Largest Cities in Iraq

51 cities with population over 100,000

Iraq has 51 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Baghdad with 7,216,000 people. The capital city is Baghdad.

Country Population

46.0M

Major Cities

Largest City

Baghdad

Capital

Baghdad

Top 10 Cities

Baghdad

7.2M

Al Mawşil al Jadīdah

2.1M

Al Başrah al Qadīmah

2.0M

Mosul

1.7M

Erbil

1.6M

Basrah

1.3M

Karbala

1.2M

Sadr City

1.2M

Kirkuk

1.0M

Abū Ghurayb

900,000

Cities in Iraq ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	BaghdadCapital	7,216,000	15.67%
2	Al Mawşil al Jadīdah	2,065,597	4.49%
3	Al Başrah al Qadīmah	2,015,483	4.38%
4	Mosul	1,683,000	3.66%
5	Erbil	1,612,700	3.50%
6	Basrah	1,326,564	2.88%
7	Karbala	1,218,732	2.65%
8	Sadr City	1,211,849	2.63%
9	Kirkuk	1,031,000	2.24%
10	Abū Ghurayb	900,000	1.95%
11	Sulaymaniyah	878,146	1.91%
12	Nasiriyah	558,400	1.21%
13	Najaf	482,576	1.05%
14	Al Hillah	455,700	0.99%
15	Abū al-Kahṣīb	357,771	0.78%
16	Al Maḩmūdīyah	350,000	0.76%
17	Dihok	340,900	0.74%
18	Al ‘Amārah	323,302	0.70%
19	Al Diwaniyah	318,801	0.69%
20	Al-Kut	315,162	0.68%
21	Al Madīnah	255,000	0.55%
22	Kelar	250,000	0.54%
23	Ramadi	223,500	0.49%
24	Al Fallūjah	190,159	0.41%
25	Ash Shaţrah	182,175	0.40%
26	Khānaqīn	175,000	0.38%
27	Bayjī	173,677	0.38%
28	Ash Sharqāt	160,000	0.35%
29	Sāmarrā’	158,508	0.34%
30	Al Miqdādīyah	155,968	0.34%
31	As Samawah	152,890	0.33%
32	Baqubah	152,550	0.33%
33	Sumayl	152,512	0.33%
34	Simele	152,512	0.33%
35	Khasnahzān	146,639	0.32%
36	Qeładizê	140,688	0.31%
37	Al Hindīyah	139,578	0.30%
38	Al Qurnah	134,174	0.29%
39	Baḥarkah	130,518	0.28%
40	Sīnah	128,776	0.28%
41	Az Zubayr	122,676	0.27%
42	Ţūz Khūrmātū	120,712	0.26%
43	Rānyah	114,173	0.25%
44	Kufa	110,000	0.24%
45	Qal‘at Sukkar	110,000	0.24%
46	An Nu‘mānīyah	110,000	0.24%
47	Umm Qaşr	107,620	0.23%
48	'Ākra	105,370	0.23%
49	Al Fāw	104,569	0.23%
50	Al-Musayab	101,873	0.22%
51	Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah	100,600	0.22%