List of largest cities of Iraq

Governorates of Iraq map

Iraq Population Density, 2000

This article shows a list of largest cities and towns in Iraq.

List

Rank	City or Town	Governorate	1987 Census	1997 Census	2009 Estimate	2018 Estimate
1	Baghdad	Baghdad	3,841,268	5,423,964	6,702,538	8,126,755
2	Mosul	Nineveh	1,479,430	2,042,852	3,106,948	3,729,998
3	Basra	Basra	872,176	1,556,445	2,405,434	2,908,491
4	Nasiriyah	Dhi Qar	921,066	1,184,796	1,744,398	2,095,172
5	Hillah	Babylon	1,109,574	1,181,751	1,729,666	2,065,042
6	Suleymaniyah	Suleymaniyah	951,723	1,362,739	1,694,895	2,053,305
7	Erbil	Erbil	770,439	1,095,992	1,532,081	1,854,778
8	Ramadi	Anbar	820,690	1,023,736	1,483,359	1,771,656
9	Baqubah	Diyala	961,073	1,135,223	1,371,035	1,637,226
10	Kirkuk	Kirkuk	601,219	753,171	1,325,853	1,597,876
11	Tikrit	Saladin	726,138	904,432	1,337,786	1,595,235
12	Najaf	Najaf	590,078	775,042	1,221,228	1,471,592
13	Kut	Wasit	564,670	783,614	1,150,079	1,378,723
14	Dohuk	Dohuk	293,304	402,970	1,072,324	1,292,535
15	Diwaniyah	Qādisiyyah	559,805	751,331	1,077,614	1,291,048
16	Karbala	Karbala	469,282	594,235	1,013,254	1,218,732
17	Zakho	Duhok	190,000	293,000	500,000	565,000
18	Amarah	Maysan	487,448	637,126	922,890	1,112,673
19	Samawah	Muthanna	315,815	436,825	683,126	814,371
20	Samarra	Saladin		308,000	378,700	399,100
21	Fallujah	Anbar			202,014	301,106
22	Halabja	Halabja			201,200	245,700
23	Kufa	Najaf			202,304	230,000
24	Khanaqin	Diyala			175,500	181,000
25	Tal Afar	Nineveh				172,600
25	Tuz Khurmatu	Saladin				119,000
26	Sinjar	Nineveh				88,023
27	Hit	Al Anbar				66,000
28	Tel Keppe	Nineveh				50,200
2	Qaraqosh	Nineveh				49,545
29	Haditha	Anbar				46,500
31	Alqosh	Nineveh
32	Ad-Dawr	Saladin
33	Afak	Qādisiyyah
34	Al-Awja	Saladin
35	Al-Faris	Saladin
36	Al-Farish	Babil
37	Al-Qa'im	Al Anbar
38	Al Zab	Kirkuk
39	Ar Rutba	Al Anbar
40	Baghdadi	Al Anbar
41	Baiji	Saladin
42	Balad	Saladin
43	Iskandariya	Babil
44	Muqdadiyah	Diyala
45	Taji	Saladin
46	Zubayr	Basra
47	Makhmur	Erbil
48	Ankawa	Erbil
49	Umm Qasr	Basra
50	Khatarah	Nineveh
51	Tesqopa	Nineveh
52	Akre	Erbil
53	Shaqlawa	Erbil

Largest cities

Largest cities or towns in Iraq According to the 2018 Estimate
	Rank	Name	Governorate	Pop.
Baghdad Mosul	1	Baghdad	Baghdad Governorate	8,126,755	Basra Sulaymaniya
	2	Mosul	Nineveh Governorate	3,729,998
	3	Basra	Basra Governorate	2,908,491
	4	Sulaymaniya	Sulaymaniya Governorate	2,053,305
	5	Kirkuk	Kirkuk Governorate	1,597,876
	6	Baquba	Diyala Governorate	1,637,226
	7	Tikrit	Saladin Governorate	1,218,732
	8	Erbil	Erbil Governorate	1,854,778
	9	Babylon	Babylon Governorate	2,085,042
	10	Al Nasiriya	Dhi Qar Governorate	2,065,172

Ancient cities and towns

• Babylon (ܒܒܝܠ) (بابل)
• Ctesiphon (Al-Mada'in, المدائن)
• Eridu (إريدو)
• Hatra (حضر)
• Kish (كيش)
• Lagash (لجش)
• Nineveh (ܢܝܢܘܐ) (نينوى)
• Nippur (نيبور)
• Nuzi (Nuzu)
• Samarra
• Shenna (Sinn Barimma)
• Sumer (سومر)
• Tell Ubaid (تل عبيد)
• Ur (أور)
• Uruk (أوروك)

See also

• List of places in Iraq
• Districts of Iraq

External links

• Media related to Cities in Iraq at Wikimedia Commons