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City profile · Iraq · Asia

Baqubah

Diyala · Iraq
City population
152,550
#30
in Iraq
#3
in Diyala
#3,731
worldwide
BaghdadBaqubah
33.754, 44.605 · 50 km from Baghdad
City population
152,550
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Iraq
#30
of 95 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#3,731
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Iraq
0.3%
of the national population

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.

Position in Iraq
#30of 95
LargestSmallest
Position in Diyala
#3of 6
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Iraq
Region
Diyala
Rank in region
#3of 6
Distance to capital
50 km
to Baghdad
Elevation
48 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Baghdad
Coordinates
33.754, 44.605
Record updated
2025-12-26
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.

9KMKhāliş70K people36KMAd Dujayl26K people40KMAl Miqdādīyah156K people43KMSadr City1.21M people50KMBaghdad7.22M people

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