Iraq

Official name:
the Republic of Iraq
Name in native language:
العراق / Al ‘Irāq
Capital:
Baghdād
ISO country code
IQ
Nat. statistical agency:
Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology
Region:
Western Asia

Census Results

1947-10-19 :
1957-10-12 : 6,339,960
1965-10-14 : 8,047,415
1977-10-17 : 12,000,497
1987-10-17 : 16,335,199
1997-10-16 : 19,184,543
2010-xx-xx :

the Republic of Iraq

Administrative units

governoratecapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1997-10-16
census		population
2003-01
estimate
source: 1997 - COSIT.
source: 2003 - NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq.
note: total area includes 924 sq.km. of inland water.
note: Al Basrah includes territory ceded to Kuwait in 1993.
note: the Kurdish Autonomous Region consists of Dahouk, Erbil and As Sulaymaniyah governorates and their 1997 population is an estimate based on the 1987 census.
Muhafazat al AnbarAr Ramadi138,2881,023,7361,230,140
Muhafazat al MuthannaAs Samawah51,740436,825537,658
Muhafazat al QadisiyaAd Diwaniyah8,153751,331886,594
Muhafazat an NajafAn Najaf28,824775,042929,995
Muhafazat BabilAl Hillah5,1191,181,7511,385,782
Muhafazat BaghdadBaghdad4,5555,423,9646,024,299
Muhafazat BasrahAl Basrah19,0701,556,4451,880,176
Muhafazat DialaBa'qubah17,6851,135,2231,224,358
Muhafazat KerbelaKerbela5,034594,235723,840
Muhafazat KirkukKirkuk9,679753,171848,007
Muhafazat MaysanAl Amarah16,072637,126803,225
Muhafazat NinevehAl Mawsil37,3232,042,8522,453,116
Muhafazat Salah ad DinSamarra24,075904,432942,314
Muhafazat Thi-QarAn Nasiriyah12,9001,184,7961,472,098
Muhafazat WasitAl Kut17,153783,614913,386
Muhafazat DuhoukDahuk6,553402,970782,489
Muhafazat ErbilErbil15,0741,095,9921,313,719
Muhafazat as SulaymaniyahAs Sulaymaniyah17,0231,362,7391,546,653
total 435,05222,046,24425,897,848

Main cities

namepopulation
1987-10-17
census		population
2003-07
estimate		latitude /
longitude
Baghdad (1995 est.)4,478,0005,750,00033.37/44.37
Al Mawsil (Mosul)664,2211,800,000 
Erbil485,968850,000 
Kirkuk418,624750,000 
Al Basrah406,2961,400,000 
As Sulaymaniyah364,096.. 
An Najaf309,010.. 
Kerbela296,705.. 
Al Hillah268,834.. 
An Nasiriyah265,937.. 
Al Amarah208,797.. 
Diwaniyah196,519.. 
Ar Ramadi192,556.. 
Al Kut183,183.. 
Ba'qubah (1985 est.)114,516.. 
source: Book of the Year 1997 and 2004, Encyclopedia Britannica.
note: 1987 population for Baghdad and Ba'qubah are actually estimates for 1995.