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Governorates

The population of the governorates of Iraq according to census results and latest official estimates and projections.

Name	Abbr.	Native	Capital	Area A-L (km²)	Population Census (C) 1977-10-17	Population Census (C) 1987-10-17	Population Census (C) 1997-10-17	Population Estimate (E) 2009-10-17	Population Projection (P) 2015-07-01
Iraq	IRQ	العراق	Baghdād	435,050	12,000,497	16,335,198	22,046,244	31,664,466	36,933,700
Al-Anbār	ANB	الانبار	Ar-Ramādī	135,000	466,100	820,690	1,023,736	1,483,359	1,715,100	13500000
Al-Baṣrah [Basra]	BSR	البصرة	Al-Baṣrah	19,070	1,008,600	872,176	1,556,445	2,405,434	2,818,800	1907000
Al-Muthannā	MTN	المثنى	As-Samāwah	51,740	215,600	315,815	436,825	683,126	788,300	5174000
Al-Qādisiyah	QAD	القادسية	Ad-Dīwāniyah	8,150	423,000	559,805	751,331	1,077,614	1,250,200	815000
An-Najaf	NJF	النجف	An-Najaf	28,820	389,700	590,078	775,042	1,221,228	1,425,700	2882000
Arbīl [Erbil]	ARB	اربيل	Arbīl	12,000	541,500	770,439	1,095,992	1,532,081	1,797,700	1200000
As-Sulaymānīyah	SLM	السليمانية	As-Sulaymāniyah	20,000	690,600	951,723	1,362,739	1,694,895	1,990,300	2000000
Bābil [Babylon]	BAB	بابل	Al-Ḥillah	5,800	592,000	1,109,574	1,181,751	1,729,666	1,999,000	580000
Baghdād	BGD	بغداد	Baghdād	5,200	3,189,700	3,841,268	5,423,964	6,702,538	7,877,900	520000
Dahūk [Dohuk]	DHK	دهوك	Dahūk	10,000	250,600	293,304	402,970	1,072,324	1,252,300	1000000
Dhī Qār [Theqar]	DHI	ذي قار	An-Nāṣiriyah	12,900	623,000	921,066	1,184,796	1,744,398	2,029,300	1290000
Diyālā	DYL	ديالى	Ba'qūbah	14,700	587,800	961,073	1,135,223	1,371,035	1,584,900	1470000
Ḥalābjah [Halabja]	HLB	حلبجة	Ḥalabjah	880	...	...	...	89,958	105,600	88000
Karbalā' [Karbala]	KRB	كربلاء	Karbalā'	5,030	269,800	469,282	594,235	1,013,254	1,180,500	503000
Kirkūk (At-Ta'mīn)	KRK	التاميم	Kirkūk	10,500	495,400	601,219	753,171	1,325,853	1,548,200	1050000
Maysān	MYS	ميسان	Al-'Amārah	16,070	372,600	487,448	637,126	922,890	1,078,100	1607000
Nīnawā [Nineveh]	NIN	نينوى	Al-Mawṣil	36,700	1,105,700	1,479,430	2,042,852	3,106,948	3,612,300	3670000
Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn [Saladin]	SLD	صلاح الدين	Tikrīt	26,000	363,800	726,138	904,432	1,337,786	1,544,100	2600000
Wasiṭ	WST	واسط	Al-Kūt	17,150	415,100	564,670	783,614	1,150,079	1,335,200	1715000

The 1997 figures of the Kurdish governorates are not census results, but estimates. The 2009 figures refer to the population estimation done by the household listing in 2009; the exact reference day is uncertain. The 2015 figures do not consider the occupation of parts of Iraq by Islamic militia.
Dohuk, Erbil, Halabja and Sulaymaniyah form the Kurdistan Region with a population of 4.389.258 in 2009 and 5,145,900 in 2015. Halabja Governorate was split from Sulaymaniyah Governorate in 2014 after decisions of Kurdish authorities; it seems that the Iraqi parliament had not officially recognised this step, yet. Further Kurdish boundaries as recognized by Iraq in 2005.
(1977) Statistisches Bundesamt: Statistik des Auslands - Irak, 1986.
(1987) Britannica Book of the Year 1990.
(1997) (2009) (2015) Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Projection (P) 2015-07-01
1	Baghdād	BGD	6,516,400
2	Al-Baṣrah	BSR	1,330,400
3	Al-Mawṣil	NIN	1,320,700
4	Kirkūk	KRK	942,900
5	Arbīl	ARB	852,500
6	An-Najaf	NJF	724,700
7	Karbalā'	KRB	690,100
8	As-Sulaymāniyah	SLM	656,100
9	An-Nāṣiriyah	DHI	541,600
10	Al-'Amārah	MYS	511,500

Contents: Cities & Urban Centers

The population of the cities and urban centers of Iraq with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest estimates and projections.

Name	Native	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1987-10-17	Population Estimate (E) 2009-07-01	Population Projection (P) 2015-07-01
Abī Gharaq	أبي غرق	BAB	...	20,982	24,900
Abū al-Kahṣīb	أبو الخصيب	BSR	...	168,102	200,200
Ad-Daghārah	الدغارة	QAD	...	16,886	19,900
Ad-Daīr	الدیر	BSR	...	25,398	30,300
Ad-Dawāyah	الدوایة	DHI	...	30,905	36,700
Ad-Dawr	الدور	SLD	...	18,763	22,100
Ad-Dibs	الدبس	KRK	...	17,073	20,600
Ad-Dīwāniyah [Diwaniyah]	الديوانية	QAD	196,519	332,124	391,600
Ad-Dujaīl	الدجیل	SLD	...	29,909	35,300
'Afak	عفك	QAD	...	29,228	34,500
'Ākra (Akrê)	ئاكرى	DHK	...	55,961	66,000
Al-'Amārah [Amarah]	العمارة	MYS	208,797	428,804	511,500
Al-'Āmriyah	العامریة	ANB	...	19,500	23,300
Al-'Azīziyah	العزیزیة	WST	...	44,868	54,200
Al-Ba'āj	البعاج	NIN	...	24,317	28,200
Al-Baṣrah (incl. Al-Hārṭah) [Basra]	البصرة	BSR	406,296	1,091,627	1,330,400
Al-Baṭḥā'a	البطحاء	DHI	...	21,075	25,000
Al-Fajr	الفجر	DHI	...	23,442	27,900
Al-Fallūjah [Fallujah]	الفلوجة	ANB	...	203,451	243,300
Al-Fāw	الفاو	BSR	...	29,176	34,800
Al-Fuhūd	الفھود	DHI	...	23,127	27,500
Al-Gharrāf	الغراف	DHI	...	39,624	47,100
Al-Ḥabbāniyah	الحبانیة	ANB	...	26,184	31,300
Al-Ḥamzah	الحمزة	QAD	...	71,346	84,100
Al-Hārithah	الهارثة	BSR	...	95,692	114,000
Al-Hāshmiyah	الھاشمیة	BAB	...	30,511	36,100
Al-Ḥawījah	الحویجة	KRK	...	36,776	44,300
Al-Ḥayy	الحي	WST	...	68,640	82,900
Al-Ḥillah [Hillah]	الحلة	BAB	268,834	373,063	442,000
Al-Hindiyah	الھندیة	KRB	...	69,504	81,500
Al-Iskandrīah	الاسكندریة	BAB	...	82,366	97,600
Al-Jibāyish	الجبایش	DHI	...	30,416	36,100
Al-Kaḥlā'	الكحلاء	MYS	...	18,202	21,700
Al-Khāliṣ	الخالص	DYL	...	51,003	60,600
Al-Khiḍr	الخضر	MTN	...	34,597	41,500
Al-Kifl	الكفل	BAB	...	18,700	22,200
Al-Kūfah	الكوفة	NJF	...	141,472	166,100
Al-Kūt [Kut]	الكوت	WST	183,183	312,610	377,600
Al-Madā'in	المدائن	BGD	...	23,206	27,400
Al-Madḥatiyah	المدحتية	BAB	...	48,672	57,700
Al-Maḥāwīl	المحاویل	BAB	...	25,499	30,200
Al-Maḥmūdiyah	المحمودیة	BGD	...	83,336	98,400
Al-Majar al-Kabīr	المجر الكبير	MYS	...	76,365	91,100
Al-Manādhirah	المناذرة	NJF	...	26,198	30,800
Al-Mashrū'	المشروع	BAB	...	31,662	37,500
Al-Mawṣil [Mosul]	الموصل	NIN	664,221	1,136,990	1,320,700
Al-Midaīnah	المدینة	BSR	...	25,554	30,400
Al-Mishkhāb	المشخاب	NJF	...	25,319	29,700
Al-Muqdādiyah	المقدادیة	DYL	...	65,038	77,300
Al-Musayyib	المسیب	BAB	...	46,934	55,600
Al-Qaḥṭānyah	القحطانیة	NIN	...	47,385	55,000
Al-Qā'im	القائم	ANB	...	60,055	71,800
Al-Qaīrawān (Bulaīj)	القیروان / بليج	NIN	...	34,998	40,700
Al-Qāsim	القاسم	BAB	...	66,713	79,000
Al-Qurnah	القرنة	BSR	...	102,936	122,600
Altūn Kūbrī	التون كوبري	KRK	...	23,085	27,800
Al-Waḥdah	الوحدة	BGD	...	91,071	107,500
'Anah	عنھ	ANB	...	17,025	20,400
An-Najaf [Najaf]	النجف	NJF	309,010	617,125	724,700
An-Naṣir & As-Salām	النصر والسلام	BGD	...	52,245	61,700
An-Nāṣiriyah [Nasiriyah]	الناصرية	DHI	265,937	455,721	541,600
An-Naṣr	النصر	DHI	...	41,698	49,600
An-Nu'māniyah	النعمانیة	WST	...	56,988	68,800
Arbīl (Hawler‎; incl. Ainkāwah, Baḥarkah) [Erbil‎]	اربيل	ARB	485,968	725,356	852,500
Ar-Ramādī [Ramadi]	الرمادي	ANB	192,556	181,264	216,800
Ar-Rifā'ī	الرفاعي	DHI	...	60,885	72,400
Ar-Rumaytah	الرمیتة	MTN	...	69,528	83,500
Ar-Ruṭbah	الرطبة	ANB	...	23,042	27,600
Ash-Shamāl	الشمال	NIN	...	106,874	124,100
Ash-Shāmiyah	الشامیة	QAD	...	47,711	56,300
Ash-Sharqāṭ	الشرقاط	SLD	...	44,912	53,000
Ash-Shaṭrah	الشطرة	DHI	...	148,664	176,700
Ash-Shināqiyah	الشناقیة	QAD	...	17,245	20,300
As-Samāwah [Samawah]	السماوة	MTN	...	179,140	215,000
Aṣ-Ṣaynīah	الصینیة	SLD	...	26,661	31,400
As-Sulaymāniyah (Silêmanî) [Sulaymaniyah]	السليمانية	SLM	364,096	559,685	656,100
Aṣ-Ṣuwaīrah	الصویرة	WST	...	61,954	74,800
Aṭ-Ṭārmiyah	الطارمیة	BGD	...	29,222	34,500
'Az Aldīn Salīm (Al-Huwaīr)	عز الدین سلیم / الهوير	BSR	...	23,202	27,600
Az-Zubayr [Zubayr]	الزبیر	BSR	...	244,855	291,700
Baghdād [Baghdad]	بغداد	BGD	3,841,268	5,521,242	6,516,400	→
Baghdīdā (Al-Ḥamdāniyah)	بغديدا / الحمدانية	NIN	...	38,493	44,700
Baījī	بیجي	SLD	...	68,170	80,400
Bakrah Jū	بكرة جو	SLM	...	59,108	69,300
Balad	بلد	SLD	...	49,281	58,100
Baladrūz	بلدروز	DYL	...	52,122	61,900
Banī Sa'd	بني سعد	DYL	...	22,169	26,300
Banjwīn (Penjwen)	بنجوین	SLM	...	19,738	23,100
Ba'qūbah [Baqubah]	بعقوبة	DYL	...	227,785	270,700
Bardarash (Berdereş)	بردرش	DHK	...	22,010	26,000
Barṭallah	برطلة	NIN	...	17,966	20,900
Ba'shīqah	بعشیقة	NIN	...	28,072	32,600
Bāzyān	بازیان	SLM	...	31,270	36,700
Bīrah Makrūn	بیرة مكرون	SLM	...	23,013	27,000
Buhruz (Ashnūnā)	بھرز / أشنونا	DYL	...	29,787	35,400
Dahūk (Dihok) [Dohuk]	دهوك	DHK	...	280,137	330,600
Dāqūq	داقوق	KRK	...	18,319	22,100
Darbandikhān (Derbendîxan)	دربندخان	SLM	...	37,630	44,100
Dārhtūū	دارةتوو	ARB	...	44,308	52,100
Dhashty Hawlī'r (Benṣalāwah)	دةشتى ھةولیَر/ بنصلاوة	ARB	...	48,035	56,500
Dīrhlūk	دیَرةلوك	DHK	...	38,725	45,700
Fāīdah	فایدة	NIN	...	57,610	66,900
Ghammās	غماس	QAD	...	28,532	33,600
Ḥadīṭha	حدیثة	ANB	...	37,707	45,100
Ḥājī 'Āwā	حاجي ئاوا	SLM	...	44,440	52,100
Ḥalabjah (Hełebce)	حلبجة	HLB	...	55,588	65,200
Ḥalābjah Tāzah	حلبجة تازة	SLM	...	36,685	43,000
Ḥamām al-'Alīl	حمام العلیل	NIN	...	19,862	23,100
Harīr	ھریر	ARB	...	24,830	29,200
Hīt	ھیت	ANB	...	54,055	64,600
Jalawlā'	جلولاء	DYL	...	50,690	60,200
Jamjamāl (Çemçemall)	جمجمال	SLM	...	54,003	63,300
Jwār Qūrnah	جوار قورنة	SLM	...	37,483	43,900
Kalār (Kelar)	كلار	SLM	...	120,099	140,800
Kan'ān	كنعان	DYL	...	18,349	21,800
Karbalā' (incl. Al-Ḥur, Al-Ḥasaīniyah) [Karbala]	كربلاء	KRB	296,705	588,283	690,100
Khabāt	خبات	ARB	...	28,497	33,500
Khalīfān	خلیفان	ARB	...	18,146	21,300
Khānaqīn	خانقین	DYL	...	42,057	50,000
Khasnahzān	كةسنةزان	ARB	...	54,391	63,900
Kifrī (Kifrî)	كفري	SLM	...	28,626	33,600
Kirkūk [Kirkuk]	كركوك	KRK	418,624	782,143	942,900
Kuysanjaq (Koya)	كؤیسنجق	ARB	...	51,196	60,200
Qaladiza (Qeladizê)	قلدز	SLM	...	61,182	71,700
Qal'at Ṣāliḥ	قلعة صالح	MYS	...	30,980	37,000
Qal'at Sikar	قلعة سكر	DHI	...	43,551	51,800
Qasrūk (Qasrok)	قسروك	DHK	...	46,357	54,700
Rānyah (Ranye)	رانیة	SLM	...	76,111	89,200
Rizkārī	رزكاري	SLM	...	29,829	35,000
Rizkāry	رِزكارى	ARB	...	26,769	31,500
Saddat al-Hindiyah	سدة الھندیة	BAB	...	27,739	32,900
Safwān	سفوان	BSR	...	20,995	25,000
Saīd Ṣādiq	سید صادق	SLM	...	50,995	59,800
Ṣalāḥ Aldīn	صلاح الدین	ARB	...	31,578	37,100
Sāmarrā'	سامراء	SLD	...	119,022	140,400
Shaqlāwah (Şeqlawe)	شقلاوة	ARB	...	21,011	24,700
Shaṭṭ al-'Arab	شط العرب	BSR	...	108,277	129,000
Shūrash	شورش	SLM	...	42,703	50,100
Sinjār	سنجار	NIN	...	33,921	39,400
Sumaīl (Sêmêl) [Simele]	سمیل	DHK	...	58,808	69,400
Sūq ash-Shuyūkh	سوق الشیوخ	DHI	...	107,373	127,600
Sūrān / Diyānā	سؤران	ARB	...	100,512	118,100
Tāj Aldīn (Al-Ḥafriyah)	تاج الدین / الحفریة	WST	...	33,542	40,500
Ṭakiyah	تة كیة	SLM	...	22,953	26,900
Ṭalḥah (Aṣ-Ṣādiq)	طلحة / الصادق	BSR	...	37,147	44,200
Tall'afar	تلعفر	NIN	...	143,982	167,200
Tallkayf (Tel Keppe)	تلكیف	NIN	...	29,216	33,900
Tānjarū	تانجرو	SLM	...	17,524	20,500
Ṭaq Ṭaq	تةق تةق	ARB	...	16,886	19,800
Tikrīt	تكريت	SLD	...	89,584	105,700
Ṭūz Khūrmātū	طوز خورماتو	SLD	...	84,323	99,500
Umm Qaṣr	أم قصر	BSR	...	40,531	48,300
Zākhū (Zaxo)	زاخو	DHK	...	174,197	205,600

The urban population of subdistricts is reported. Thus, in some cases (e.g. Ash-Shamāl) the tabulated figures may refer to more than one settlement. The 2015 figures do not consider the occupation of parts of Iraq by Islamic militia.
(1987) UN Demographic Yearbook 1993.
(2009) Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (web).
(2015) Computed by »City Population« by using the 2009 figures and the official projection of the urban population of governorates.

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