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City profile · Iraq · Asia

Abū Ghurayb

Baghdad · Iraq
City population
900,000
#8
in Iraq
#3
in Baghdad
#618
worldwide
BaghdadAbū Ghurayb
33.306, 44.185 · 20 km from Baghdad
City population
900,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Iraq
#8
of 95 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#618
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Iraq
1.9%
of the national population

About Abū Ghurayb

The city lies 20 km from Baghdad, Iraq's capital and by far its largest city at 7,216,000. Abū Ghurayb itself holds 900,000 residents, accounting for 1.9% of the national population and ranking eighth among Iraq's listed cities. Within the Baghdad region it ranks third of four cities.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Iraq
#8of 95
LargestSmallest
Position in Baghdad
#3of 4
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Iraq
Region
Baghdad
Rank in region
#3of 4
Distance to capital
20 km
to Baghdad
Elevation
42 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Baghdad
Coordinates
33.306, 44.185
Record updated
2024-09-05
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 95 in Iraq

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

20KMBaghdad7.22M people27KMSadr City1.21M people32KMAl Maḩmūdīyah350K people37KMAl Fallūjah190K people49KMNāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah101K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Abū Ghurayb900K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Abū Ghurayb compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Abū Ghurayb900K

Abū Ghurayb Population FAQ

What is the population of Abū Ghurayb?

Abū Ghurayb has a city population of 900,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Abū Ghurayb?

Abū Ghurayb is in Baghdad, Iraq, 20 km from the capital, Baghdad. Its coordinates are 33.306, 44.185.

How big is Abū Ghurayb compared with other cities in Iraq?

It is the 8th largest of the 95 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iraq, holding 1.9% of the national population.

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