Population of cities in Iraq 2026

Iraq cities population

Code	City	Population		Share (%)	Rank		Change
Code	City	2025	2026	Share (%)	Iraq	World	Population	(%)
Bagh	Baghdād (Baghdad)	6,390,735	6,445,878	13.7	1	63	55,143	0.86
Basr	Basra	2,033,553	2,065,575	4.39	2	242	32,022	1.57
Mosu	Mosul	1,665,214	1,699,667	3.61	3	292	34,453	2.07
Erbi	Erbil	1,582,829	1,619,485	3.44	4	306	36,656	2.32
Al-N	Al-Najaf	1,273,450	1,301,652	2.77	5	400	28,202	2.21
Kirk	Kirkuk	1,153,160	1,174,769	2.50	6	442	21,609	1.87
Al H	Al Hillah	1,055,267	1,093,692	2.33	7	471	38,425	3.64
Karb	Karbala	1,022,893	1,043,417	2.22	8	496	20,524	2.01
Duho	Duhok	969,701	996,893	2.12	9	520	27,192	2.80
Sula	Sulaymaniyah	907,815	926,126	1.97	10	566	18,311	2.02
Ad D	Ad Diwaniyah	894,478	913,313	1.94	11	570	18,835	2.11
Zakh	Zakho	814,526	834,163	1.77	12	634	19,637	2.41
Al M	Al Mushahidah	813,506	833,903	1.77	13	635	20,397	2.51
Nasi	Nasiriyah	813,799	826,974	1.76	14	643	13,175	1.62
Amar	Amarah	645,612	656,745	1.40	15	831	11,133	1.72
Jafa	Jafar Muhammad Ali	570,883	581,667	1.24	16	955	10,784	1.89
Al-K	Al-Kut	491,247	501,101	1.07	17	1113	9,854	2.01
Rama	Ramadi	449,183	466,632	0.992	18	1209	17,449	3.88
As S	As Samawah	393,865	404,150	0.860	19	1421	10,285	2.61
Fall	Fallujah	359,695	363,248	0.773	20	1585	3,553	0.99
Al-S	Al-Shatrah	307,652	314,871	0.670	21	1843	7,219	2.35
Shor	Shorsh	245,565	251,904	0.536	22	2350	6,339	2.58
Gaya	Gayara	242,690	249,951	0.532	23	2370	7,261	2.99
Tal	Tal Afar	237,454	244,918	0.521	24	2419	7,464	3.14
Az Z	Az Zubayr	220,737	224,365	0.477	25	2652	3,628	1.64
Suq	Suq al Shyukh	206,015	210,495	0.448	26	2860	4,480	2.17
Sama	Samarra	201,149	203,799	0.433	27	2961	2,650	1.32
Al Q	Al Qurna	188,604	196,795	0.419	28	3077	8,191	4.34
Abu	Abu Gharaq	189,692	195,673	0.416	29	3094	5,981	3.15
Kala	Kalar	168,864	172,811	0.368	30	3546	3,947	2.34
Al-R	Al-Rumaitha	160,171	163,758	0.348	31	3735	3,587	2.24
Tuz	Tuz Khormato	157,913	161,479	0.343	32	3792	3,566	2.26
Sora	Soran	148,794	152,609	0.325	33	4027	3,815	2.56
Al K	Al Kifl	140,343	146,044	0.311	34	4224	5,701	4.06
Dome	Domeez	129,444	143,837	0.306	35	4289	14,393	11.12
Qary	Qaryat at Taliah	141,372	143,363	0.305	36	4302	1,991	1.41
Al M	Al Majar al Kabir	138,169	140,801	0.299	37	4377	2,632	1.90
Al H	Al Hai	137,316	140,329	0.298	38	4395	3,013	2.19
Al M	Al Midhatiya	129,202	131,961	0.281	39	4679	2,759	2.14
Baqu	Baqubah	122,441	124,477	0.265	40	4991	2,036	1.66
Al H	Al Hamzah	121,089	123,846	0.263	41	5012	2,757	2.28
Al K	Al Khalis	121,603	123,491	0.263	42	5032	1,888	1.55
Qary	Qaryat Jarf al Milh	113,350	117,138	0.249	43	5318	3,788	3.34
Al-H	Al-Hirah	112,116	115,584	0.246	44	5388	3,468	3.09
Ash	Ash Shamiya	113,008	115,257	0.245	45	5417	2,249	1.99
Al B	Al Baaj	112,112	114,777	0.244	46	5441	2,665	2.38
Shai	Shaikh Muhammad	109,222	113,663	0.242	47	5494	4,441	4.07
Al-Q	Al-Qa'im	112,108	113,539	0.241	48	5501	1,431	1.28
Al Q	Al Qasim	102,146	104,765	0.223	49	5974	2,619	2.56
Qala	Qalat Sukkar	102,171	104,524	0.222	50	5988	2,353	2.30
Tikr	Tikrit	101,019	104,495	0.222	51	5990	3,476	3.44
Afak	Afak	98,552	101,836	0.217	52	6135	3,284	3.33

Source	UN (World Urbanization Prospects 2018)
Date	09 Apr 2026

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