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City profile · Iraq · Asia

Sulaymaniyah

Sulaymaniyah · Iraq
City population
878,146
#9
in Iraq
#1
in Sulaymaniyah
#633
worldwide
BaghdadSulaymaniyah
35.565, 45.433 · 265 km from Baghdad
City population
878,146
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Iraq
#9
of 95 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#633
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Iraq
1.9%
of the national population

About Sulaymaniyah

Ranking 633rd globally, Sulaymaniyah holds a population of 878,146 and accounts for 1.9% of Iraq's total. The city sits 265 km from Baghdad and stands at 847 m elevation. Within its own province, it is the largest of eight listed cities, with the next-nearest settlements ranging from 47 km to 66 km away and holding populations between 27,116 and 110,218.

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
#9of 95
LargestSmallest
Position in Sulaymaniyah
#1of 8
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Iraq
Region
Sulaymaniyah
Rank in region
#1of 8
Distance to capital
265 km
to Baghdad
Elevation
847 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Baghdad
Coordinates
35.565, 45.433
Record updated
2025-12-28
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.

47KMBaynjiwayn27K people54KMShūrash30K people54KMJamjamāl43K people63KMBāneh110K people · Iran66KMSardasht46K people · Iran

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. Sulaymaniyah878K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Sulaymaniyah 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
Sulaymaniyah878K

Sulaymaniyah Population FAQ

What is the population of Sulaymaniyah?

Sulaymaniyah has a city population of 878,146. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Sulaymaniyah?

Sulaymaniyah is in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, 265 km from the capital, Baghdad. Its coordinates are 35.565, 45.433.

How big is Sulaymaniyah compared with other cities in Iraq?

It is the 9th largest of the 95 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iraq, holding 1.9% of the national population.

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