Najaf	an-Najaf	482,576
8	Karbalā	Karbalā	434,450
9	an-Nāşirīyah	Đī Qār	400,249
10	al-ʿAmārah	Maysān	323,302
11	ad-Dīwāniyah	al-Qādisiyah	318,801
12	al-Kūt	Wāsiţ	315,162
13	al-H̨illah	Bābil	289,709
14	ar-Ramādī	al-Anbār	274,539
15	al-Fallūjah	al-Anbār	190,159
16	Tall ʿAfar	Nīnawā	178,534
17	Sāmarrā	Şalāh̨-ad-Dīn	158,508
18	as-Samāwah	al-Muṯannā	152,890
19	Baʿqūbah	Diyalā	152,550
20	Dahūk	Dahūk	128,776
21	al-Kūfah	an-Najaf	127,483
22	az-Zubayr	al-Başrah	122,676
23	Šaţţ-al-ʿArab	al-Başrah	107,097
24	al-Fāw	al-Başrah	104,569
25	Zāẖū	Dahūk	95,052
26	al-Hāriṯah	al-Başrah	92,395
27	Abū al-H̱aşīb	al-Başrah	85,382
28	aš-Šaţrah	Đī Qār	82,732
29	al-Hayy	Wāsiţ	78,272
30	Čamčamal	as-Sulaymānīyah	75,634
31	aš-Šayẖān	Nīnawā	74,365
32	Hānaqīn	Diyalā	70,050
33	al-H̱āliş	Diyalā	70,046
34	Sūq-aš-Šuyūẖ	Đī Qār	69,463
35	al-H̨abbānīyah	al-Anbār	66,543
36	Ţūz Khūrmātū	Şalāh̨-ad-Dīn	59,886
37	aš-Šāmiyah	al-Qādisiyah	57,661
38	al-Hindīyah	Karbalā	57,490
39	Halubčah	as-Sulaymānīyah	57,333
40	al-Miqdādīyah	Diyalā	50,698
41	Šaqlāwah	Irbīl	50,224
42	ar-Rumayṯah	al-Muṯannā	47,248
43	an-Nuʿmāniyah	Wāsiţ	46,394
44	Kūsanjaq	as-Sulaymānīyah	44,987
45	al-ʿAzīzīyah	Wāsiţ	44,751
46	Jalūlaʿʿ	Diyalā	44,486
47	al-H̨amzah	al-Qādisiyah	43,018
48	al-Musayyib	Bābil	42,901
49	Tikrīt	Şalāh̨-ad-Dīn	42,477
50	aş-Şuwayrah	Wāsiţ	42,354
51	al-Qurnah	al-Başrah	42,272
52	Balad	Şalāh̨-ad-Dīn	42,088
53	Sinjar	Nīnawā	38,294
54	al-Qāsim	Bābil	36,992
55	Bayjī	Şalāh̨-ad-Dīn	36,454
56	al-Majarr-al-Kabīr	Maysān	35,515
57	ʿAqrah	at-Taʿmīm	34,780
58	Hīt	al-Anbār	31,901
59	al-H̨adīṯah	al-Anbār	30,925
60	al-Ġammās	al-Qādisiyah	30,909
61	Saddat-al-Hindīyah	Bābil	30,622
62	Kifrī	Diyalā	30,143
63	Mandalī	Diyalā	29,785
64	al-H̨amdānīyah	Nīnawā	28,448
65	Panjwin	as-Sulaymānīyah	27,116
66	ad-Dujayl	Şalāh̨-ad-Dīn	26,362
67	ar-Rifāʿī	Đī Qār	25,149
68	Qalʿat Sukkar	Đī Qār	25,130
69	Qalʿat Dīzah	as-Sulaymānīyah	24,752
70	Tall Kayf	Nīnawā	23,524
71	al-Mišẖāb	an-Najaf	23,189
72	Rawāndūz	Irbīl	22,943
73	aš-Šināfīyah	al-Qādisiyah	22,643
74	ar-Ruţbah	al-Anbār	22,370
75	ʿAfak	al-Qādisiyah	21,888
76	al-Fuhūd	Diyalā	21,551
77	Rāwah	al-Anbār	20,580
78	al-Madh̨atīyah	Bābil	20,314
79	Đaluʿīyah	Şalāh̨-ad-Dīn	20,238
80	ʿĀnah	al-Anbār	19,719
81	ʿAlī al Ġarbī	Maysān	19,711
82	Jurf-aş-Şaẖr	Bābil	16,236

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Baghdad	5,960,759
2	Nīnawā	2,521,383
3	al-Başrah	2,325,318
4	as-Sulaymānīyah	1,729,373
5	Đī Qār	1,386,335
6	Irbīl	1,384,321
7	Diyalā	1,244,425
8	Bābil	1,195,804
9	al-Anbār	1,170,178
10	Şalāh̨-ad-Dīn	1,032,674
11	Wāsiţ	971,561
12	an-Najaf	921,568
13	al-Qādisiyah	908,192
14	at-Taʿmīm	863,816
15	Maysān	754,810
16	Karbalā	687,185
17	al-Muṯannā	540,351
18	Dahūk	497,230

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.