Largest Cities in Iraq

40 cities with population over 100,000

Iraq has 40 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Baghdad with 7,216,000 people. The capital city is Baghdad.

Country Population

46.1M

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

Kirkuk

1.0M

Abū Ghurayb

900,000

Sulaymaniyah

878,146

Cities in Iraq ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	BaghdadCapital	7,216,000	15.65%
2	Al Mawşil al Jadīdah	2,065,597	4.48%
3	Al Başrah al Qadīmah	2,015,483	4.37%
4	Mosul	1,683,000	3.65%
5	Erbil	1,612,700	3.50%
6	Basrah	1,326,564	2.88%
7	Karbala	1,218,732	2.64%
8	Kirkuk	1,031,000	2.24%
9	Abū Ghurayb	900,000	1.95%
10	Sulaymaniyah	878,146	1.90%
11	Nasiriyah	558,400	1.21%
12	Najaf	482,576	1.05%
13	Al Hillah	455,700	0.99%
14	Al Maḩmūdīyah	350,000	0.76%
15	Dihok	340,900	0.74%
16	Al ‘Amārah	323,302	0.70%
17	Al Diwaniyah	318,801	0.69%
18	Al-Kut	315,162	0.68%
19	Al Qurnah	286,073	0.62%
20	Al Madīnah	255,000	0.55%
21	Kelar	250,000	0.54%
22	Ramadi	223,500	0.48%
23	Al Fallūjah	190,159	0.41%
24	Ash Shaţrah	182,175	0.40%
25	Khānaqīn	175,000	0.38%
26	Bayjī	173,677	0.38%
27	Ash Sharqāt	160,000	0.35%
28	Sāmarrā’	158,508	0.34%
29	Al Miqdādīyah	155,968	0.34%
30	As Samawah	152,890	0.33%
31	Baqubah	152,550	0.33%
32	Sīnah	128,776	0.28%
33	Soran	125,000	0.27%
34	Az Zubayr	122,676	0.27%
35	Kufa	110,000	0.24%
36	Qal‘at Sukkar	110,000	0.24%
37	An Nu‘mānīyah	110,000	0.24%
38	Umm Qaşr	107,620	0.23%
39	Al Fāw	104,569	0.23%
40	Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah	100,600	0.22%