This article shows a list of largest cities and towns in Iraq.
List This list includes the 80 most populous cities, towns, and sub-districts of Iraq, as of the most recent population and housing census of 2024. N°City or TownGovernorateCensus1987Est. 2009Est. 2018Census20241BaghdadBaghdad3,841,2685,521,2426,719,4777,837,4632MosulNineveh664,2211,136,9901,361,8191,529,3843BasraBasra406,2961,091,6271,340,8271,293,0524KirkukKirkuk418,624782,143972,2721,249,1975ErbilErbil585,968725,356879,0711,001,219 6NajafNajaf309,010617,125747,261830,6647SulaymaniyahSulaymaniyah364,096559,685676,492828,8508KarbalaKarbala296,705588,283711,530784,2199NasiriyahDhi Qar265,937455,721558,446704,97610AmarahMaysan208,797428,804527,472668,35611KutWasit183,183312,610389,376506,06712HillahBabylon268,834373,063455,741470,91713DuhokDuhok280,137340,871452,96714DiwaniyahQādisiyyah196,519332,124403,796396,257 15ZubayrBasra244,855300,75116BaqubahDiyala227,785279,13317FallujahAl Anbar203,451250,88418RamadiAl Anbar192,556181,264223,52519SamawahMuthanna179,140221,74320ZakhoDuhok174,197211,964398,87621Abu Al-KhaseebBasra165,102203,15522Al-ShatrahDhi Qar148,664182,17523Tal AfarNineveh143,982172,45324KufaNajaf141,472171,30525KalarSulaymaniyah120,099145,16426SamarraSaladin119,022144,77127Shatt Al-ArabBasra108,277132,99528SoranErbil100,512131,813179,59629Suq al-ShuyukhDhi Qar107,373131,57630Al-ShamalNineveh106,875128,00731Al-QurnahBasra102,936126,43432Al-WahdaBaghdad91,071110,83633TikritSaladin89,584108,96434Tuz KhurmatuSaladin84,323102,56535Al-MahmudiyahBaghdad83,336101,42136IskandariyaBabylon82,366100,61937Al-Mejar Al-KabirMaysan76,36593,93738RanyaSulaymaniyah76,11191,995197,70039HamzaQādisiyyah71,34686,74340Al-RumaithaMuthanna69,52886,06341Al-HayWasit68,64085,49642Al-HindiyaKarbala69,50484,06543BaijiSaladin68,17082,91844Al-QasimBabylon66,71381,49845MuqdadiyahDiyala65,03879,69946Al-SuwairaWasit61,95477,16847Al-Rifa'iDhi Qar60,88574,60948Al-Qa'imAl Anbar60,05574,05649QaladizaSulaymaniyah61,18273,95150SimeleDuhok58,80871,55751An NumaniyahWasit56,98870,98252FaydaNineveh57,61069,00153AkreDuhok55,69168,09354HalabjaHalabja55,58867,19055HitAl Anbar54,05566,65756KasnazanErbil54,39165,91757ChamchamalSulaymaniyah54,00365,27458Balad RuzDiyala52,12263,87159Al Nasr Wal SalamBaghdad52,24563,58460Al KhalisDiyala51,00362,50061JalawlaDiyala50,69062,11762Koy SanjaqErbil51,19662,04663Said SadiqSulaymaniyah50,99561,63864BaladSaladin49,28159,94365Al MidhatiyaBabylon48,67259,45866BnaslawaErbil48,03558,21467Al-ShamiyaQādisiyyah47,71158,00768MusayyibBabylon46,93457,33569QahtaniyahNineveh47,38556,75570QasrokDuhok46,35756,40771Al-AziziyahWasit44,86855,88672Al-ShirqatSaladin44,91254,62973Haji AwaSulaymaniyah44,44053,71474DaratuErbil44,30853,69775Qalat SukkarDhi Qar43,55153,36776ŞorişSulaymaniyah42,70351,61577KhanaqinDiyala42,05751,53878Al-NasrDhi Qar41,69851,09779Umm QasrBasra40,53149,78380Al-GharrafDhi Qar39,62448,556
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) Lubdu Arrapha (now Kirkuk) See also List of places in Iraq Districts of Iraq
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