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City profile · Iraq · Asia

Sadr City

Baghdad · Iraq
City population
1,211,849
#6
in Iraq
#2
in Baghdad
#435
worldwide
BaghdadSadr City
33.389, 44.458 · 8 km from Baghdad
City population
1,211,849
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Iraq
#6
of 95 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#435
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Iraq
2.6%
of the national population

About Sadr City

The second-largest city in Baghdad, it holds a population of 1,211,849. Sadr City lies 8 km from Iraq's capital and accounts for 2.6% of the national population. Baghdad itself, at 7,216,000, dwarfs it; the next-nearest cities—Abū Ghurayb at 27 km and Al Maḩmūdīyah at 37 km—are substantially smaller.

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
#6of 95
LargestSmallest
Position in Baghdad
#2of 4
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Iraq
Region
Baghdad
Rank in region
#2of 4
Distance to capital
8 km
to Baghdad
Elevation
39 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Baghdad
Coordinates
33.389, 44.458
Record updated
2026-04-16
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.

8KMBaghdad7.22M people27KMAbū Ghurayb900K people37KMAl Maḩmūdīyah350K people43KMBaqubah153K people47KMKhāliş70K 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. Sadr City1.21M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Sadr City 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
Sadr City1.21M

Sadr City Population FAQ

What is the population of Sadr City?

Sadr City has a city population of 1,211,849. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Sadr City?

Sadr City is in Baghdad, Iraq, 8 km from the capital, Baghdad. Its coordinates are 33.389, 44.458.

How big is Sadr City compared with other cities in Iraq?

It is the 6th largest of the 95 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iraq, holding 2.6% of the national population.

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