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Iraq

Cities of Iraq

Cities listed

95

Baghdad

largest city

47M

national population

95 of 95 listed cities

Cities listed

95

15,000 or more people

Largest city

Baghdad

7,216,000 people

Capital

Baghdad

National capital

National population

47,020,774

Largest city is 15.3%

Cities in Iraq

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95 cities


1	Baghdad	Baghdad	7,216,000	15.3%
2	Mosul	Nineveh	1,683,000	3.6%
3	Erbil	Erbil	1,612,700	3.4%
4	Basrah	Basra	1,326,564	2.8%
5	Karbala	Karbala	1,218,732	2.6%
6	Sadr City	Baghdad	1,211,849	2.6%
7	Kirkuk	Kirkuk	1,031,000	2.2%
8	Abū Ghurayb	Baghdad	900,000	1.9%
9	Sulaymaniyah	Sulaymaniyah	878,146	1.9%
10	Nasiriyah	Dhi Qar	558,400	1.2%
11	Najaf	Najaf	482,576	1%
12	Al Hillah	Babil	455,700	1%
13	Abū al-Kahṣīb	Basra	357,771	0.8%
14	Al Maḩmūdīyah	Baghdad	350,000	0.7%
15	Dihok	Duhok	340,900	0.7%
16	Al ‘Amārah	Maysan	323,302	0.7%
17	Al Diwaniyah	Al-Qadisiyah	318,801	0.7%
18	Al-Kut	Wasit	315,162	0.7%
19	Al Madīnah	Basra	255,000	0.5%
20	Kelar	Sulaymaniyah	250,000	0.5%
21	Ramadi	Anbar	223,500	0.5%
22	Al Fallūjah	Anbar	190,159	0.4%
23	Ash Shaţrah	Dhi Qar	182,175	0.4%
24	Khānaqīn	Diyala	175,000	0.4%
25	Bayjī	Salah ad Din	173,677	0.4%
26	Ash Sharqāt	Salah ad Din	160,000	0.3%
27	Sāmarrā’	Salah ad Din	158,508	0.3%
28	Al Miqdādīyah	Diyala	155,968	0.3%
29	As Samawah	Muthanna	152,890	0.3%
30	Baqubah	Diyala	152,550	0.3%
31	Sumayl	Duhok	152,512	0.3%
32	Khasnahzān	Erbil	146,639	0.3%
33	Qeładizê	Sulaymaniyah	140,688	0.3%
34	Al Hindīyah	Karbala	139,578	0.3%
35	Al Qurnah	Basra	134,174	0.3%
36	Baḥarkah	Erbil	130,518	0.3%
37	Sīnah	Duhok	128,776	0.3%
38	Az Zubayr	Basra	122,676	0.3%
39	Ţūz Khūrmātū	Salah ad Din	120,712	0.3%
40	Rānyah	Sulaymaniyah	114,173	0.2%
41	Qal‘at Sukkar	Dhi Qar	110,000	0.2%
42	An Nu‘mānīyah	Wasit	110,000	0.2%
43	Kufa	Najaf	110,000	0.2%
44	Umm Qaşr	Basra	107,620	0.2%
45	'Ākra	Nineveh	105,370	0.2%
46	Al Fāw	Basra	104,569	0.2%
47	Al-Musayab	Babil	101,873	0.2%
48	Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah	Babil	100,600	0.2%
49	Zaxo	Duhok	95,052	0.2%
50	Al-Qāsim	Babil	93,546	0.2%
51	Soran	Erbil	91,589	0.2%
52	Hajiawa	Sulaymaniyah	80,000	0.2%
53	Al Ḩayy	Wasit	78,272	0.2%
54	Aş Şuwayrah	Wasit	77,200	0.2%
55	Al Qā’im	Anbar	74,100	0.2%
56	Khāliş	Diyala	70,046	0.1%
57	Ash Shāmīyah	Al-Qadisiyah	57,661	0.1%
58	Halabja	Halabja	57,333	0.1%
59	Al-Hamdaniya	Nineveh	50,000	0.1%
60	Ar Rumaythah	Muthanna	47,248	0.1%
61	Koysinceq	Erbil	44,987	0.1%
62	Al ‘Azīzīyah	Wasit	44,751	0.1%
63	Jamjamāl	Sulaymaniyah	42,593	0.1%
64	Tikrīt	Salah ad Din	42,477	0.1%
65	Balad	Salah ad Din	42,088	0.1%
66	Qal‘at Şāliḩ	Maysan	39,698	0.1%
67	Pīrmām	Erbil	38,686	0.1%
68	Sinjār	Nineveh	38,294	0.1%
69	Saddat al Hindīyah	Babil	35,720	0.1%
70	‘Afak	Al-Qadisiyah	35,536	0.1%
71	Shaqlāwah	Erbil	32,599	0.1%
72	Ḩarir	Erbil	32,171	0.1%
73	Hīt	Anbar	31,901	0.1%
74	Al Maḩāwīl	Babil	31,200	0.1%
75	Ḩadīthah	Anbar	30,925	0.1%
76	Nahiyat Ghammas	Al-Qadisiyah	30,909	0.1%
77	Kifrī	Diyala	30,143	0.1%
78	Shūrash	Sulaymaniyah	29,960	0.1%
79	Mandalī	Diyala	29,785	0.1%
80	Batifa	Duhok	28,000	0.1%
81	Baynjiwayn	Sulaymaniyah	27,116	0.1%
82	‘Anah	Anbar	27,000	0.1%
83	Ad Dujayl	Salah ad Din	26,362	0.1%
84	Al-'Alam	Salah ad Din	25,662	0.1%
85	Tallkayf	Nineveh	23,524	0.1%
86	Al Mishkhāb	Najaf	23,189	0%
87	‘Aqrah	Nineveh	23,000	0%
88	Ṟuwandiz	Erbil	22,943	0%
89	Şafwān	Basra	22,929	0%
90	Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah	Al-Qadisiyah	22,643	0%
91	Ar Ruţbah	Anbar	22,370	0%
92	Tāzah Khūrmātū	Kirkuk	21,788	0%
93	Nāḩiyat al Fuhūd	Dhi Qar	21,551	0%
94	Khalīfān	Erbil	19,891	0%
95	‘Alī al Gharbī	Maysan	19,711	0%

Every City in Iraq, by Region

19 regions. 11 have their own page; the rest are listed here in full.

Erbil10 cities

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Erbil 1,612,700
Khasnahzān 146,639
Baḥarkah 130,518
Soran 91,589
Koysinceq 44,987
Pīrmām 38,686
Shaqlāwah 32,599
Ḩarir 32,171
Ṟuwandiz 22,943
Khalīfān 19,891

Basra8 cities

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Basrah 1,326,564
Abū al-Kahṣīb 357,771
Al Madīnah 255,000
Al Qurnah 134,174
Az Zubayr 122,676
Umm Qaşr 107,620
Al Fāw 104,569
Şafwān 22,929

Salah ad Din8 cities

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Bayjī 173,677
Ash Sharqāt 160,000
Sāmarrā’ 158,508
Ţūz Khūrmātū 120,712
Tikrīt 42,477
Balad 42,088
Ad Dujayl 26,362
Al-'Alam 25,662

Sulaymaniyah8 cities

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Sulaymaniyah 878,146
Kelar 250,000
Qeładizê 140,688
Rānyah 114,173
Hajiawa 80,000
Jamjamāl 42,593
Shūrash 29,960
Baynjiwayn 27,116

Anbar7 cities

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Ramadi 223,500
Al Fallūjah 190,159
Al Qā’im 74,100
Hīt 31,901
Ḩadīthah 30,925
‘Anah 27,000
Ar Ruţbah 22,370

Babil6 cities

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Al Hillah 455,700
Al-Musayab 101,873
Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah 100,600
Al-Qāsim 93,546
Saddat al Hindīyah 35,720
Al Maḩāwīl 31,200

Diyala6 cities

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Khānaqīn 175,000
Al Miqdādīyah 155,968
Baqubah 152,550
Khāliş 70,046
Kifrī 30,143
Mandalī 29,785

Nineveh6 cities

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Mosul 1,683,000
'Ākra 105,370
Al-Hamdaniya 50,000
Sinjār 38,294
Tallkayf 23,524
‘Aqrah 23,000

Al-Qadisiyah5 cities

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Al Diwaniyah 318,801
Ash Shāmīyah 57,661
‘Afak 35,536
Nahiyat Ghammas 30,909
Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah 22,643

Duhok5 cities

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Dihok 340,900
Sumayl 152,512
Sīnah 128,776
Zaxo 95,052
Batifa 28,000

Wasit5 cities

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Al-Kut 315,162
An Nu‘mānīyah 110,000
Al Ḩayy 78,272
Aş Şuwayrah 77,200
Al ‘Azīzīyah 44,751

Baghdad4 cities

Baghdad 7,216,000
Sadr City 1,211,849
Abū Ghurayb 900,000
Al Maḩmūdīyah 350,000

Dhi Qar4 cities

Nasiriyah 558,400
Ash Shaţrah 182,175
Qal‘at Sukkar 110,000
Nāḩiyat al Fuhūd 21,551

Maysan3 cities

Al ‘Amārah 323,302
Qal‘at Şāliḩ 39,698
‘Alī al Gharbī 19,711

Najaf3 cities

Najaf 482,576
Kufa 110,000
Al Mishkhāb 23,189

Karbala2 cities

Karbala 1,218,732
Al Hindīyah 139,578

Kirkuk2 cities

Kirkuk 1,031,000
Tāzah Khūrmātū 21,788

Muthanna2 cities

As Samawah 152,890
Ar Rumaythah 47,248

Halabja1 city

Halabja 57,333

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