Largest Cities in Iraq
99 cities in Iraq, ranked by population.
Cities
99
Urban population
29M
Largest city
Baghdad
Cities by population
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baghdad | 7.2M |
| 2 | Al Mawşil al Jadīdah | 2.1M |
| 3 | Al Başrah al Qadīmah | 2M |
| 4 | Mosul | 1.7M |
| 5 | Erbil | 1.6M |
| 6 | Basrah | 1.3M |
| 7 | Karbala | 1.2M |
| 8 | Kirkuk | 1M |
| 9 | Abū Ghurayb | 900K |
| 10 | Sulaymaniyah | 878.1K |
| 11 | Nasiriyah | 558.4K |
| 12 | Najaf | 482.6K |
| 13 | Al Hillah | 455.7K |
| 14 | Al Maḩmūdīyah | 350K |
| 15 | Dihok | 340.9K |
| 16 | Al ‘Amārah | 323.3K |
| 17 | Al Diwaniyah | 318.8K |
| 18 | Al-Kut | 315.2K |
| 19 | Al Qurnah | 286.1K |
| 20 | Al Madīnah | 255K |
| 21 | Kelar | 250K |
| 22 | Ramadi | 223.5K |
| 23 | Al Fallūjah | 190.2K |
| 24 | Ash Shaţrah | 182.2K |
| 25 | Khānaqīn | 175K |
| 26 | Bayjī | 173.7K |
| 27 | Ash Sharqāt | 160K |
| 28 | Sāmarrā’ | 158.5K |
| 29 | Al Miqdādīyah | 156K |
| 30 | As Samawah | 152.9K |
| 31 | Baqubah | 152.6K |
| 32 | Sīnah | 128.8K |
| 33 | Soran | 125K |
| 34 | Az Zubayr | 122.7K |
| 35 | An Nu‘mānīyah | 110K |
| 36 | Kufa | 110K |
| 37 | Qal‘at Sukkar | 110K |
| 38 | Umm Qaşr | 107.6K |
| 39 | Al Fāw | 104.6K |
| 40 | Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah | 100.6K |
| 41 | Zaxo | 95.1K |
| 42 | Al Hārithah | 92.4K |
| 43 | Al Hindīyah | 84.1K |
| 44 | Hajiawa | 80K |
| 45 | Al Ḩayy | 78.3K |
| 46 | Aş Şuwayrah | 77.2K |
| 47 | Jamjamāl | 75.6K |
| 48 | Al Qā’im | 74.1K |
| 49 | Simele | 71.6K |
| 50 | Khāliş | 70K |
| 51 | Ţūz Khūrmātū | 59.9K |
| 52 | Ash Shāmīyah | 57.7K |
| 53 | Halabja | 57.3K |
| 54 | Al Musayyib | 57.3K |
| 55 | Al-Hamdaniya | 50K |
| 56 | Ar Rumaythah | 47.2K |
| 57 | Koysinceq | 45K |
| 58 | Al ‘Azīzīyah | 44.8K |
| 59 | Tikrīt | 42.5K |
| 60 | Balad | 42.1K |
| 61 | Sinjār | 38.3K |
| 62 | al-Qasim | 37K |
| 63 | ‘Afak | 35.5K |
| 64 | Hīt | 31.9K |
| 65 | Al Maḩāwīl | 31.2K |
| 66 | Ḩadīthah | 30.9K |
| 67 | Nahiyat Ghammas | 30.9K |
| 68 | Nāḩīyat Saddat al Hindīyah | 30.6K |
| 69 | Kifrī | 30.1K |
| 70 | Mandalī | 29.8K |
| 71 | Batifa | 28K |
| 72 | Baynjiwayn | 27.1K |
| 73 | ‘Anah | 27K |
| 74 | Ad Dujayl | 26.4K |
| 75 | Tallkayf | 23.5K |
| 76 | Al Mishkhāb | 23.2K |
| 77 | ‘Aqrah | 23K |
| 78 | Ṟuwandiz | 22.9K |
| 79 | Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah | 22.6K |
| 80 | Ar Ruţbah | 22.4K |
| 81 | Nāḩiyat al Fuhūd | 21.6K |
| 82 | ‘Anat al Qadīmah | 19.7K |
| 83 | ‘Alī al Gharbī | 19.7K |
| 84 | AlZwya | 15K |
| 85 | Barţalah | 15K |
| 86 | Begova | 15K |
| 87 | Rāwah | 13K |
| 88 | Kays Qal‘ah | 10K |
| 89 | Taxa Cheya | 2.8K |
| 90 | Hetit | 2.7K |
| 91 | Kuchka | 2.7K |
| 92 | Taxe Cheya Azadiye | 2.6K |
| 93 | Hawe Ben Alean | 1.5K |
| 94 | Mawet | 1.5K |
| 95 | Mangêsh | 1.3K |
| 96 | Hetite | 750 |
| 97 | Hilora | 750 |
| 98 | Ruye shen | 740 |
| 99 | Taxe Nerwa Doskiya | 563 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Our database contains 99 cities for Iraq, shown above ranked by population.
The largest city in Iraq by population is Baghdad with approximately 7.2M residents.
City population data comes from GeoNames, integrated with REST Countries and ERA5 climate reanalysis data.