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Largest Cities by Population in Iraq (2025)

Below are the urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Iraq ranked by population.

Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.

Rank Urban Area Population Estimate (2025) 1 Year Change (over 2024) Land Area (Km²) Density (P/Km²) Global Rank Projections (2030) Projections (2050)
1 Baghdād (Baghdad) 6,390,735 0.81% 701 9,117 63 6,666,450 7,464,523
2 Basra 2,033,553 1.74% 204 9,968 241 2,193,661 2,811,545
3 Mosul 1,665,214 2.29% 166 10,031 293 1,837,479 2,525,221
4 Erbil 1,582,829 3.15% 238 6,651 312 1,766,107 2,503,739
5 Al-Najaf 1,273,450 1.44% 127 10,027 403 1,414,462 1,761,206
6 Kirkuk 1,153,160 1.81% 118 9,773 444 1,261,205 1,675,853
7 Al Hillah 1,055,267 3.15% 222 4,753 486 1,247,394 2,062,503
8 Karbala 1,022,893 2.04% 111 9,215 501 1,125,513 1,566,924
9 Duhok 969,701 2.42% 81 11,972 535 1,105,663 1,652,559
10 Sulaymaniyah 907,815 2.05% 116 7,826 569 999,371 1,427,557
11 Ad Diwaniyah 894,478 2.1% 75 11,926 577 988,652 1,390,084
12 Zakho 814,526 2.87% 60 13,575 645 912,711 1,330,547
13 Nasiriyah 813,799 1.59% 74 10,997 647 879,673 1,162,486
14 Al Mushahidah 813,506 2.33% 234 3,477 648 915,490 1,310,753
15 Amarah 645,612 1.59% 67 9,636 836 701,277 894,649
16 Jafar Muhammad Ali 570,883 1.89% 75 7,612 960 624,805 835,975
17 Al-Kut 491,247 2.12% 64 7,676 1,132 540,516 731,906
18 Ramadi 449,183 1.54% 74 6,070 1,240 536,427 666,033
19 As Samawah 393,865 2.19% 45 8,753 1,443 445,289 656,055
20 Fallujah 359,695 0.96% 38 9,466 1,586 377,461 472,528
21 Al-Shatrah 307,652 2.11% 26 11,833 1,870 343,746 488,713
22 Shorsh 245,565 2.17% 24 10,232 2,376 277,261 384,722
23 Gayara 242,690 2.68% 40 6,067 2,413 278,995 535,946
24 Tal Afar 237,454 2.51% 26 9,133 2,464 274,776 416,460
25 Az Zubayr 220,737 1.22% 29 7,612 2,674 238,879 317,202
26 Suq al Shyukh 206,015 2.11% 19 10,843 2,894 228,413 349,283
27 Samarra 201,149 1.19% 28 7,184 2,968 214,401 255,794
28 Abu Gharaq 189,692 2.54% 25 7,588 3,169 219,599 355,109
29 Al Qurna 188,604 1.92% 24 7,859 3,194 229,558 343,311
30 Kalar 168,864 2.34% 21 8,041 3,579 188,601 286,681
31 Al-Rumaitha 160,171 2.54% 18 8,898 3,780 178,105 291,049
32 Tuz Khormato 157,913 1.82% 16 9,870 3,836 175,742 273,090
33 Soran 148,794 2.43% 19 7,831 4,079 167,869 250,582
34 Qaryat at Taliah 141,372 1.33% 23 6,147 4,311 151,328 191,621
35 Al Kifl 140,343 5.01% 31 4,527 4,351 168,849 388,073
36 Al Majar al Kabir 138,169 1.67% 10 13,817 4,408 151,331 201,096
37 Al Hai 137,316 2.24% 15 9,154 4,441 152,380 229,450
38 Domeez 129,444 3.07% 15 8,630 4,719 201,408 346,006
39 Al Midhatiya 129,202 2.18% 21 6,152 4,730 142,998 227,289
40 Baqubah 122,441 3.16% 33 3,710 5,003 132,619 160,336
41 Al Khalis 121,603 1.57% 14 8,686 5,036 131,042 163,059
42 Al Hamzah 121,089 2.9% 14 8,649 5,068 134,875 189,963
43 Qaryat Jarf al Milh 113,350 2.88% 25 4,534 5,439 132,290 212,723
44 Ash Shamiya 113,008 2.71% 14 8,072 5,459 124,254 209,699
45 Al-Hirah 112,116 1.93% 14 8,008 5,502 129,454 183,109
46 Al Baaj 112,112 2.1% 7 16,016 5,503 125,436 189,162
47 Al-Qa'im 112,108 1.53% 25 4,484 5,504 119,263 140,918
48 Shaikh Muhammad 109,222 – 15 7,281 5,659 131,425 238,256
49 Qalat Sukkar 102,171 2.68% 10 10,217 6,046 113,935 165,447
50 Al Qasim 102,146 1.79% 11 9,286 6,048 115,241 168,218
51 Tikrit 101,019 3.34% 28 3,608 6,117 118,399 172,148
52 Afak 98,552 2.2% 10 9,855 6,268 114,972 171,767
53 Al-Rifa'i 95,128 2.93% 15 6,342 6,492 109,107 186,400
54 Baiji 92,356 3.39% 16 5,772 6,710 105,898 190,192
55 Haditha 91,198 1.46% 22 4,145 6,800 98,370 134,482
56 Allayi 90,090 4.2% 30 3,003 6,886 106,797 207,003
57 koya 89,053 3.04% 14 6,361 6,967 101,905 159,641
58 Sharqat 88,748 2.77% 17 5,220 6,993 100,172 151,725
59 Al-Midaina 86,397 3.1% 22 3,927 7,195 97,417 154,246
60 Qalat Saleh 86,191 2.23% 8 10,774 7,219 94,561 156,122
61 Akre 81,366 2.82% 13 6,259 7,663 94,214 173,157
62 An Numaniyah 79,451 3.2% 13 6,112 7,848 96,341 140,260
63 Mahmoudiyah 78,304 1.01% 11 7,119 7,955 87,037 109,679
64 Al Gharraf 76,856 2.35% 8 9,607 8,117 84,458 116,093
65 الجبايش 75,658 3.42% 15 5,044 8,230 85,595 143,007
66 Al ‘Azīzīyah 74,398 1.49% 11 6,763 8,385 80,429 98,242
67 The underground border 73,488 2.84% 11 6,681 8,475 83,660 131,071
68 Al Khidhr 73,214 2.41% 12 6,101 8,509 88,247 141,235
69 Bani Saad 71,926 1.63% 13 5,533 8,649 77,696 106,022
70 بلد 71,378 0.78% 10 7,138 8,708 85,204 98,539
71 Halabja 70,798 3.16% 13 5,446 8,767 79,029 121,253
72 Umm Qasr 67,932 2.23% 17 3,996 9,128 79,640 110,198
73 Khanich 66,706 4.93% 11 6,064 9,294 76,444 122,147
74 As Suwayrah 66,399 1.18% 11 6,036 9,326 71,861 93,283
75 Hīt 65,001 1.13% 11 5,909 9,529 70,182 89,395
76 Al Khalidiyah 59,530 1.63% 13 4,579 10,388 64,589 82,303
77 Al Mishkhab 58,769 – 11 5,343 10,514 65,173 103,136
78 Xebat 58,137 2.83% 9 6,460 10,614 65,441 159,612
79 Qaladiza 56,547 – 10 5,655 10,888 63,364 92,818
80 Sab al Bor 56,406 2.27% 10 5,641 10,919 61,628 78,562
81 Qaryat Imam ash Asharqi 55,446 – 12 4,621 11,106 66,657 142,260
82 Sinjar 54,848 – 9 6,094 11,221 61,498 96,973
83 At Taji 54,668 – 19 2,877 11,261 59,020 85,452
84 Bardarash 53,951 – 8 6,744 11,412 61,539 95,754
85 Pirmam 53,587 – 9 5,954 11,495 59,624 88,778
86 Al Fajr 51,869 – 5 10,374 11,845 57,330 81,887
87 Ghammas 51,063 – 5 10,213 11,982 57,382 88,697
88 Rizgari 50,240 – 11 4,567 12,099 56,714 83,612

See also

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.