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Iraq: cities by population

Iraq has a population of 38,433,600, with Baghdad as its capital. The 50 largest of its 112 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Baghdad	Baghdad	7,216,000
2	Mosul	Nineveh	1,683,000
3	Erbil	Erbil	1,612,700
4	Basrah	Basra	1,326,564
5	Karbala	Karbala	1,218,732
6	Sadr City	Baghdad	1,211,849
7	Kirkuk	Kirkuk	1,031,000
8	Abū Ghurayb	Baghdad	900,000
9	Sulaymaniyah	Sulaymaniyah	878,146
10	Nasiriyah	Dhi Qar	558,400
11	Najaf	Najaf	482,576
12	Al Hillah	Babil	455,700
13	Abū al-Kahṣīb	Basra	357,771
14	Al Maḩmūdīyah	Baghdad	350,000
15	Dihok	Duhok	340,900
16	Al ‘Amārah	Maysan	323,302
17	Al Diwaniyah	Al-Qadisiyah	318,801
18	Al-Kut	Wasit	315,162
19	Al Madīnah	Basra	255,000
20	Kelar	Sulaymaniyah	250,000
21	Ramadi	Anbar	223,500
22	Al Fallūjah	Anbar	190,159
23	Ash Shaţrah	Dhi Qar	182,175
24	Khānaqīn	Diyala	175,000
25	Bayjī	Salah ad Din	173,677
26	Ash Sharqāt	Salah ad Din	160,000
27	Sāmarrā’	Salah ad Din	158,508
28	Al Miqdādīyah	Diyala	155,968
29	As Samawah	Muthanna	152,890
30	Baqubah	Diyala	152,550
31	Sumayl	Duhok	152,512
32	Simele	Duhok	152,512
33	Khasnahzān	Erbil	146,639
34	Qeładizê	Sulaymaniyah	140,688
35	Al Hindīyah	Karbala	139,578
36	Al Qurnah	Basra	134,174
37	Baḥarkah	Erbil	130,518
38	Sīnah	Duhok	128,776
39	Az Zubayr	Basra	122,676
40	Ţūz Khūrmātū	Salah ad Din	120,712
41	Rānyah	Sulaymaniyah	114,173
42	Qal‘at Sukkar	Dhi Qar	110,000
43	An Nu‘mānīyah	Wasit	110,000
44	Kufa	Najaf	110,000
45	Umm Qaşr	Basra	107,620
46	'Ākra	Nineveh	105,370
47	Al Fāw	Basra	104,569
48	Al-Musayab	Babil	101,873
49	Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah	Babil	100,600
50	Zaxo	Duhok	95,052

Twenty years earlier: Iraq in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 26,095,283.