About Baqubah
Baqubah is a city in Diyala, Iraq with a population of 152,550. It is the 30th largest of the 95 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iraq, and the 3,731st largest worldwide. It lies 50 km from Baghdad.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 6
Coordinates
33.754, 44.605
Record updated
26 December 2025
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 IraqClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.