Country or area · Western Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Iraq population

Iraq population now

48,248,727

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 46.6–50.6 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 45,074,049

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 48.0075 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 46.6–50.6 million
Median age: 22.1
Aged 65+: 3.5%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 10,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

IRQ · 1950–2100 · in brief

Iraq in numbers

45,074,049 people lived in Iraq in mid-2023: 0.56% of the world's people, and the 35th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 8.0 times its 1950 population of 5.7 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 101 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 50.4 million to 203 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 21.5 in 1950 and 21.3 in 2023; the projection has 40.1 in 2100. 3.4% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 19.3% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2099 at 62.9 million.

By size it is the 35th country in 2023; the projection puts it 28th in 2050 and 24th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Argentina in 2024, Spain in 2026 and Algeria in 2027. It is overtaken by Afghanistan in 2037, Angola in 2047 and Yemen in 2054.

Population, mid-2023: 45,074,049
Rank by population, 2023: 35 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.56%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.28% · +1,003,498 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 104
Land area, 2023: 434,130 km²
Births, 2023: 1,159,682
Deaths, 2023: 186,266
Net migration, 2023: −5,710
Children per woman, 2023: 3.25
Median age, 2023: 21.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 72.3 years
In a city, 2025: 68 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 5,653,350
Projected, mid-2050: 71,928,750
Projected, mid-2100: 100,649,056

IRQ · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Iraq, 1950–2100

Iraq: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	5,596,621		259,351	148,846	6.20	37.4
1951	estimate	5,710,080		270,439	144,867	6.40	39.0
1952	estimate	5,838,178		292,168	143,214	6.84	40.5
1953	estimate	5,987,835		296,110	140,516	6.84	42.1
1954	estimate	6,140,661		296,236	136,596	6.76	43.5
1955	estimate	6,298,271		266,904	128,663	6.00	45.0
1956	estimate	6,434,286		271,124	122,364	6.00	46.4
1957	estimate	6,580,714		220,687	112,413	4.80	47.7
1958	estimate	6,686,037		224,669	105,601	4.80	49.0
1959	estimate	6,797,318		252,574	105,658	5.30	49.7
1960	estimate	6,943,441		257,730	102,079	5.30	51.5
1961	estimate	7,100,663		288,108	103,315	5.80	52.3
1962	estimate	7,288,443		355,050	107,530	6.99	53.5
1963	estimate	7,539,307		364,125	110,080	7.00	54.4
1964	estimate	7,796,549		373,339	110,518	7.01	55.2
1965	estimate	8,062,584		383,410	108,862	7.02	56.4
1966	estimate	8,341,697		393,501	107,988	7.02	57.3
1967	estimate	8,628,511		404,600	106,407	7.03	58.4
1968	estimate	8,929,227		417,811	107,163	7.06	59.0
1969	estimate	9,240,806		431,927	107,137	7.08	59.6
1970	estimate	9,565,906		444,359	106,330	7.07	60.5
1971	estimate	9,905,315		457,082	105,614	7.05	61.3
1972	estimate	10,250,303		468,479	106,153	7.02	61.8
1973	estimate	10,610,024		479,582	106,395	6.99	62.3
1974	estimate	10,981,714		490,919	114,731	6.95	61.0
1975	estimate	11,353,807		501,187	115,278	6.91	61.4
1976	estimate	11,733,472		510,257	107,992	6.86	63.6
1977	estimate	12,121,830		518,904	108,673	6.79	63.9
1978	estimate	12,540,262		528,509	109,759	6.73	64.2
1979	estimate	12,966,449		539,509	111,054	6.66	64.4
1980	estimate	13,374,282		549,918	130,266	6.59	60.9
1981	estimate	13,809,701		562,615	145,610	6.53	58.6
1982	estimate	14,203,062		575,155	146,815	6.46	59.0
1983	estimate	14,609,103		588,012	148,219	6.39	59.3
1984	estimate	15,072,006		606,305	150,561	6.32	59.5
1985	estimate	15,549,459		620,189	152,743	6.25	59.8
1986	estimate	15,817,401		627,320	152,970	6.18	60.0
1987	estimate	16,330,889		644,260	155,513	6.11	60.3
1988	estimate	16,711,208		665,783	189,005	6.05	56.7
1989	estimate	17,106,429		688,237	191,393	5.99	57.5
1990	estimate	17,622,656		713,606	195,036	5.93	57.6
1991	estimate	17,539,755		709,928	159,782	5.83	61.3
1992	estimate	17,994,752		722,490	130,586	5.72	65.3
1993	estimate	18,606,938		740,741	134,050	5.61	65.3
1994	estimate	19,795,452		777,798	143,447	5.49	65.0
1995	estimate	20,484,162		791,944	148,967	5.36	64.8
1996	estimate	21,167,559		806,382	153,509	5.25	64.6
1997	estimate	21,835,084		828,117	160,529	5.19	64.2
1998	estimate	22,518,103		846,632	162,481	5.11	64.4
1999	estimate	23,250,696		867,442	165,274	5.04	64.5
2000	estimate	24,022,358		881,887	166,114	4.92	64.9
2001	estimate	24,825,754		895,718	165,993	4.80	65.3
2002	estimate	25,569,927		904,796	165,371	4.67	65.7
2003	estimate	26,443,192		925,338	179,174	4.58	64.8
2004	estimate	27,162,125		947,136	185,575	4.53	64.6
2005	estimate	27,993,632		964,267	187,649	4.45	64.9
2006	estimate	28,821,265		1,000,546	203,198	4.46	64.0
2007	estimate	28,411,764		979,591	195,477	4.40	64.4
2008	estimate	28,371,450		974,852	172,477	4.37	66.5
2009	estimate	29,570,621		1,019,814	164,730	4.38	67.8
2010	estimate	30,545,791		1,074,309	167,937	4.46	68.1
2011	estimate	31,544,941		1,141,502	170,419	4.59	68.4
2012	estimate	32,777,906		1,172,290	172,325	4.54	68.8
2013	estimate	34,531,779		1,204,531	178,486	4.44	69.0
2014	estimate	36,032,199		1,218,190	177,446	4.31	69.7
2015	estimate	37,067,919		1,185,490	177,919	4.08	70.0
2016	estimate	38,053,150		1,146,998	200,060	3.84	68.7
2017	estimate	38,886,104		1,113,403	188,913	3.64	69.8
2018	estimate	39,788,603		1,113,895	175,615	3.55	71.1
2019	estimate	40,742,646		1,122,563	179,603	3.48	71.3
2020	estimate	41,641,695		1,130,421	210,459	3.42	69.7
2021	estimate	42,591,514		1,139,167	197,242	3.36	70.7
2022	estimate	43,550,907		1,145,989	183,525	3.29	72.0
2023	estimate	44,590,195		1,159,682	186,266	3.25	72.3
2024	estimate	45,557,903		1,177,772	191,811	3.22	72.4
2025	projection	46,526,127	45.7–47.4 million	1,187,570	197,210	3.17	72.5
2026	projection	47,515,421	46.1–49.0 million	1,200,201	203,068	3.13	72.6
2027	projection	48,499,453	46.6–50.6 million	1,211,861	208,877	3.09	72.7
2028	projection	49,475,393	47.1–52.2 million	1,225,635	214,977	3.05	72.8
2029	projection	50,446,504	47.6–53.7 million	1,237,268	221,300	3.01	72.9
2030	projection	51,440,155	48.0–55.2 million	1,251,574	227,642	2.97	73.1
2031	projection	52,434,261	48.7–56.8 million	1,265,914	234,262	2.94	73.2
2032	projection	53,434,479	49.0–58.3 million	1,276,250	241,179	2.89	73.3
2033	projection	54,472,301	49.6–59.9 million	1,290,477	248,431	2.86	73.4
2034	projection	55,497,957	50.1–61.3 million	1,304,709	255,910	2.83	73.5
2035	projection	56,527,323	50.6–62.8 million	1,311,189	263,649	2.79	73.6
2036	projection	57,544,505	50.9–64.6 million	1,323,975	271,264	2.77	73.7
2037	projection	58,598,968	51.5–66.0 million	1,328,040	279,353	2.74	73.8
2038	projection	59,619,538	51.9–67.7 million	1,333,582	287,671	2.71	73.9
2039	projection	60,644,924	52.3–69.3 million	1,338,289	296,137	2.69	74.0
2040	projection	61,704,428	53.0–71.1 million	1,340,603	305,125	2.66	74.1
2041	projection	62,741,994	53.2–72.6 million	1,340,778	313,799	2.64	74.2
2042	projection	63,756,337	53.8–74.3 million	1,339,778	323,304	2.61	74.3
2043	projection	64,765,349	54.1–75.6 million	1,339,192	332,694	2.59	74.5
2044	projection	65,748,645	54.4–77.5 million	1,338,455	342,747	2.56	74.6
2045	projection	66,726,893	54.8–79.1 million	1,337,796	352,829	2.54	74.7
2046	projection	67,681,461	55.2–81.0 million	1,335,883	363,641	2.52	74.8
2047	projection	68,618,661	55.7–82.7 million	1,334,602	373,690	2.50	74.9
2048	projection	69,577,509	56.3–84.1 million	1,335,121	384,227	2.48	75.0
2049	projection	70,522,727	56.8–86.0 million	1,335,355	395,064	2.47	75.2
2050	projection	71,476,409	56.9–87.6 million	1,336,660	405,877	2.45	75.3
2051	projection	72,381,091	57.4–89.5 million	1,335,640	416,906	2.43	75.4
2052	projection	73,293,739	57.7–91.2 million	1,335,575	427,713	2.41	75.5
2053	projection	74,164,850	57.9–92.9 million	1,335,099	438,814	2.39	75.6
2054	projection	75,059,520	58.3–95.1 million	1,335,542	449,907	2.37	75.8
2055	projection	75,933,037	58.7–96.8 million	1,335,375	461,154	2.35	75.9
2056	projection	76,793,175	58.9–99.0 million	1,335,653	472,470	2.33	76.0
2057	projection	77,652,184	59.2–100.1 million	1,336,466	483,208	2.31	76.1
2058	projection	78,485,533	59.6–102.1 million	1,338,046	494,339	2.30	76.3
2059	projection	79,299,211	59.8–104.7 million	1,339,075	505,581	2.28	76.4
2060	projection	80,099,843	59.8–106.6 million	1,340,553	516,531	2.27	76.5
2061	projection	80,940,539	60.1–108.0 million	1,341,560	528,230	2.25	76.6
2062	projection	81,736,026	60.7–110.8 million	1,344,313	539,683	2.24	76.8
2063	projection	82,511,163	60.4–112.3 million	1,346,405	551,446	2.23	76.9
2064	projection	83,306,115	60.7–114.7 million	1,348,753	563,265	2.22	77.0
2065	projection	84,078,456	60.9–116.5 million	1,348,951	574,731	2.21	77.1
2066	projection	84,833,069	60.5–118.9 million	1,348,973	586,336	2.20	77.3
2067	projection	85,604,339	60.4–121.2 million	1,348,045	598,716	2.19	77.4
2068	projection	86,303,408	60.0–123.1 million	1,343,540	610,762	2.17	77.5
2069	projection	86,985,144	59.8–125.3 million	1,338,409	623,137	2.16	77.6
2070	projection	87,664,938	59.7–127.3 million	1,333,329	635,086	2.15	77.8
2071	projection	88,326,960	59.9–129.7 million	1,328,285	647,476	2.13	77.9
2072	projection	88,972,921	59.7–131.4 million	1,323,770	659,744	2.13	78.0
2073	projection	89,618,706	59.7–133.6 million	1,319,511	671,932	2.11	78.1
2074	projection	90,270,030	59.2–136.3 million	1,315,635	684,078	2.10	78.3
2075	projection	90,859,751	59.1–139.0 million	1,309,960	696,637	2.09	78.4
2076	projection	91,388,471	58.7–141.8 million	1,303,409	709,128	2.08	78.5
2077	projection	91,927,138	59.0–144.2 million	1,298,169	722,608	2.08	78.7
2078	projection	92,435,141	59.0–146.9 million	1,293,009	735,441	2.07	78.8
2079	projection	92,972,277	58.9–148.7 million	1,288,910	748,352	2.06	78.9
2080	projection	93,513,514	58.6–151.9 million	1,284,310	761,156	2.05	79.0
2081	projection	94,010,344	58.1–153.2 million	1,279,118	773,837	2.04	79.2
2082	projection	94,505,420	57.8–155.3 million	1,273,850	786,788	2.03	79.3
2083	projection	94,981,861	57.5–157.4 million	1,269,426	798,841	2.02	79.4
2084	projection	95,434,487	57.0–159.3 million	1,267,366	811,622	2.02	79.5
2085	projection	95,854,429	57.1–162.0 million	1,263,072	822,877	2.01	79.7
2086	projection	96,301,696	56.6–164.5 million	1,259,300	834,488	2.00	79.8
2087	projection	96,739,554	56.3–167.1 million	1,256,005	845,987	1.99	80.0
2088	projection	97,112,097	55.9–169.9 million	1,251,133	857,313	1.99	80.1
2089	projection	97,477,203	55.1–172.1 million	1,245,995	869,340	1.98	80.2
2090	projection	97,847,203	54.8–174.3 million	1,241,316	880,917	1.97	80.3
2091	projection	98,160,745	54.3–176.2 million	1,236,968	892,059	1.96	80.5
2092	projection	98,485,505	53.6–178.6 million	1,232,711	903,191	1.96	80.6
2093	projection	98,826,019	53.3–181.6 million	1,229,273	914,618	1.95	80.7
2094	projection	99,140,544	52.7–184.2 million	1,224,992	925,348	1.95	80.8
2095	projection	99,408,249	52.3–187.7 million	1,219,888	935,504	1.94	81.0
2096	projection	99,665,367	51.9–191.1 million	1,213,067	945,518	1.93	81.1
2097	projection	99,919,065	51.7–194.5 million	1,208,253	955,584	1.93	81.2
2098	projection	100,148,330	51.3–196.1 million	1,203,297	964,999	1.92	81.3
2099	projection	100,354,865	51.1–199.6 million	1,197,961	973,520	1.92	81.5
2100	projection	100,563,971	50.4–202.7 million	1,194,120	981,810	1.92	81.6

Show the numbers: Iraq, mid-2026, by single year of age

Iraq: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	601,968	572,236
1	594,496	565,267
2	586,556	557,572
3	578,234	549,664
4	572,858	544,609
5	568,459	540,489
6	563,385	535,776
7	558,264	531,034
8	555,193	528,212
9	561,680	534,450
10	577,794	549,780
11	594,490	565,614
12	602,388	573,119
13	600,582	571,522
14	592,101	563,630
15	568,743	541,528
16	538,483	512,808
17	516,232	491,886
18	500,500	477,390
19	487,703	465,606
20	472,574	451,448
21	459,154	438,844
22	448,862	429,244
23	438,410	419,768
24	431,405	413,864
25	425,654	409,204
26	418,988	403,678
27	410,144	396,084
28	399,739	386,802
29	388,745	376,861
30	378,874	368,079
31	371,152	361,295
32	363,134	354,056
33	353,707	345,426
34	343,049	335,736
35	330,685	324,524
36	316,162	311,302
37	301,411	297,831
38	287,997	285,603
39	277,644	276,355
40	269,530	269,369
41	261,775	262,674
42	253,482	255,243
43	245,070	247,510
44	237,530	240,512
45	230,331	233,803
46	223,558	227,488
47	216,990	221,382
48	210,736	215,605
49	204,660	210,047
50	198,396	204,377
51	191,664	198,394
52	184,347	191,961
53	176,734	185,372
54	168,860	178,722
55	160,490	171,745
56	151,793	164,578
57	142,746	157,112
58	133,543	149,512
59	124,931	142,486
60	117,058	136,034
61	109,556	129,654
62	102,394	123,388
63	95,710	117,465
64	81,894	102,318
65	66,134	84,118
66	58,772	75,977
67	52,110	68,366
68	45,772	60,926
69	47,458	64,112
70	48,610	66,700
71	47,174	65,848
72	45,822	65,104
73	41,686	60,356
74	36,258	53,540
75	30,738	46,352
76	26,648	40,856
77	23,736	36,951
78	20,489	32,127
79	17,545	27,748
80	15,510	25,166
81	13,314	22,205
82	11,168	19,191
83	9,185	16,279
84	7,421	13,612
85	5,911	11,236
86	4,639	9,136
87	3,550	7,290
88	2,644	5,690
89	1,912	4,339
90	1,330	3,218
91	887	2,316
92	570	1,621
93	355	1,102
94	213	724
95	123	458
96	69	279
97	37	164
98	19	92
99	10	50
100+	8	53

IRQ · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Iraq, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

IRQ · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Iraq

On the UN's projection, Iraq will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2099: 62,938,300 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 26,824,400.

100 aged 15–64

62 children

6 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

IRQ · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Iraq, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Iraq gains 17,052 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 5–9, at 2,536 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 500 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 753,907 (2012); its biggest loss, 1,206,850 (2006).

In 2024, 370,980 people living in Iraq had been born in another country, fewer than 1 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

IRQ · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Iraq

Of every 100 babies born in Iraq in 2023, 12 had a mother under 20, 74 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 14 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 10 under 20 and 20 aged 35 or older.

1950
10 · 70 · 20

2023
12 · 74 · 14

2050 · projected
9 · 75 · 16

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 1,159,682
Average age when women have a baby: 28.6 years; 29.4 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 58; 95 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Iraq by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	1,294	3,246	2,370	3,197	1,872	480
15–19	24,785	48,618	76,406	131,954	118,060	51,712
20–24	58,169	132,946	219,252	324,203	351,815	231,691
25–29	67,720	127,476	240,185	319,410	379,343	371,959
30–34	56,496	96,298	191,113	217,952	267,107	317,697
35–39	34,701	60,188	112,335	117,302	161,153	166,007
40–44	13,090	27,414	33,752	41,205	52,992	50,801
45–49	2,959	4,785	6,263	4,348	4,219	3,709
50–54	137	216	211	111	99	64
All babies	259,351	501,187	881,887	1,159,682	1,336,660	1,194,120

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

IRQ · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Iraq

A baby born in Iraq in 2021 could expect 71.5 years of life, 61.0 of them in full health (95% range 60.2–62.0). That leaves 10.5 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.

Women

62.0 in full health, 11.9 not: 73.9 years

Men

60.0 in full health, 8.9 not: 68.9 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 62.0 healthy years of 73.9. Men: 60.0 of 68.9. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 62.4.

IRQ · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Iraq

At the end of 2025, 997,334 people were displaced inside Iraq, about 21 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad345,711
displaced inside it997,334
Iraq nationals abroad367,558

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 20,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Iraq living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 16 people asked for asylum in Iraq for the first time; 15,721 people from Iraq asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Iraq whose claims were decided that year, 27 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

IRQ · of every 100 people

How people live in Iraq

Of every 100 people in Iraq in 2025, 68 lived in a city, 20 in a town or suburb and 12 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 18.5 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

IRQ · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Iraq went in school

Of every 100 adults in Iraq in 2020, 17 never went to school and 26 finished upper secondary or went further.

17 never went to school 21 some primary 26 finished primary 10 finished lower secondary 8 finished upper secondary 18 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 53.1 of every 100 women and 12.9 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 14.6 and 6.4.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2075; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2095.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

IRQ · cities · 2025

Cities in Iraq

Iraq had 88 cities in 2025, home to 31.8 million people. The largest, Baghdad, holds 14 of every 100 people in Iraq.

Baghdad6,390,735
Basra2,033,553
Mosul1,665,214
Erbil1,582,829
Al-Najaf1,273,450
Kirkuk1,153,160
Al Hillah1,055,267
Karbala1,022,893
Duhok969,701
Sulaymaniyah907,815

All 30 cities in Iraq that reach 300,000 people

Baghdad 6,390,735
Basra 2,033,553
Mosul 1,665,214
Erbil 1,582,829
Al-Najaf 1,273,450
Kirkuk 1,153,160
Al Hillah 1,055,267
Karbala 1,022,893
Duhok 969,701
Sulaymaniyah 907,815
Ad Diwaniyah 894,478
Zakho 814,526
Nasiriyah 813,799
Al Mushahidah 813,506
Amarah 645,612
Jafar Muhammad Ali 570,883
Al-Kut 491,247
Ramadi 449,183
As Samawah 393,865
Fallujah 359,695
Al-Shatrah 307,652
Shorsh 245,565
Gayara 242,690
Tal Afar 237,454
Az Zubayr 220,737
Suq al Shyukh 206,015
Abu Gharaq 189,692
Al Qurna 188,604
Al Kifl 140,343
Domeez 129,444

How to read this: the 10 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Iraq are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.